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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 116 · 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)? “Farhan opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) big (c) opened (d) box
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) mango (c) ripe (d) Tara
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) red
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) big (c) Omkar (d) opened
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) draws (c) big
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) quickly
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) kite (c) new (d) Zoya
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) kicks
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal buys a small toy every day.” (a) small (b) Kunal (c) buys (d) toy
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) long (c) paints
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) Kavya (c) opens (d) box
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) quickly (c) small
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) ripe
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) happily
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) sings (c) sweet
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya carries a big bag every day.” (a) bag (b) carries (c) Aditya (d) big
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) reads (c) new
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) blue (c) rides
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) Rohan (d) eats
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) big
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) book (c) Zoya (d) read
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) kicked (c) Zoya (d) big
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) happily (c) long
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) flies (c) red
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) happily
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) quickly (c) sings
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) mango (b) juicy (c) Rahul (d) eats
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) mango (c) ate (d) ripe
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun paints a long wall every day.” (a) paints (b) Arjun (c) long (d) wall
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Zoya (b) wrote (c) letter (d) short
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) slowly (c) colourful
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Zoya (b) wall (c) tall (d) painted
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) slowly (c) funny
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) opens
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) colourful (b) picture (c) Meera (d) draws
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) wall (c) Dev (d) paints
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) flies
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan sings a sweet song every day.” (a) song (b) Karan (c) sings (d) sweet
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) happily
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Nisha (b) wrote (c) long (d) letter

Answer key

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

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