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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 143 · 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)? “Ira read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) read (c) Ira (d) book
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) happily (c) juicy
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) big
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) colourful (c) draws (d) Ira
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) Meera (c) red (d) ball
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Saanvi (b) blue (c) bicycle (d) rides
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) slowly
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) box (c) Ishaan (d) opens
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) flies
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) quickly
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) drew (c) big (d) Manav
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) Sneha (b) toy (c) new (d) bought
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra opened a big box yesterday.” (a) big (b) Myra (c) box (d) opened
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) ripe
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) happily (c) big
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) happily (c) eats
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) small (c) buys
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) buys
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) paints (c) long
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) rides
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) reads
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan buys a new toy every day.” (a) buys (b) new (c) Rohan (d) toy
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) happily (c) draws
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) small (c) slowly
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) colourful (c) drew (d) picture
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) kicks
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) toy (c) Zoya (d) new
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Kavya (b) new (c) kite (d) flew
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) wrote (c) long (d) Ira
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) rode (c) bicycle (d) Meera
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) Dev (d) eats
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) Aarav (c) new (d) flew
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) slowly (c) writes
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) quickly (c) big
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) carries (c) big
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal paints a tall wall every day.” (a) paints (b) wall (c) tall (d) Kunal
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) new (c) kite (d) flew
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) blue (c) rides
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) book (c) Zoya (d) read
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) happily (c) juicy

Answer key

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

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