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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 250 · 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)? “Myra flies a new kite every day.” (a) flies (b) kite (c) Myra (d) new
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) quickly (c) carries
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Rohan (b) blue (c) bicycle (d) rides
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sings (c) happy
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) buys (c) small
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) Kunal (c) big (d) ball
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) slowly
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) colourful (c) draws
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) kicks
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Ananya (b) draws (c) colourful (d) picture
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) kicks
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) long (c) Kabir (d) letter
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) happily
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) paints (c) long
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Rahul (b) big (c) ball (d) kicks
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya kicks a red ball every day.” (a) Kavya (b) red (c) ball (d) kicks
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) ate (c) mango (d) Neel
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara opened a big box yesterday.” (a) big (b) opened (c) box (d) Tara
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) quickly
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) kicks
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) opens
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) slowly (c) paints
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sweet (b) sings (c) song (d) Priya
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) happily (c) kicks
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) ripe (c) eats
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Saanvi (b) juicy (c) mango (d) eats
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) quickly
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) quickly (c) reads
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) buys
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) Aarav (c) writes (d) letter
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) slowly (c) small
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) ripe
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) Rahul (c) new (d) book
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) Aarav (c) draws (d) colourful
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) flies
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) new
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) happily (c) new
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) Saanvi (c) song (d) sang
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Yash (b) ripe (c) ate (d) mango

Answer key

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

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