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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 440 · 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)? “Saanvi writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) Saanvi (c) letter (d) writes
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal buys a small toy every day.” (a) toy (b) Kunal (c) small (d) buys
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) new (c) happily
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) colourful (b) picture (c) Vivaan (d) draws
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) happily (c) paints
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) rides
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) happily (c) small
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha writes a short letter every day.” (a) letter (b) writes (c) short (d) Isha
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) kicked (c) Ira (d) ball
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) happily (c) draws
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) rides (c) new (d) Saanvi
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) big (d) Tara
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) big
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) short (c) letter (d) wrote
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) slowly
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) happy (c) sings
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) Vivaan (c) long (d) wrote
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) Ananya (c) tall (d) paints
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) happily (c) sings
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) drew (c) Rahul (d) big
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) quickly
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) rides
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) reads
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) opens (c) box (d) Manav
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Omkar (b) letter (c) long (d) wrote
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) big
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) blue (b) rides (c) bicycle (d) Vivaan
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) new (c) Rohan (d) read
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Zoya (b) mango (c) ripe (d) eats
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) happily
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) funny (c) reads
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Ananya (b) bag (c) heavy (d) carries
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) short (c) writes
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) kicks
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) long (c) paints
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya sings a sweet song every day.” (a) Kavya (b) sings (c) song (d) sweet
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) slowly (c) buys
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) draws (c) big
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) writes (c) long
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) blue (c) rides

Answer key

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

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