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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 322 · 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)? “Rohan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) painted (c) Rohan (d) long
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) draws (b) colourful (c) Sneha (d) picture
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar flies a new kite every day.” (a) flies (b) Omkar (c) kite (d) new
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) kicks (c) big
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) Aarav (c) wrote (d) short
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) slowly (c) buys
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sings (c) sweet
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) slowly
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya draws a big picture every day.” (a) Priya (b) big (c) picture (d) draws
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) quickly
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) opens
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) Priya (c) big (d) picture
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira opens a small box every day.” (a) box (b) opens (c) small (d) Ira
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sings (c) sweet
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) long (c) quickly
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha opens a big box every day.” (a) Sneha (b) box (c) big (d) opens
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) bag (c) carried (d) big
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) colourful (b) Rohan (c) picture (d) draws
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) new (c) rode (d) Manav
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) kicked (c) big (d) Neel
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) kicks
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira flies a new kite every day.” (a) kite (b) new (c) flies (d) Ira
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) flew (c) Pooja (d) kite
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) Diya (c) box (d) opened
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) draws
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera draws a big picture every day.” (a) draws (b) picture (c) Meera (d) big
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya flies a new kite every day.” (a) flies (b) new (c) kite (d) Diya
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) draws
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) eats (b) juicy (c) mango (d) Vivaan
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) flies
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) quickly
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) Rohan (c) kite (d) red
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) kicks (c) ball (d) Omkar
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) colourful (c) draws
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) blue (b) Dev (c) bicycle (d) rides
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) reads (c) new
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) Nisha (c) song (d) happy
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) big
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) reads
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev draws a big picture every day.” (a) draws (b) Dev (c) big (d) picture

Answer key

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

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