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

Answer key

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

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