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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 330 · 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)? “Omkar buys a new toy every day.” (a) Omkar (b) new (c) toy (d) buys
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) Aarav (c) happy (d) song
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) Meera (c) new (d) bought
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) quickly
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) slowly
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) ball (c) Meera (d) kicked
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) carries
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) tall (c) Meera (d) paints
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) happily (c) big
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sings (c) sweet
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) quickly
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) quickly (c) small
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) draws
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) big (c) Diya (d) drew
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) happily (c) long
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) heavy (c) bag (d) Zoya
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) letter (c) wrote (d) short
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) slowly
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) draws
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya reads a new book every day.” (a) new (b) Ananya (c) book (d) reads
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) bag (c) Farhan (d) heavy
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) Kavya (c) small (d) bought
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Ira (b) juicy (c) mango (d) eats
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) rides (c) Rahul (d) blue
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Nisha (b) bicycle (c) rode (d) new
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan sings a happy song every day.” (a) sings (b) happy (c) Rohan (d) song
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) heavy (b) bag (c) Manav (d) carries
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) quickly (c) paints
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) happily (c) new
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) kicks
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) small (c) buys
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) new
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) Isha (c) carried (d) big
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) new (b) toy (c) bought (d) Yash
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) Rahul (c) long (d) letter
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) quickly
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) juicy (b) eats (c) Priya (d) mango
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) painted (c) Aarav (d) wall
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) happily
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) red (c) happily

Answer key

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

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