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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 910 · 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 buys a new toy every day.” (a) Isha (b) toy (c) buys (d) new
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) mango (c) Omkar (d) juicy
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) Aarav (c) wall (d) painted
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav opens a big box every day.” (a) opens (b) box (c) Aarav (d) big
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya opened a small box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) Diya (c) small (d) box
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) writes
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) quickly (c) reads
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) happily
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) happily
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) flies (c) red (d) Tara
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) Pooja (c) read (d) funny
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) happily (c) new
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) slowly (c) new
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) big
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) Manav (c) red (d) flies
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Tara (b) red (c) ball (d) kicked
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) bag (c) heavy (d) Rohan
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha opened a small box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) small (c) Nisha (d) box
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) Tara (c) bag (d) carried
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Sneha (b) colourful (c) draws (d) picture
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) colourful (c) quickly
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan read a new book yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) read (c) new (d) book
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) quickly (c) small
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) kicks (c) red
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) rides
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) Aarav (d) eats
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) Kunal (c) big (d) ball
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) colourful (c) Riya (d) picture
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) flies
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) paints (c) tall
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) slowly
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) reads (c) Manav (d) new
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) ball (c) kicked (d) red
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) quickly (c) red
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) ripe (c) eats
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) big (b) bag (c) carried (d) Rahul
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) draws
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) happily (c) kicks
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) Omkar (d) colourful
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) slowly

Answer key

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

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