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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 135 · 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)? “Manav reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) book (c) Manav (d) reads
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) short (c) wrote (d) Saanvi
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) blue (c) rides
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) quickly
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) opens
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) ripe
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Sneha (b) juicy (c) eats (d) mango
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) opened (c) small (d) Ananya
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) new (c) quickly
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) picture (c) Saanvi (d) colourful
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) Pooja (c) new (d) reads
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) quickly
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Nisha (b) colourful (c) drew (d) picture
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) slowly (c) new
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) buys (c) small
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) Zoya (c) kicks (d) ball
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) wall (c) Ishaan (d) tall
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) quickly
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) kicks
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) quickly
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) juicy (c) eats
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja flies a new kite every day.” (a) kite (b) Pooja (c) new (d) flies
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) quickly
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Kunal (b) wall (c) tall (d) paints
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) red (c) flies (d) Manav
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) quickly (c) big
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) slowly (c) heavy
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara kicks a big ball every day.” (a) ball (b) big (c) kicks (d) Tara
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) flies (c) red
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) sings (c) happy
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) new
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) new (c) Aditya (d) flew
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) funny
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) happily
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) painted (c) wall (d) long
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) Tara (c) big (d) carried
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happily (c) sweet
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) toy (c) bought (d) Rahul
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) heavy (c) carried (d) bag
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun paints a long wall every day.” (a) paints (b) long (c) wall (d) Arjun

Answer key

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

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