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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 331 · 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)? “Karan read a new book yesterday.” (a) Karan (b) new (c) book (d) read
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) small (c) buys
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) happy (c) song (d) Arjun
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) rides (c) blue
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira carries a big bag every day.” (a) bag (b) carries (c) Ira (d) big
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) happily
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) Aarav (c) kicked (d) ball
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) slowly (c) ripe
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) blue (c) rides
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) flew (c) kite (d) Ira
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel sings a happy song every day.” (a) sings (b) happy (c) song (d) Neel
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) happily
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) draws (b) Arjun (c) picture (d) colourful
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) flies
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir reads a funny book every day.” (a) reads (b) funny (c) book (d) Kabir
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) quickly
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan buys a small toy every day.” (a) small (b) Vivaan (c) buys (d) toy
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) bicycle (c) rode (d) new
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) Myra (c) box (d) opens
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) buys (c) small
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) funny (c) reads
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) funny
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) slowly
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) red (d) Meera
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) flies
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel opens a big box every day.” (a) Neel (b) big (c) box (d) opens
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) ball (c) kicks (d) Tara
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) happily
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) buys (c) small
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) big (c) opened (d) Kunal
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) quickly
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) Priya (c) picture (d) big
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) Yash (c) juicy (d) mango
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) book (c) Rohan (d) new
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) paints (c) long
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) book (c) new (d) Diya
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) heavy (c) Vivaan (d) bag
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) kite (c) red (d) flew
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Nisha (b) bag (c) carried (d) big
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya draws a big picture every day.” (a) Riya (b) big (c) draws (d) picture

Answer key

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

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