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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 984 · 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)? “Saanvi opens a big box every day.” (a) box (b) big (c) Saanvi (d) opens
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) kicks
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) new (c) read (d) Yash
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) happily
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) big (c) drew (d) picture
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) mango (c) ripe (d) Sneha
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Kavya (b) bag (c) carried (d) heavy
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya opens a small box every day.” (a) box (b) small (c) opens (d) Aditya
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul buys a new toy every day.” (a) Rahul (b) toy (c) new (d) buys
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) Arjun (c) picture (d) draws
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) happily
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) quickly
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) kicks
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya reads a funny book every day.” (a) book (b) reads (c) funny (d) Aditya
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha opened a big box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) Nisha (c) box (d) big
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Tara (c) juicy (d) ate
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) flies
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) kicks
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya carries a big bag every day.” (a) big (b) Zoya (c) bag (d) carries
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan carries a big bag every day.” (a) carries (b) Karan (c) bag (d) big
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) paints (c) tall
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) kicks (c) big
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) slowly (c) draws
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya buys a new toy every day.” (a) new (b) toy (c) buys (d) Ananya
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Rahul (b) funny (c) read (d) book
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal opened a big box yesterday.” (a) big (b) box (c) opened (d) Kunal
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) read (c) Arjun (d) book
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Riya (b) box (c) big (d) opened
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) happily
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) quickly (c) new
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya sings a sweet song every day.” (a) Riya (b) song (c) sweet (d) sings
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) kicks (c) red
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) kite (c) flew (d) red
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) slowly (c) draws
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) long (c) letter (d) wrote
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) new (b) bicycle (c) rode (d) Kabir
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) short (c) happily
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) quickly
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) Manav (b) bought (c) toy (d) new
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) quickly

Answer key

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

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