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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 600 · 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)? “Tara draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) colourful (b) picture (c) Tara (d) draws
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) flies
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) carries (c) big
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sings (c) sweet
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) happily
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) quickly (c) heavy
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) happily
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) big
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav buys a small toy every day.” (a) buys (b) toy (c) small (d) Aarav
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) happily (c) buys
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) quickly
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) opens
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Sneha (b) painted (c) long (d) wall
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) carries (c) big
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) wrote (c) letter (d) Rahul
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal flies a new kite every day.” (a) flies (b) new (c) kite (d) Kunal
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun sings a happy song every day.” (a) sings (b) Arjun (c) happy (d) song
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra opens a big box every day.” (a) opens (b) box (c) big (d) Myra
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) writes
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) funny (c) Farhan (d) read
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) happily (c) kicks
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) colourful (c) draws
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) happily
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) slowly
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) colourful (b) picture (c) Yash (d) draws
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) slowly (c) eats
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Pooja (b) big (c) box (d) opened
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) quickly (c) eats
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) new (b) bought (c) toy (d) Zoya
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) rides (c) blue
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) long (c) paints
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) quickly (c) sings
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar writes a long letter every day.” (a) Omkar (b) long (c) letter (d) writes
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) Zoya (c) long (d) wall
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) carries
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) flies
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) flies
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) rides
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) ball (c) red (d) Yash
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) kicks

Answer key

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

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