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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 843 · 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)? “Aarav bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) Aarav (b) toy (c) small (d) bought
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) writes (c) long (d) Isha
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash carries a big bag every day.” (a) big (b) Yash (c) bag (d) carries
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) big (c) Saanvi (d) ball
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Kavya (b) picture (c) drew (d) colourful
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) draws (b) Vivaan (c) colourful (d) picture
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) rides
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) quickly
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) happily
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan reads a new book every day.” (a) new (b) Rohan (c) book (d) reads
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) opens
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) opened (c) big (d) Ira
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) slowly
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) picture (c) colourful (d) drew
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) flies
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) Diya (c) letter (d) wrote
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) slowly (c) paints
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) Kabir (d) red
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) small (c) happily
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) Rohan (c) mango (d) ripe
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) buys
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) rides (c) slowly
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) kicks
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) big (c) Sneha (d) kicked
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) draws (b) Zoya (c) colourful (d) picture
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) Riya (c) flew (d) red
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) long (c) paints
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) slowly
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) bought (c) Yash (d) new
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) writes (c) long
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) carried (c) bag (d) Dev
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) bought (c) Isha (d) small
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) Zoya (c) read (d) new
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) quickly (c) rides
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) quickly
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) rides (c) quickly
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) quickly (c) red
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) quickly
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) juicy (c) eats
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) rides (c) blue

Answer key

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

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