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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 496 · 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)? “Neel reads a new book every day.” (a) new (b) Neel (c) reads (d) book
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) happily
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya buys a small toy every day.” (a) buys (b) small (c) Diya (d) toy
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) slowly
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) small (c) opens
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) slowly (c) opens
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) short (c) happily
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) opens
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) slowly (c) eats
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) carried (c) heavy (d) bag
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) quickly (c) paints
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) Aisha (c) painted (d) long
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) quickly
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) opens
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) wall (c) painted (d) tall
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya read a funny book yesterday.” (a) read (b) book (c) funny (d) Diya
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) kite (c) Kabir (d) flies
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) Tara (d) ate
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) carries
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) happily (c) funny
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Kunal (b) red (c) kicked (d) ball
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan reads a funny book every day.” (a) book (b) Rohan (c) funny (d) reads
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha buys a new toy every day.” (a) buys (b) new (c) toy (d) Isha
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) rides (c) blue
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) reads (c) funny
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan opens a big box every day.” (a) opens (b) Karan (c) big (d) box
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) flew (c) new (d) kite
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Rahul (b) wall (c) paints (d) tall
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) long (c) Isha (d) letter
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) colourful (c) draws
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan flies a red kite every day.” (a) Rohan (b) kite (c) flies (d) red
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja opens a big box every day.” (a) box (b) opens (c) Pooja (d) big
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) slowly
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) quickly
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) painted (c) Omkar (d) wall
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) new (c) Vivaan (d) read
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) box (c) opened (d) Ananya
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) Diya (c) red (d) kite
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) sings (c) sweet
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) quickly

Answer key

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

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