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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 688 · 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 reads a funny book every day.” (a) Dev (b) book (c) reads (d) funny
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) reads (c) funny
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) opens (c) small
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) kicks
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) happily
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sweet (b) sang (c) song (d) Aisha
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan reads a new book every day.” (a) new (b) reads (c) Ishaan (d) book
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) happily
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya reads a funny book every day.” (a) book (b) funny (c) reads (d) Zoya
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya draws a big picture every day.” (a) Zoya (b) picture (c) big (d) draws
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha buys a new toy every day.” (a) buys (b) toy (c) new (d) Sneha
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) small (c) quickly
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) blue (c) rides
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) sweet (c) sings
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) Farhan (c) small (d) bought
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) long (c) wrote (d) Ira
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Karan (b) long (c) wall (d) painted
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Kunal (b) colourful (c) picture (d) draws
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan sings a sweet song every day.” (a) song (b) sings (c) sweet (d) Farhan
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Nisha (b) opened (c) box (d) big
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) red (b) kite (c) Diya (d) flew
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) long (c) paints
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Nisha (b) new (c) bicycle (d) rides
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) funny (c) Dev (d) read
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) big (c) ball (d) Farhan
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Isha (b) blue (c) bicycle (d) rides
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) quickly
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) red (c) kite (d) Ananya
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) new
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) big (c) carried (d) Kabir
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) Isha (c) kicks (d) red
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra carries a big bag every day.” (a) Myra (b) carries (c) bag (d) big
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Aditya (b) rode (c) bicycle (d) new
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) happily (c) new
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) Zoya (d) big
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) writes (c) long
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) writes (c) short
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav writes a long letter every day.” (a) writes (b) letter (c) Manav (d) long
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Riya (b) tall (c) paints (d) wall

Answer key

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

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