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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 570 · 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: Vivaan ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) quickly (c) draws
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) quickly
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan opens a small box every day.” (a) Vivaan (b) opens (c) small (d) box
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) happily
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) Meera (c) bag (d) heavy
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) drew (c) picture (d) Myra
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) paints
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) kicks
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) slowly
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) new (c) happily
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) slowly
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) happily (c) new
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha read a new book yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) new (c) book (d) read
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) Isha (c) new (d) rides
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja buys a small toy every day.” (a) Pooja (b) toy (c) buys (d) small
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) song (c) Meera (d) happy
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) big (c) ball (d) Isha
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) colourful (c) draws
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) Nisha (c) kicks (d) ball
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) flies
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya draws a big picture every day.” (a) Diya (b) big (c) draws (d) picture
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) happy (c) song (d) Dev
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar reads a new book every day.” (a) reads (b) new (c) Omkar (d) book
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) quickly
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) ate (c) Kunal (d) mango
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya carries a big bag every day.” (a) big (b) Aditya (c) bag (d) carries
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun buys a small toy every day.” (a) buys (b) small (c) Arjun (d) toy
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) quickly
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Rahul (b) blue (c) rides (d) bicycle
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) long (c) paints
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) new (b) toy (c) Saanvi (d) bought
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) slowly
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) happily
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) draws (c) colourful
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) quickly (c) rides
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) Arjun (c) bag (d) carried
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) bicycle (c) Manav (d) new
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) opens
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) slowly
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan opens a small box every day.” (a) opens (b) small (c) Ishaan (d) box

Answer key

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

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