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

Answer key

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

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