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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 245 · 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)? “Aisha opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) Aisha (c) box (d) opened
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) quickly
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) Riya (c) long (d) painted
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav flies a new kite every day.” (a) kite (b) flies (c) new (d) Aarav
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) writes (c) long
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) buys (c) small
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) Ananya (c) bicycle (d) blue
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) quickly
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) flies
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) new (c) read (d) Kunal
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sings (b) Priya (c) song (d) sweet
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Riya (b) new (c) flew (d) kite
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) kicks (c) Zoya (d) ball
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) slowly
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) slowly (c) paints
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) flies
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sweet (b) sang (c) Kunal (d) song
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Priya (b) carried (c) bag (d) big
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) happily
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) happily
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Tara (b) wrote (c) letter (d) long
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) mango (c) ate (d) ripe
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Rohan (b) bicycle (c) rides (d) blue
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) flies (c) red
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) colourful (b) picture (c) Vivaan (d) draws
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) slowly
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) happily
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) ripe (c) eats (d) Neel
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira kicks a red ball every day.” (a) red (b) Ira (c) kicks (d) ball
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Pooja (b) wrote (c) letter (d) short
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) Aarav (c) wall (d) paints
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) slowly (c) writes
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Ishaan (b) heavy (c) carries (d) bag
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) happy (c) sings
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Vivaan (b) paints (c) tall (d) wall
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) Aditya (c) book (d) read
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) rode (c) bicycle (d) Farhan
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Manav (b) kite (c) flew (d) red
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) new (c) Ishaan (d) book
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan sings a sweet song every day.” (a) Ishaan (b) sweet (c) song (d) sings

Answer key

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

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