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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 568 · 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)? “Saanvi drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) Saanvi (c) drew (d) picture
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) quickly (c) big
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) read (c) Kunal (d) funny
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) quickly
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) Aditya (d) colourful
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) slowly (c) ripe
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Tara (b) bicycle (c) rode (d) new
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) slowly (c) sings
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya kicks a red ball every day.” (a) Aditya (b) ball (c) kicks (d) red
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira opened a small box yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) box (c) opened (d) small
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) red (c) slowly
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) flies
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) slowly
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) happy (c) Isha (d) sang
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) quickly (c) new
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) new
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) long (c) wrote (d) Omkar
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) rides (c) quickly
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel buys a small toy every day.” (a) Neel (b) small (c) toy (d) buys
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) small (c) Arjun (d) opened
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) eats (c) ripe
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya buys a new toy every day.” (a) Aditya (b) buys (c) new (d) toy
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) quickly (c) draws
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Nisha (b) song (c) sweet (d) sang
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) juicy (c) mango (d) ate
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) carries
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) bag (c) Zoya (d) big
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) kicks
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) small (c) quickly
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) Rohan (c) red (d) kicked
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar flies a new kite every day.” (a) kite (b) flies (c) new (d) Omkar
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya opened a small box yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) small (c) opened (d) box
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) long (c) writes
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) colourful (b) picture (c) draws (d) Aarav
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) kicks
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar buys a small toy every day.” (a) buys (b) small (c) Omkar (d) toy
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) ripe (c) eats
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) quickly
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) slowly

Answer key

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

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