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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 599 · 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)? “Ananya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) red (c) ball (d) kicked
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) Zoya (c) small (d) bought
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) slowly
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) ripe (c) eats
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) draws (c) big
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Yash (b) mango (c) ripe (d) ate
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) ball (c) kicked (d) Kavya
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) Ananya (d) new
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) opened (c) big (d) box
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) colourful (c) picture (d) drew
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) slowly
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) happily (c) long
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) mango (b) juicy (c) eats (d) Ananya
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) slowly (c) new
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) carries (c) big
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) quickly (c) sings
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) ate (c) ripe (d) mango
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) quickly
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash writes a short letter every day.” (a) writes (b) Yash (c) letter (d) short
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) Rohan (c) picture (d) colourful
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) flies
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) ripe (c) Priya (d) mango
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan writes a long letter every day.” (a) writes (b) long (c) Ishaan (d) letter
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) drew (c) picture (d) Isha
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) flies
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sweet (c) Ira (d) sang
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) happily (c) long
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) quickly (c) new
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) slowly (c) rides
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) red (b) Meera (c) kite (d) flew
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) red (c) kicks (d) Vivaan
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sweet (c) sings
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) read (c) book (d) Ishaan
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya sings a happy song every day.” (a) song (b) Priya (c) happy (d) sings
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) juicy (c) ate (d) Aditya
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) happily (c) draws
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) bag (b) Vivaan (c) heavy (d) carries
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) Isha (c) toy (d) bought
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) quickly
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) Arjun (c) paints (d) wall

Answer key

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

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