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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 821 · 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)? “Meera flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) red (c) kite (d) flew
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) paints (c) long
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar kicks a red ball every day.” (a) red (b) Omkar (c) kicks (d) ball
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) colourful (c) draws
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Sneha (b) picture (c) draws (d) colourful
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) buys (c) small
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) rides
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) sang (c) sweet (d) song
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) small (c) opened (d) Kabir
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) funny (c) Dev (d) read
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) slowly
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) buys
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Nisha (b) picture (c) colourful (d) draws
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) bag (c) Zoya (d) big
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) short (c) letter (d) Tara
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) flies (c) red
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) red (b) flew (c) kite (d) Kabir
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya kicks a red ball every day.” (a) red (b) ball (c) kicks (d) Diya
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) colourful (d) Farhan
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) Karan (c) draws (d) big
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Neel (b) blue (c) bicycle (d) rides
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) red (b) kite (c) Neel (d) flew
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) red (c) happily
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) Kavya (c) new (d) rode
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) letter (c) Ananya (d) long
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) red (c) Aisha (d) kite
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) Yash (c) writes (d) long
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) colourful (c) happily
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) kicks
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) small (c) Diya (d) opened
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) draws
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) flies
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi buys a new toy every day.” (a) Saanvi (b) buys (c) new (d) toy
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) Rohan (c) opens (d) box
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Diya (b) big (c) kicks (d) ball
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) slowly (c) new
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) rode (c) Farhan (d) blue
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) Riya (d) red
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) painted (c) Ananya (d) tall
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) red

Answer key

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

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