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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 220 · 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)? “Vivaan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) ripe (c) mango (d) Vivaan
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) kicks
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) slowly (c) heavy
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) new (c) kite (d) Aarav
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) happily (c) reads
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul flies a new kite every day.” (a) Rahul (b) kite (c) new (d) flies
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) juicy
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) new (c) Vivaan (d) reads
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Aarav (b) mango (c) eats (d) ripe
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) quickly
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) red
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) big (c) ball (d) Ananya
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) quickly (c) red
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) tall (c) paints
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) juicy
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) Dev (c) letter (d) wrote
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) rides
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) colourful (c) draws
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sweet (c) sings
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Omkar (b) flew (c) kite (d) red
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) reads (c) new
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) happily (c) ripe
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) drew (c) Sneha (d) picture
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) juicy (c) eats
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) happily (c) blue
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha read a new book yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) new (c) book (d) read
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Yash (b) bag (c) heavy (d) carries
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) quickly (c) long
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) ripe (c) ate (d) mango
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan reads a funny book every day.” (a) reads (b) funny (c) Farhan (d) book
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sings (c) sweet
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) read (c) Aditya (d) new
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) draws
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) song (c) sang (d) happy
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) red (b) flew (c) kite (d) Yash
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) slowly
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) blue (c) bicycle (d) rode
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) red (c) Diya (d) ball
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal writes a short letter every day.” (a) letter (b) Kunal (c) short (d) writes
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan opens a big box every day.” (a) Farhan (b) big (c) opens (d) box

Answer key

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

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