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

Answer key

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

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