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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 939 · 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.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) quickly
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) ball (c) Rohan (d) red
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) happily (c) small
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) opens (c) big
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) eats (c) ripe
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) reads
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) slowly (c) long
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) song (c) sweet (d) sang
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) bought (c) Ishaan (d) toy
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) slowly (c) big
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) buys (c) small
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) book (c) Kunal (d) read
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) Kabir (c) read (d) book
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) ripe
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) Myra (c) rode (d) bicycle
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) slowly (c) blue
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) reads
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) Vivaan (c) carried (d) bag
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya paints a long wall every day.” (a) wall (b) paints (c) long (d) Priya
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) ball (c) Kunal (d) kicked
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) Rahul (c) reads (d) new
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) slowly (c) heavy
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) slowly
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) rides (c) blue (d) Nisha
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) quickly
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) happy (c) sang (d) Tara
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) drew (c) Ira (d) big
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) red (c) kicks (d) Isha
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) Rohan (c) blue (d) bicycle
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) quickly (c) reads
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) Yash (c) big (d) draws
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) reads
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) slowly
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) long (c) happily
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) wall (c) painted (d) Rohan
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) carried (c) heavy (d) Tara
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi reads a funny book every day.” (a) Saanvi (b) funny (c) reads (d) book
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) Aarav (c) long (d) letter
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) quickly (c) paints
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) rides (c) new

Answer key

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

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