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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 478 · 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)? “Isha flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) new (c) flew (d) Isha
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) tall (c) paints
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya writes a short letter every day.” (a) Ananya (b) writes (c) letter (d) short
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) blue (c) rides
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) new (c) quickly
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) draws (c) big
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) paints
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) wall (c) painted (d) Ishaan
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) big (c) drew (d) Priya
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) ripe (c) eats
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) quickly
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) Diya (c) kicked (d) red
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) slowly
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) flies
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) paints (c) long
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) Neel (c) ball (d) kicked
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Rahul (b) heavy (c) bag (d) carried
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) Aditya (c) big (d) kicked
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) slowly (c) heavy
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) slowly
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) kicked (c) Myra (d) ball
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) kicks (c) red
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) big
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) slowly (c) blue
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha flies a new kite every day.” (a) kite (b) Nisha (c) new (d) flies
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha reads a new book every day.” (a) Sneha (b) book (c) new (d) reads
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Manav (b) ripe (c) mango (d) ate
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) Riya (b) toy (c) bought (d) new
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) happily (c) opens
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya opened a small box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) box (c) small (d) Aditya
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) slowly (c) eats
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) big (c) quickly
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) small (c) opens
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) happily
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) red (c) kicked (d) ball
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) Diya (c) kite (d) flies
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) Karan (c) bag (d) heavy
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Aditya (b) painted (c) long (d) wall
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) red (c) Rahul (d) flies
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) colourful (c) drew (d) Neel

Answer key

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

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