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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 307 · 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.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir reads a funny book every day.” (a) reads (b) funny (c) Kabir (d) book
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Aarav (b) big (c) drew (d) picture
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) slowly (c) carries
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) flies
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) quickly
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) bicycle (c) Pooja (d) blue
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) slowly
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) read (c) funny (d) Ira
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) quickly
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) Pooja (c) new (d) bicycle
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) big (b) bag (c) Isha (d) carried
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Sneha (b) bicycle (c) new (d) rode
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) reads
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) blue (b) Priya (c) rides (d) bicycle
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) buys
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) new (c) quickly
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) buys
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) eats (b) ripe (c) mango (d) Yash
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Aditya (b) colourful (c) picture (d) drew
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha opened a small box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) Aisha (c) small (d) box
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) kicks
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) funny
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar opened a small box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) small (c) box (d) Omkar
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) drew (c) big (d) Kavya
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya reads a new book every day.” (a) Aditya (b) new (c) reads (d) book
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) funny (c) read (d) book
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) ate (c) mango (d) Kavya
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) carries (c) heavy
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) new (c) quickly
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) big
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) wall (c) Kunal (d) painted
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) short (c) wrote (d) Karan
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) Rahul (c) bicycle (d) new
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) Dev (c) bag (d) big
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) short (c) writes
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) opens (c) small
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) Saanvi (c) long (d) wall
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Kunal (b) book (c) funny (d) read
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) rides (c) Ira (d) new
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) slowly (c) reads

Answer key

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

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