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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 617 · 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)? “Manav bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) toy (c) small (d) Manav
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) writes (c) Karan (d) letter
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) quickly
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) quickly (c) paints
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) colourful (c) quickly
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) small (c) Rohan (d) opened
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) small (c) quickly
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera read a funny book yesterday.” (a) read (b) Meera (c) funny (d) book
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) funny
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) Manav (c) book (d) read
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan carries a big bag every day.” (a) carries (b) bag (c) big (d) Rohan
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) paints (c) tall
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) slowly (c) eats
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal reads a funny book every day.” (a) reads (b) Kunal (c) funny (d) book
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) Sneha (c) wrote (d) long
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) Kunal (c) ripe (d) mango
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) reads
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) rides (c) new
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) slowly (c) carries
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) slowly (c) juicy
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) kicked (c) ball (d) Aarav
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) buys (c) small
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) big (c) Kunal (d) draws
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Kunal (b) big (c) drew (d) picture
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) book (c) read (d) Aditya
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) flies (c) new
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) blue (b) rides (c) bicycle (d) Ishaan
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) blue (c) rides
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) rode (c) Dev (d) new
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera carries a big bag every day.” (a) bag (b) big (c) Meera (d) carries
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) quickly
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) big (c) Diya (d) opened
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) colourful
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) colourful (c) Yash (d) picture
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) quickly (c) blue
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) juicy (c) eats
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) carried (c) heavy (d) bag
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira buys a small toy every day.” (a) small (b) buys (c) Ira (d) toy
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) draws (c) colourful
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) Aarav (c) reads (d) book

Answer key

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

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