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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 348 · 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)? “Arjun kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) kicked (c) Arjun (d) ball
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir paints a long wall every day.” (a) paints (b) wall (c) long (d) Kabir
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) new
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) quickly
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) mango (c) Nisha (d) juicy
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) slowly (c) draws
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) slowly
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) rides (c) new
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) bicycle (c) blue (d) Farhan
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sweet (b) song (c) Dev (d) sings
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) carries
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) wall (c) Zoya (d) long
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) Zoya (c) read (d) book
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) quickly (c) big
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) happily
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev writes a short letter every day.” (a) Dev (b) short (c) letter (d) writes
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) happily (c) carries
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Vivaan (b) new (c) rides (d) bicycle
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) slowly (c) small
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) carries (c) heavy
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) red (c) flew (d) Kabir
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) big (c) kicked (d) Tara
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) slowly (c) carries
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) Saanvi (c) funny (d) read
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Rahul (b) colourful (c) drew (d) picture
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) colourful (b) picture (c) Kunal (d) draws
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera flies a red kite every day.” (a) Meera (b) red (c) kite (d) flies
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) big (c) draws (d) Myra
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) slowly (c) new
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) buys
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) big (b) carried (c) bag (d) Yash
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash draws a big picture every day.” (a) draws (b) Yash (c) big (d) picture
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya paints a long wall every day.” (a) wall (b) long (c) paints (d) Riya
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Aarav (b) ripe (c) ate (d) mango
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Aarav (b) tall (c) painted (d) wall
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) happily
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) slowly (c) rides
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) kicks
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) happily
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal opened a big box yesterday.” (a) big (b) box (c) opened (d) Kunal

Answer key

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

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