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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 754 · 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)? “Farhan opened a small box yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) box (c) small (d) opened
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) happily
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Manav (b) colourful (c) drew (d) picture
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) writes (c) long
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Aisha (b) ball (c) kicks (d) big
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) tall (c) painted (d) Zoya
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) writes (c) letter (d) Ananya
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) bag (c) Dev (d) carried
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Vivaan (b) eats (c) mango (d) ripe
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha reads a new book every day.” (a) new (b) reads (c) Nisha (d) book
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) slowly (c) big
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) flies
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) heavy (c) carries
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) writes (c) long
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) quickly (c) writes
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) quickly (c) big
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) small (c) buys
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha buys a small toy every day.” (a) toy (b) small (c) buys (d) Nisha
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) happily
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya buys a small toy every day.” (a) small (b) toy (c) Zoya (d) buys
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) Myra (c) heavy (d) carried
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra flies a new kite every day.” (a) Myra (b) kite (c) flies (d) new
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) slowly (c) short
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) happily
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) paints (c) tall (d) Omkar
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) rides (c) Karan (d) blue
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) carries
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) Farhan (d) juicy
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) kicks
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) happy (c) sang (d) song
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) ripe
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) Arjun (c) drew (d) picture
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) quickly
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) rides (c) slowly
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir reads a new book every day.” (a) Kabir (b) reads (c) new (d) book
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) happily
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha flies a new kite every day.” (a) flies (b) kite (c) Sneha (d) new
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) Kavya (c) flew (d) new
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) long (c) wrote (d) Ishaan

Answer key

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

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