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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 486 · 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)? “Vivaan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) Vivaan (c) picture (d) drew
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Nisha (b) kite (c) flew (d) red
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) slowly (c) paints
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan writes a long letter every day.” (a) writes (b) Ishaan (c) long (d) letter
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) rides (c) Aditya (d) blue
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) blue (c) rides
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan reads a new book every day.” (a) new (b) book (c) Vivaan (d) reads
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) big (c) Aditya (d) ball
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Rahul (b) big (c) drew (d) picture
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) opened (c) Ira (d) small
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) quickly (c) carries
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) slowly (c) carries
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) draws (c) big
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja read a funny book yesterday.” (a) read (b) funny (c) book (d) Pooja
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) flies
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi kicks a red ball every day.” (a) Saanvi (b) red (c) kicks (d) ball
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) Rahul (b) toy (c) bought (d) new
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) Tara (c) new (d) rides
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) picture (c) drew (d) Farhan
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) draws (c) big
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan opened a small box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) box (c) small (d) Farhan
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) buys (c) small
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Nisha (b) heavy (c) bag (d) carried
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) slowly
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) colourful (c) Zoya (d) drew
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Priya (b) bicycle (c) rides (d) blue
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) big
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) kicks
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) rides
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) quickly
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Arjun (b) colourful (c) draws (d) picture
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) drew (c) big (d) picture
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) flies (c) kite (d) Sneha
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) blue (b) Vivaan (c) rides (d) bicycle
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) happily
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) box (c) opened (d) big
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) Neel (c) ball (d) red
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Yash (b) ate (c) mango (d) ripe
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Kavya (b) red (c) flew (d) kite
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) picture (c) big (d) drew

Answer key

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

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