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

Answer key

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

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