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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 394 · 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)? “Aditya flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) Aditya (c) red (d) kite
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) happily
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Dev (b) tall (c) paints (d) wall
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) slowly (c) new
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) Kavya (c) wrote (d) letter
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) bicycle (c) Tara (d) rode
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) buys
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) slowly
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) happily (c) paints
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira carries a big bag every day.” (a) big (b) bag (c) Ira (d) carries
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) colourful (c) picture (d) drew
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Yash (b) blue (c) bicycle (d) rode
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) new (c) quickly
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) slowly (c) paints
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) carried (c) heavy (d) Saanvi
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) quickly
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya paints a long wall every day.” (a) paints (b) wall (c) Ananya (d) long
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) ball (c) Nisha (d) kicks
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) happily (c) draws
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) rides (c) blue
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan writes a short letter every day.” (a) Karan (b) letter (c) short (d) writes
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) quickly
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) slowly
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) new (b) bicycle (c) Rahul (d) rode
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) funny (c) reads
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) happy (c) song (d) Kunal
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) kicks (c) Tara (d) red
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) funny
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) kicked (c) ball (d) Yash
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) Saanvi (d) red
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) colourful (c) draws
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) small (c) buys
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) red (b) Sneha (c) kite (d) flew
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) heavy (c) carries
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha reads a funny book every day.” (a) book (b) reads (c) funny (d) Aisha
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) small (c) buys
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Ishaan (b) carries (c) heavy (d) bag
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Manav (b) ball (c) kicks (d) big
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan opens a big box every day.” (a) box (b) Vivaan (c) opens (d) big
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev reads a new book every day.” (a) Dev (b) reads (c) book (d) new

Answer key

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

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