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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 164 · 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)? “Farhan opened a small box yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) small (c) box (d) opened
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) slowly (c) small
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal carries a big bag every day.” (a) Kunal (b) carries (c) bag (d) big
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) letter (c) short (d) wrote
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) rides
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) big
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir opens a small box every day.” (a) opens (b) Kabir (c) small (d) box
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) kicks
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) Saanvi (d) big
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan paints a long wall every day.” (a) wall (b) Vivaan (c) long (d) paints
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) flies (c) new
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi paints a tall wall every day.” (a) paints (b) tall (c) wall (d) Saanvi
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) Aisha (c) ripe (d) mango
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) buys (c) small
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya writes a short letter every day.” (a) short (b) Ananya (c) writes (d) letter
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) wrote (c) letter (d) Rahul
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Aditya (b) bicycle (c) rode (d) blue
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) happily
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha buys a new toy every day.” (a) new (b) buys (c) toy (d) Isha
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) toy (c) Neel (d) new
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) Omkar (c) new (d) kite
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) Farhan (c) big (d) opened
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) short (c) wrote (d) Aarav
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) slowly (c) big
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) reads
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) slowly
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) wrote (c) letter (d) Neel
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) rides (c) quickly
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) book (c) read (d) funny
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) draws (b) picture (c) Yash (d) colourful
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) juicy (c) mango (d) Arjun
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) Rohan (c) ball (d) red
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) Rahul (c) new (d) flew
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) kicked (c) Kavya (d) ball
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) happily (c) draws
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) Sneha (d) eats
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) Saanvi (c) sang (d) song
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) happily (c) writes
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) toy (c) Omkar (d) small
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) reads

Answer key

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

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