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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 115 · 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)? “Neel kicks a red ball every day.” (a) red (b) ball (c) Neel (d) kicks
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) ball (c) kicked (d) Ananya
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) eats (c) juicy
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) heavy (c) carries
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) Vivaan (c) long (d) painted
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) quickly
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Kabir (b) ball (c) big (d) kicks
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) big
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Riya (b) blue (c) bicycle (d) rides
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) slowly
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) happily (c) big
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) slowly
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) short
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Pooja (b) flew (c) red (d) kite
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) happy (c) sings
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) rides (c) new (d) Vivaan
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) small (c) slowly
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) juicy (b) Ananya (c) mango (d) eats
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) wall (c) tall (d) painted
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) flies
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Tara (b) big (c) ball (d) kicks
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) quickly
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) slowly
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) opens
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja sings a sweet song every day.” (a) Pooja (b) sweet (c) song (d) sings
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) Yash (c) sweet (d) sang
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya flies a red kite every day.” (a) flies (b) kite (c) red (d) Zoya
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) happily
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha carries a big bag every day.” (a) Sneha (b) big (c) carries (d) bag
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) colourful (c) drew (d) Meera
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) colourful (b) picture (c) Karan (d) draws
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) blue (b) Vivaan (c) bicycle (d) rides
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) quickly (c) paints
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) small (c) opens
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) heavy (b) carries (c) bag (d) Arjun
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) new (b) Rohan (c) rode (d) bicycle
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) Aarav (c) ball (d) kicked
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun buys a small toy every day.” (a) toy (b) buys (c) small (d) Arjun
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) draws (c) colourful
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) big

Answer key

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

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