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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 140 · 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)? “Tara carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) Tara (c) bag (d) big
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya writes a long letter every day.” (a) Kavya (b) long (c) letter (d) writes
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) quickly
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) small
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) happily (c) long
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) quickly
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) happily
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) reads
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sweet (b) Aisha (c) song (d) sings
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) mango (c) juicy (d) Meera
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) slowly
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sweet (b) song (c) Saanvi (d) sang
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) quickly
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Ananya (c) ate (d) ripe
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) funny (c) book (d) read
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) ball (c) Kavya (d) kicked
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) funny (c) Farhan (d) read
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) happily
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) kicks
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Nisha (b) bag (c) carried (d) heavy
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) colourful (c) draws
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) reads
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) kicks (c) Isha (d) red
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) small (c) buys
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) happily
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) ripe (c) eats
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) happily (c) paints
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) short (c) writes
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) ripe (c) mango (d) Manav
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) draws
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) juicy
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) Arjun (c) carried (d) heavy
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) quickly (c) red
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira buys a small toy every day.” (a) Ira (b) buys (c) toy (d) small
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) short (c) Ishaan (d) wrote
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) ripe
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) happily (c) eats
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) slowly (c) happy
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) Ira (d) ate
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) slowly (c) buys

Answer key

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

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