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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 213 · 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)? “Kabir sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) sang (c) song (d) happy
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) quickly
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) slowly
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) juicy (c) eats
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) eats (b) mango (c) Isha (d) juicy
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya opens a big box every day.” (a) box (b) Priya (c) opens (d) big
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) painted (c) Dev (d) long
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) red (c) kite (d) flew
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash read a new book yesterday.” (a) Yash (b) book (c) read (d) new
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) quickly (c) red
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) bought (c) Diya (d) small
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) Omkar (c) painted (d) long
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) happily
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) rode (c) Tara (d) new
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) box (c) opens (d) Ishaan
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) book (c) Ishaan (d) read
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) flies
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) quickly (c) small
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) rides (c) quickly
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) rode (c) Arjun (d) bicycle
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) buys
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya reads a new book every day.” (a) reads (b) new (c) Priya (d) book
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya writes a short letter every day.” (a) Ananya (b) short (c) letter (d) writes
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) ball (c) Omkar (d) red
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) carries (c) big
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) kite (c) red (d) flew
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) ripe
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sang (c) happy (d) Kunal
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Zoya (b) ripe (c) mango (d) eats
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) happily
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) heavy (c) carries
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) big (d) Tara
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) happily
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) new (c) happily
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera writes a long letter every day.” (a) Meera (b) long (c) letter (d) writes
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) opens
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) bicycle (c) blue (d) Aarav
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) happy (c) song (d) sang
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) bicycle (c) new (d) Rahul
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) small (c) opens

Answer key

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

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