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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 678 · 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)? “Karan read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) read (c) new (d) Karan
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Aisha (b) long (c) painted (d) wall
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) paints (c) long
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) colourful (c) draws
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) Yash (c) new (d) toy
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) blue (c) rides
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) buys (c) new
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) juicy (c) eats
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Dev (b) tall (c) wall (d) paints
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) Dev (c) heavy (d) carried
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) quickly (c) new
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) slowly (c) big
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) colourful (c) draws
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) slowly (c) colourful
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel reads a new book every day.” (a) new (b) reads (c) book (d) Neel
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya reads a funny book every day.” (a) reads (b) funny (c) Riya (d) book
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Saanvi (b) wrote (c) short (d) letter
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Farhan (b) rides (c) bicycle (d) blue
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) quickly (c) long
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) small (c) opens
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) flies
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) bag (c) big (d) Aarav
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) happily (c) new
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) big (d) Yash
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) quickly (c) writes
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) opened (c) Priya (d) big
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya writes a short letter every day.” (a) Aditya (b) short (c) letter (d) writes
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happily (c) sweet
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) flies
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan sings a happy song every day.” (a) happy (b) song (c) Rohan (d) sings
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha flies a red kite every day.” (a) Nisha (b) red (c) flies (d) kite
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) eats (b) mango (c) ripe (d) Myra
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira flies a new kite every day.” (a) new (b) Ira (c) kite (d) flies
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) quickly (c) sings
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha carries a big bag every day.” (a) big (b) Aisha (c) bag (d) carries
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) red
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) ate (d) Saanvi
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) bought (c) small (d) toy
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Aarav (b) kicks (c) ball (d) big
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) reads (c) new

Answer key

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

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