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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 929 · 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)? “Arjun ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) ate (c) ripe (d) mango
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) Isha (c) drew (d) picture
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) Isha (c) picture (d) draws
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) draws (c) big
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) colourful
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) slowly
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) slowly
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) reads (c) funny
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) Arjun (c) picture (d) drew
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar buys a new toy every day.” (a) Omkar (b) toy (c) buys (d) new
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) slowly
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) quickly (c) draws
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) long (c) Karan (d) wrote
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) read (c) Yash (d) book
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) quickly
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya buys a new toy every day.” (a) buys (b) toy (c) new (d) Zoya
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) quickly (c) rides
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) new (b) rode (c) bicycle (d) Sneha
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) buys (c) new
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Aditya (b) ate (c) mango (d) juicy
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) mango (b) juicy (c) Aisha (d) eats
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) big (b) carried (c) Meera (d) bag
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Sneha (b) paints (c) tall (d) wall
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Pooja (b) bag (c) carries (d) heavy
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) buys
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) happily (c) eats
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) slowly
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) slowly (c) big
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) happily (c) flies
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) writes (c) short
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya flies a red kite every day.” (a) Aditya (b) flies (c) red (d) kite
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan writes a short letter every day.” (a) Rohan (b) letter (c) short (d) writes
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) wall (c) long (d) Yash
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) quickly
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) wall (c) Neel (d) paints
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) paints (c) long
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) slowly
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) Manav (c) small (d) opened
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya reads a funny book every day.” (a) reads (b) book (c) funny (d) Kavya
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) buys

Answer key

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

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