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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 740 · 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)? “Yash buys a small toy every day.” (a) Yash (b) small (c) toy (d) buys
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) long
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) quickly (c) rides
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) quickly (c) buys
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) Kabir (c) painted (d) long
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya sings a sweet song every day.” (a) song (b) sings (c) Riya (d) sweet
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) opened (c) big (d) Ira
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) Rahul (d) new
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) long (c) slowly
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) happily (c) blue
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) draws
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) writes (c) long
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) carries (c) heavy
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) Kunal (c) kite (d) flew
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) slowly (c) sings
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) toy (c) small (d) bought
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) Kabir (c) small (d) opened
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) opened (c) Ananya (d) big
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) red (b) flew (c) kite (d) Rahul
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) picture (c) drew (d) Karan
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) new (c) flew (d) Kabir
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) Farhan (c) sweet (d) sang
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) new (c) reads (d) Kavya
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya buys a new toy every day.” (a) Aditya (b) toy (c) buys (d) new
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash writes a short letter every day.” (a) letter (b) Yash (c) short (d) writes
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) funny (c) reads
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) slowly
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) slowly
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) quickly
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) Kavya (c) red (d) kicked
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) flew (c) red (d) kite
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) Pooja (c) ball (d) red
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) small (c) buys
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha writes a short letter every day.” (a) letter (b) short (c) Isha (d) writes
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) red (c) Omkar (d) flew
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) paints (c) wall (d) Nisha
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) buys
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Karan (b) bicycle (c) rode (d) new
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) Pooja (c) red (d) ball

Answer key

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

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