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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 395 · 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)? “Neel kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) ball (c) kicks (d) Neel
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) Nisha (c) read (d) book
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) ripe (c) eats (d) Arjun
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) tall (c) Aarav (d) painted
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya writes a long letter every day.” (a) Kavya (b) letter (c) long (d) writes
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul read a new book yesterday.” (a) Rahul (b) new (c) book (d) read
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Sneha (b) wall (c) tall (d) painted
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) reads
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul read a funny book yesterday.” (a) read (b) Rahul (c) funny (d) book
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) opens
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) big (c) kicked (d) ball
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) drew (c) Ira (d) big
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) sweet (c) sang (d) song
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) slowly
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) happily
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Saanvi (b) long (c) letter (d) wrote
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Saanvi (b) drew (c) picture (d) colourful
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) wall (c) painted (d) Karan
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) big
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) happily
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav writes a short letter every day.” (a) letter (b) short (c) Aarav (d) writes
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) happily
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) happily
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) rides
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) Riya (c) picture (d) drew
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) draws (c) picture (d) Neel
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) Dev (d) eats
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) book (c) Saanvi (d) read
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) quickly
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) slowly (c) heavy
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) small (c) buys
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Aditya (b) new (c) rides (d) bicycle
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) wall (c) tall (d) Tara
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) ball (c) big (d) kicked
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) quickly (c) carries
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) happily
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sings (c) sweet
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Rahul (b) red (c) flew (d) kite
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) slowly
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya buys a small toy every day.” (a) small (b) buys (c) Kavya (d) toy

Answer key

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

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