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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 237 · 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 ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Kabir (c) ate (d) juicy
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun sings a happy song every day.” (a) sings (b) Arjun (c) song (d) happy
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Ishaan (b) painted (c) wall (d) long
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha carries a big bag every day.” (a) carries (b) bag (c) big (d) Sneha
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) slowly
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) kicked (c) Karan (d) ball
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) opened (c) Ishaan (d) small
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) big (c) Meera (d) ball
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) slowly (c) rides
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) opens
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) short (c) Omkar (d) wrote
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) quickly
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar opens a big box every day.” (a) Omkar (b) big (c) box (d) opens
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) slowly
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) quickly (c) sweet
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) draws (c) big
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) big (c) kicked (d) ball
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) quickly
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Kunal (b) wall (c) tall (d) painted
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) draws
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) red
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul read a new book yesterday.” (a) Rahul (b) new (c) read (d) book
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) new (c) happily
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya sings a happy song every day.” (a) Diya (b) song (c) happy (d) sings
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) quickly (c) sings
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) slowly
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) Pooja (c) new (d) rides
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) quickly
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) new (b) toy (c) Zoya (d) bought
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan carries a big bag every day.” (a) carries (b) big (c) bag (d) Vivaan
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) writes
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) quickly
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) slowly
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) draws
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Nisha (b) sweet (c) song (d) sang
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) quickly
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) quickly
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) quickly
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) bag (c) big (d) Diya
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) red (c) kicks (d) Manav

Answer key

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

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