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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 47 · 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)? “Karan opened a big box yesterday.” (a) big (b) opened (c) box (d) Karan
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya draws a big picture every day.” (a) Riya (b) picture (c) big (d) draws
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) short (c) slowly
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) quickly (c) blue
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) quickly
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Aditya (b) picture (c) colourful (d) drew
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) quickly (c) new
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) slowly
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) buys (c) small
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) buys
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar flies a red kite every day.” (a) Omkar (b) flies (c) kite (d) red
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Karan (b) kite (c) flew (d) red
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) bought (c) Pooja (d) toy
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) happy (c) sings
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) mango (b) eats (c) Aarav (d) juicy
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Karan (b) big (c) drew (d) picture
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) drew (c) Kabir (d) colourful
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel opens a big box every day.” (a) Neel (b) big (c) box (d) opens
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) happily (c) small
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Rohan (b) eats (c) ripe (d) mango
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) Dev (c) mango (d) ate
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) slowly
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) happily
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Vivaan (b) rides (c) bicycle (d) new
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) quickly
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) Kabir (c) flies (d) kite
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash opens a small box every day.” (a) Yash (b) box (c) opens (d) small
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Aisha (b) long (c) painted (d) wall
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) sang (c) song (d) Nisha
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) tall (c) paints (d) Diya
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Aisha (b) big (c) ball (d) kicked
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Tara (b) picture (c) colourful (d) drew
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya reads a new book every day.” (a) reads (b) Kavya (c) book (d) new
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) slowly
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) quickly
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) eats (b) ripe (c) Saanvi (d) mango
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) long (c) happily
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) Arjun (c) bicycle (d) blue
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Ishaan (b) tall (c) paints (d) wall
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) draws

Answer key

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

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