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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 553 · 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)? “Rahul sings a sweet song every day.” (a) Rahul (b) song (c) sweet (d) sings
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) paints (c) long
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) bag (c) Ananya (d) carried
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) quickly (c) new
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) big (c) quickly
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) new (c) toy (d) Arjun
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) opens (c) big
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) Isha (c) book (d) reads
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) happily
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) drew (c) big (d) Kabir
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) drew (c) colourful (d) Vivaan
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira reads a funny book every day.” (a) Ira (b) reads (c) book (d) funny
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) happily (c) short
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) carries
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) ripe (c) Farhan (d) mango
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) bought (c) small (d) toy
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) happily
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) quickly (c) draws
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan opens a big box every day.” (a) Karan (b) big (c) box (d) opens
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) quickly (c) reads
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) Aditya (c) big (d) opened
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) opened (c) Kunal (d) small
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) juicy (c) mango (d) Dev
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) flies
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) Rohan (c) flew (d) red
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) slowly (c) eats
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) bought (c) small (d) Manav
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan opens a big box every day.” (a) box (b) Ishaan (c) big (d) opens
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) quickly
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) quickly
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) reads
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) kicks
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) song (c) sweet (d) Rohan
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) bought (c) toy (d) Zoya
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) opened (c) big (d) Karan
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) bicycle (c) Myra (d) new
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) wall (c) painted (d) Diya
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) big (c) box (d) Diya
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) colourful (c) draws
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) big (b) Aarav (c) bag (d) carried

Answer key

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

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