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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 341 · 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)? “Ishaan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) Ishaan (c) painted (d) long
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir read a funny book yesterday.” (a) read (b) Kabir (c) book (d) funny
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) draws (c) big
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) quickly
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul buys a small toy every day.” (a) toy (b) small (c) Rahul (d) buys
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) paints (c) long
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav opened a small box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) small (c) box (d) Manav
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) slowly
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) slowly
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) eats (c) juicy
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) wall (c) painted (d) Meera
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev writes a long letter every day.” (a) writes (b) long (c) letter (d) Dev
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) read (c) book (d) Saanvi
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sweet (c) sings
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) flies
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) big (b) carried (c) bag (d) Diya
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) Myra (c) painted (d) tall
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) Manav (c) book (d) new
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) wrote (c) long (d) Diya
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) Zoya (c) tall (d) paints
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) writes (c) long
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) big (c) Sneha (d) ball
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) kicks
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) quickly
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) ripe
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) big
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel sings a sweet song every day.” (a) Neel (b) sweet (c) song (d) sings
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) quickly
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) letter (c) wrote (d) Aarav
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) red (d) Aisha
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) buys (c) small
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) toy (c) bought (d) Ira
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) ripe
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) wall (c) Kunal (d) paints
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya kicks a red ball every day.” (a) red (b) ball (c) kicks (d) Riya
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) opens (c) small
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan opens a small box every day.” (a) opens (b) box (c) small (d) Karan
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) blue (c) Kabir (d) rode
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) big (c) opened (d) box
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi carries a big bag every day.” (a) big (b) Saanvi (c) carries (d) bag

Answer key

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

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