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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 142 · 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)? “Omkar sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Omkar (b) song (c) sang (d) happy
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Manav (b) kicks (c) ball (d) big
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Saanvi (c) juicy (d) ate
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) box (c) opened (d) big
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) slowly (c) carries
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) mango (c) Farhan (d) ripe
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) letter (c) short (d) wrote
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya paints a long wall every day.” (a) paints (b) long (c) Aditya (d) wall
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) quickly (c) big
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) carries
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) slowly (c) long
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) quickly
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) ball (c) kicked (d) Sneha
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) Ishaan (c) kicked (d) ball
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) reads
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) Aditya (c) drew (d) picture
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Rohan (b) mango (c) eats (d) juicy
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Meera (b) mango (c) juicy (d) eats
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) happily
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir buys a small toy every day.” (a) toy (b) buys (c) Kabir (d) small
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) slowly
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) happily
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sweet (c) sings
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) carried (c) bag (d) heavy
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya writes a long letter every day.” (a) Ananya (b) long (c) letter (d) writes
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Kavya (b) bag (c) heavy (d) carries
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) Neel (c) picture (d) drew
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya carries a big bag every day.” (a) big (b) Aditya (c) carries (d) bag
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) new (c) happily
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Zoya (b) tall (c) paints (d) wall
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) happily
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) red (c) happily
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) slowly
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) writes (c) short
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) heavy (c) Aditya (d) bag
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya buys a small toy every day.” (a) Diya (b) small (c) toy (d) buys
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) funny (c) reads
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) slowly
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) reads (c) funny

Answer key

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

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