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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 63 · 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)? “Saanvi opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Saanvi (b) box (c) big (d) opened
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) bought (c) small (d) Farhan
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) tall (c) paints
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Riya (b) big (c) carried (d) bag
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) new (c) kite (d) Neel
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) Rahul (c) wrote (d) letter
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) flies
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev carries a big bag every day.” (a) Dev (b) carries (c) big (d) bag
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) happily
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) reads
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) slowly (c) big
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) quickly (c) rides
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) slowly
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) quickly (c) sings
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) happily
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja writes a short letter every day.” (a) writes (b) Pooja (c) short (d) letter
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) ball (c) Isha (d) kicks
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) kicks
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) new (c) kite (d) Tara
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) ball (c) big (d) kicked
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) funny
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) short (c) slowly
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) box (c) Aisha (d) opened
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) Ishaan (c) long (d) wrote
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Saanvi (b) juicy (c) ate (d) mango
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) new (c) toy (d) bought
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) new (c) quickly
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) flies (c) Aisha (d) red
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) slowly (c) red
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha read a new book yesterday.” (a) Aisha (b) book (c) new (d) read
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) red (b) flew (c) Vivaan (d) kite
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sings (c) sweet
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) writes (c) long
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir writes a long letter every day.” (a) Kabir (b) writes (c) long (d) letter
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) sweet (c) song (d) Aisha
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) heavy (c) bag (d) Ira
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) red
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) paints
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) flies (c) Pooja (d) red
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Priya (b) painted (c) wall (d) tall

Answer key

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

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