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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 65 · 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.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) quickly (c) draws
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera opens a small box every day.” (a) opens (b) box (c) small (d) Meera
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) rode (c) Aarav (d) new
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) carries
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) sweet (c) Neel (d) song
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) colourful
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) carried (c) big (d) bag
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) happily
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) slowly (c) writes
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) quickly
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul flies a new kite every day.” (a) kite (b) flies (c) new (d) Rahul
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) mango (c) Kabir (d) eats
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) Omkar (d) colourful
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sweet (b) sang (c) Dev (d) song
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) Aditya (c) red (d) kicks
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) Kunal (c) book (d) new
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) ate (c) mango (d) Omkar
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) buys
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Nisha (b) drew (c) colourful (d) picture
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) slowly
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan kicks a red ball every day.” (a) Karan (b) ball (c) red (d) kicks
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya opens a small box every day.” (a) box (b) opens (c) small (d) Riya
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) Priya (c) small (d) bought
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Rohan (b) ball (c) kicks (d) big
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) ate (c) juicy (d) mango
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) kicks
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Rahul (b) carries (c) bag (d) heavy
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) small (c) bought (d) Neel
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) carried (c) big (d) bag
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) happily
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) Rohan (c) drew (d) colourful
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) Yash (c) kicked (d) ball
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash reads a funny book every day.” (a) Yash (b) reads (c) funny (d) book
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) slowly
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) slowly
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Karan (b) wrote (c) short (d) letter
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) eats (b) juicy (c) mango (d) Nisha
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) big (c) box (d) opened
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) colourful
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) kicks

Answer key

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

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