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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 827 · 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)? “Isha writes a short letter every day.” (a) Isha (b) writes (c) letter (d) short
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Nisha (b) ball (c) kicks (d) big
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha carries a big bag every day.” (a) big (b) carries (c) bag (d) Isha
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara opens a big box every day.” (a) box (b) Tara (c) opens (d) big
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) new (c) rode (d) Farhan
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) Kunal (c) new (d) bought
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) colourful
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya paints a long wall every day.” (a) paints (b) long (c) wall (d) Ananya
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) quickly (c) opens
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) kicked (c) big (d) Ira
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) picture (c) Neel (d) draws
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) quickly (c) heavy
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) Saanvi (c) kite (d) new
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) wrote (c) Aditya (d) short
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun read a funny book yesterday.” (a) read (b) Arjun (c) funny (d) book
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) slowly
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) quickly
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) paints
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha opens a small box every day.” (a) small (b) opens (c) Isha (d) box
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) paints
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) quickly
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Kunal (b) heavy (c) bag (d) carried
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) small (c) toy (d) bought
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) ripe (c) eats
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) happily (c) heavy
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) Dev (c) book (d) read
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) long
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) reads (c) funny
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) slowly
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) quickly
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Karan (b) wall (c) tall (d) painted
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) quickly
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sings (c) happy
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) draws (c) big
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) small (c) buys
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) ripe (c) eats
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) tall (c) paints
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) Nisha (d) colourful
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra paints a long wall every day.” (a) paints (b) Myra (c) long (d) wall
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) opens (c) big

Answer key

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

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