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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 889 · 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 carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Meera (b) bag (c) carries (d) heavy
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya reads a funny book every day.” (a) book (b) reads (c) Aditya (d) funny
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) Manav (c) big (d) carried
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) slowly (c) red
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) wall (c) Nisha (d) paints
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) picture (c) Aisha (d) colourful
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) happily
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira flies a new kite every day.” (a) Ira (b) kite (c) flies (d) new
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) bought (c) new (d) Kabir
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) heavy (c) carries
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) Myra (c) drew (d) colourful
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) opens (c) big
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) new
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) quickly
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya flies a new kite every day.” (a) flies (b) new (c) kite (d) Diya
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) new (c) Arjun (d) rode
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) slowly
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Tara (b) big (c) kicks (d) ball
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) wall (c) paints (d) Ishaan
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan opens a big box every day.” (a) box (b) opens (c) Karan (d) big
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) Aisha (c) ball (d) kicked
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) draws (c) big
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) slowly
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) slowly (c) small
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) picture (c) draws (d) Yash
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) slowly (c) writes
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) happily (c) buys
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) ripe (c) eats
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) Omkar (c) book (d) read
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) Kunal (c) wall (d) painted
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) bought (c) small (d) Omkar
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) big
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) Kunal (b) bought (c) small (d) toy
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) draws (c) Farhan (d) picture
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha opens a big box every day.” (a) Nisha (b) opens (c) big (d) box
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra opened a small box yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) small (c) box (d) opened
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) funny (c) read (d) Dev
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) Sneha (c) drew (d) picture
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Saanvi (b) ripe (c) mango (d) eats
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sweet (c) sang (d) Riya

Answer key

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

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