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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 108 · 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 small toy every day.” (a) toy (b) small (c) buys (d) Isha
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav buys a small toy every day.” (a) buys (b) small (c) Manav (d) toy
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) new (c) read (d) Neel
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) ripe (c) eats
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) opens
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) long (c) wrote (d) Dev
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Pooja (b) wrote (c) long (d) letter
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya opens a small box every day.” (a) Diya (b) box (c) opens (d) small
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) Arjun (c) ripe (d) mango
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera reads a new book every day.” (a) reads (b) Meera (c) new (d) book
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun flies a red kite every day.” (a) Arjun (b) red (c) kite (d) flies
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) happily
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) quickly
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) Dev (c) opened (d) small
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) ripe
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) carries (c) heavy
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) Karan (c) new (d) bought
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) carries
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) quickly
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) flies
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir opened a big box yesterday.” (a) big (b) opened (c) Kabir (d) box
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir reads a new book every day.” (a) reads (b) new (c) book (d) Kabir
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) wrote (c) Kabir (d) long
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Isha (c) ripe (d) ate
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) long (c) wall (d) Ira
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) paints (b) Diya (c) tall (d) wall
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sings (c) happy
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) happily
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) Kavya (c) picture (d) draws
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) funny (c) reads
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) Dev (c) opened (d) big
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) reads
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) quickly
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) happily (c) writes
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) slowly
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) writes
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) happily
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) draws (c) big
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) quickly
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) ball (c) Pooja (d) red

Answer key

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

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