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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 795 · 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)? “Arjun draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) Arjun (d) big
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Ishaan (b) wall (c) tall (d) painted
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) ball (c) Isha (d) kicked
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) slowly (c) long
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) happily
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) Omkar (c) flew (d) red
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) slowly
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) quickly
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) quickly
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) mango (c) juicy (d) ate
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) writes (c) short
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) Rohan (c) big (d) drew
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) carried (c) Aisha (d) heavy
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) flies (c) kite (d) Arjun
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) carries
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan reads a new book every day.” (a) Vivaan (b) new (c) reads (d) book
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) slowly (c) ripe
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) happily
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) Diya (c) big (d) draws
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) paints (c) wall (d) Aarav
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan reads a funny book every day.” (a) Farhan (b) book (c) funny (d) reads
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) letter (c) Rohan (d) long
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) colourful (c) happily
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar read a new book yesterday.” (a) Omkar (b) book (c) read (d) new
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) mango (b) juicy (c) eats (d) Rahul
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Kabir (b) new (c) rides (d) bicycle
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) blue (c) rides
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) ripe
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) draws (c) big
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) rides
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) flies
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) big (d) Kabir
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) funny (c) Aisha (d) read
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul draws a big picture every day.” (a) Rahul (b) draws (c) picture (d) big
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) happily (c) new
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) writes (c) short
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Riya (b) mango (c) eats (d) ripe
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) kite (c) Rahul (d) flew
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) reads
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav opens a big box every day.” (a) Manav (b) opens (c) box (d) big

Answer key

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

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