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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 595 · 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)? “Aditya opens a small box every day.” (a) small (b) Aditya (c) box (d) opens
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) Arjun (d) colourful
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Aarav (b) funny (c) book (d) read
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) slowly (c) long
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) happily
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) ripe (c) eats
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) big
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) slowly (c) blue
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) quickly (c) paints
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Farhan (b) new (c) bicycle (d) rides
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) opens
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) Ishaan (c) wall (d) painted
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) quickly
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul flies a red kite every day.” (a) flies (b) red (c) Rahul (d) kite
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Manav (b) colourful (c) draws (d) picture
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Karan (b) bag (c) heavy (d) carries
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) short
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) colourful
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) red (c) flies (d) Yash
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) heavy (c) Zoya (d) bag
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Kabir (b) blue (c) bicycle (d) rides
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun carries a big bag every day.” (a) big (b) carries (c) Arjun (d) bag
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) heavy (c) carries
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) long (c) writes
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) Ananya (c) draws (d) colourful
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) Omkar (c) kicked (d) big
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) colourful (c) draws
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) carries (c) slowly
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) new (b) bought (c) toy (d) Priya
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) happily
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) short
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) small (c) toy (d) bought
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) big
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) happily (c) new
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) tall (c) paints
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan read a new book yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) book (c) new (d) read
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Aisha (b) juicy (c) eats (d) mango
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya draws a big picture every day.” (a) Riya (b) picture (c) big (d) draws
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) funny (c) book (d) read
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sang (c) sweet (d) Ira

Answer key

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

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