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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 529 · 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)? “Farhan reads a funny book every day.” (a) Farhan (b) book (c) funny (d) reads
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) long (c) slowly
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) eats (c) juicy
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) long
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) book (c) read (d) Ananya
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) juicy (c) eats
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) carries (c) heavy
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) slowly (c) draws
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) paints
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) slowly
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) draws
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) paints (b) tall (c) Kavya (d) wall
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) reads (c) funny
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) slowly (c) new
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) draws
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) ripe (c) eats
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) Dev (c) long (d) wrote
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) long (c) wall (d) Riya
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) happily
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) funny (c) book (d) read
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) wall (c) Karan (d) painted
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) opens (c) big
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) quickly (c) new
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) Neel (c) letter (d) writes
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) happily
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) Manav (c) kicks (d) ball
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) quickly
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) Rahul (c) wall (d) paints
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) kicked (c) Kabir (d) ball
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal flies a new kite every day.” (a) Kunal (b) kite (c) new (d) flies
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya writes a short letter every day.” (a) short (b) letter (c) writes (d) Ananya
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) Diya (c) big (d) kicked
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) happily (c) rides
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha opened a big box yesterday.” (a) big (b) opened (c) Nisha (d) box
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) big (b) opened (c) Priya (d) box
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Omkar (b) kicked (c) ball (d) big
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) eats (b) Kunal (c) juicy (d) mango
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) rides (c) quickly
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) bought (c) small (d) Pooja

Answer key

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

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