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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 569 · 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: Karan ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) happily (c) small
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) Diya (c) blue (d) bicycle
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) writes (c) long
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) draws (c) colourful
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev carries a big bag every day.” (a) Dev (b) bag (c) carries (d) big
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) painted (c) wall (d) Isha
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) Rohan (c) drew (d) picture
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) new (c) slowly
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) slowly (c) new
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) quickly (c) reads
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) quickly
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Karan (b) mango (c) eats (d) juicy
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) big (c) Myra (d) ball
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) Ishaan (c) draws (d) big
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) bag (c) heavy (d) carried
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) rides (c) new
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir draws a big picture every day.” (a) draws (b) big (c) Kabir (d) picture
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) slowly (c) buys
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) new (c) bicycle (d) rode
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) slowly
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) eats (c) ripe (d) Aisha
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) slowly
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) new
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) small
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Kavya (b) long (c) wall (d) painted
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) juicy (b) eats (c) mango (d) Yash
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) happy (c) song (d) sang
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) new (c) kite (d) Kabir
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) kicks
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha buys a small toy every day.” (a) Isha (b) buys (c) small (d) toy
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha sings a sweet song every day.” (a) Isha (b) song (c) sweet (d) sings
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) new (c) Zoya (d) bicycle
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) red (c) kicked (d) Riya
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) wrote (c) letter (d) long
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) colourful (c) quickly
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) big (c) Yash (d) drew
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) buys
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) Sneha (c) paints (d) wall
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) writes
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) Riya (c) reads (d) book

Answer key

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

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