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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 651 · 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)? “Dev writes a short letter every day.” (a) writes (b) Dev (c) short (d) letter
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) new (c) quickly
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) big
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) eats (c) ripe
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) reads
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) big
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) long (c) paints
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Aditya (b) painted (c) tall (d) wall
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) picture (c) big (d) drew
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) draws (c) colourful
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) slowly (c) rides
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) big (c) Aisha (d) ball
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) read (c) new (d) Kunal
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) painted (c) Ira (d) tall
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) quickly
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha paints a long wall every day.” (a) Sneha (b) paints (c) long (d) wall
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) buys (c) small
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) slowly
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) book (c) Aarav (d) read
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) blue (c) rode (d) Aarav
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) writes (c) long
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) juicy
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) heavy (c) bag (d) Farhan
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) colourful (c) picture (d) Yash
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) bag (c) Priya (d) heavy
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) kicked (c) ball (d) red
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) flies
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) ball (c) red (d) Isha
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) writes
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) book (c) read (d) funny
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) ripe (c) mango (d) Diya
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel draws a big picture every day.” (a) Neel (b) draws (c) picture (d) big
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) buys (c) new
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) heavy (c) carried (d) Karan
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) bought (c) Yash (d) small
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) big (c) drew (d) Ira
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) ball (c) red (d) Myra
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) red (c) kicked (d) ball
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) sweet (c) sings
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) Diya (c) red (d) kicked

Answer key

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

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