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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 521 · 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.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) paints (c) tall
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) eats (b) juicy (c) Rahul (d) mango
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) Ananya (c) rode (d) bicycle
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) Nisha (c) picture (d) big
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) new
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) Isha (c) wall (d) tall
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) happily (c) blue
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) big (c) ball (d) kicked
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) carries (c) slowly
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) quickly (c) paints
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) red (c) flies (d) Saanvi
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) drew (c) colourful (d) picture
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Tara (b) red (c) ball (d) kicked
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) opens
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) opens (c) box (d) Kabir
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) Zoya (c) flew (d) new
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) big (c) bag (d) carried
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) quickly
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) quickly
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) Ananya (d) ate
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav flies a new kite every day.” (a) Manav (b) new (c) kite (d) flies
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) flies (c) red
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) quickly
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) buys (c) small
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) bought (c) toy (d) Ananya
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) Aarav (c) rode (d) bicycle
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) quickly
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) Isha (c) wrote (d) letter
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) draws (c) big
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) wrote (c) short (d) Zoya
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya buys a small toy every day.” (a) toy (b) small (c) buys (d) Priya
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) bicycle (c) new (d) Neel
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) buys
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan carries a big bag every day.” (a) carries (b) Farhan (c) bag (d) big
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera kicks a big ball every day.” (a) ball (b) big (c) kicks (d) Meera
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Rahul (b) long (c) painted (d) wall
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) happily
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) short
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) slowly (c) eats
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) slowly

Answer key

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

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