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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 148 · 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.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sings (c) sweet
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) quickly (c) sings
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) Farhan (d) ate
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) Diya (c) new (d) bought
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) quickly
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sweet (c) sings
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha writes a short letter every day.” (a) short (b) Sneha (c) writes (d) letter
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) new (b) bicycle (c) rides (d) Ira
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) Pooja (c) book (d) read
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) Yash (d) juicy
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) paints (c) long
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) quickly (c) new
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Aditya (b) bag (c) heavy (d) carried
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) opens
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) heavy (b) bag (c) carries (d) Sneha
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Arjun (b) heavy (c) carries (d) bag
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) paints (c) long
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) flies
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) happy (c) sings
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal read a new book yesterday.” (a) Kunal (b) new (c) read (d) book
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) Farhan (c) kicks (d) red
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) new (c) Riya (d) flew
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Aarav (b) big (c) drew (d) picture
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) tall (c) Omkar (d) wall
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) reads
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev writes a long letter every day.” (a) Dev (b) writes (c) letter (d) long
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) rides
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) Farhan (c) ball (d) kicks
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) quickly
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) happily
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) slowly (c) big
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) mango (c) ate (d) Kavya
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) slowly (c) blue
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya opened a small box yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) box (c) small (d) opened
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) quickly
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) Riya (c) funny (d) read
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) paints (c) long
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) flies
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) new (c) slowly
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) rode (c) Kabir (d) bicycle

Answer key

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

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