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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 29 · 40 questions
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The grammar rule (Ask “what does it do?”): Find who the sentence is about (the subject). Ask: what does (or did) the subject do? The word that answers is the verb. Names and things are nouns; describing words are adjectives.

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  1. 1.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) happily
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) happily
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira buys a new toy every day.” (a) new (b) buys (c) toy (d) Ira
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) slowly
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) read (c) funny (d) book
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) new
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) paints (c) tall
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya buys a small toy every day.” (a) Ananya (b) buys (c) small (d) toy
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) quickly
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira kicks a red ball every day.” (a) red (b) kicks (c) Ira (d) ball
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Myra (b) juicy (c) eats (d) mango
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya opens a small box every day.” (a) opens (b) box (c) Aditya (d) small
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) picture (c) colourful (d) Zoya
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) heavy (c) carries
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Omkar (b) carries (c) bag (d) heavy
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sweet (c) sang (d) Tara
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) wall (c) tall (d) Myra
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan opens a small box every day.” (a) opens (b) Farhan (c) small (d) box
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar read a new book yesterday.” (a) Omkar (b) read (c) book (d) new
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi opens a small box every day.” (a) Saanvi (b) small (c) opens (d) box
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) kicks
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) slowly (c) sings
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) new (c) quickly
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) quickly
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) kicks
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) big (c) carried (d) Kunal
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) Priya (c) wall (d) paints
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) kite (c) Aditya (d) red
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) happily
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) rides
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) Myra (c) kicks (d) ball
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) funny (c) read (d) Ishaan
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) picture (c) drew (d) colourful
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) buys (c) small
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) Aditya (b) bought (c) small (d) toy
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) opens (c) box (d) Sneha
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) wall (c) Omkar (d) long
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira reads a funny book every day.” (a) Ira (b) reads (c) funny (d) book
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha paints a long wall every day.” (a) Sneha (b) paints (c) wall (d) long
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Neel (b) big (c) ball (d) kicks

Answer key

  1. reads
  2. kicks
  3. buys
  4. carries
  5. read
  6. reads
  7. paints
  8. buys
  9. paints
  10. kicks
  11. eats
  12. opens
  13. drew
  14. carries
  15. carries
  16. sang
  17. painted
  18. opens
  19. read
  20. opens
  21. kicks
  22. sings
  23. buys
  24. reads
  25. kicks
  26. carried
  27. paints
  28. flew
  29. reads
  30. rides
  31. kicks
  32. read
  33. drew
  34. buys
  35. bought
  36. opens
  37. painted
  38. reads
  39. paints
  40. kicks

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