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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 201 · 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 sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) sang (c) song (d) sweet
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) big (c) box (d) opened
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya writes a long letter every day.” (a) writes (b) letter (c) long (d) Ananya
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happily (c) happy
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) quickly (c) big
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) Omkar (c) letter (d) wrote
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) kicked (c) Meera (d) ball
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) ripe
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) Kabir (c) mango (d) eats
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Ishaan (b) colourful (c) picture (d) drew
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) Sneha (c) new (d) read
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) ball (c) red (d) Priya
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) new (b) rode (c) Nisha (d) bicycle
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) ball (c) Kunal (d) kicked
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) happily (c) small
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) long (c) writes
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) slowly (c) long
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) opens
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) opens
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) long (c) writes (d) Manav
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) writes
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) quickly
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) wall (c) painted (d) Dev
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) paints
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan reads a funny book every day.” (a) book (b) funny (c) reads (d) Vivaan
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) mango (c) ate (d) juicy
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Manav (b) bicycle (c) blue (d) rides
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) slowly
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) slowly (c) blue
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) carries (c) heavy
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) painted (c) wall (d) tall
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) Arjun (c) rode (d) bicycle
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) kicks
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) happily
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) happily
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) toy (c) bought (d) Meera
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) ball (c) big (d) Saanvi
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) rides
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Riya (b) paints (c) wall (d) tall
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) Pooja (d) red

Answer key

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

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