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

Answer key

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

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