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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 257 · 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.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) ripe (c) eats
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) quickly (c) carries
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) happily
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) ball (c) Neel (d) red
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Priya (b) big (c) box (d) opened
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sweet (c) sings
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) Vivaan (c) wall (d) painted
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) letter (c) wrote (d) Priya
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) happily
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) quickly
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) colourful (c) draws
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) quickly (c) big
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira buys a new toy every day.” (a) Ira (b) toy (c) buys (d) new
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya opens a small box every day.” (a) opens (b) small (c) box (d) Aditya
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) new (c) rode (d) Priya
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Tara (b) blue (c) rides (d) bicycle
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) slowly (c) paints
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) eats (c) ripe (d) Omkar
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Kabir (b) big (c) ball (d) kicks
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Aarav (b) rode (c) blue (d) bicycle
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) long (c) wall (d) Ananya
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Aditya (b) blue (c) bicycle (d) rode
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) eats (b) ripe (c) Rohan (d) mango
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) long (c) Arjun (d) painted
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Karan (b) paints (c) wall (d) tall
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash sings a happy song every day.” (a) Yash (b) happy (c) song (d) sings
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) reads
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya writes a short letter every day.” (a) Diya (b) letter (c) writes (d) short
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) ball (c) Ananya (d) kicks
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) short (c) letter (d) Dev
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) Saanvi (c) red (d) flew
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi writes a short letter every day.” (a) letter (b) Saanvi (c) writes (d) short
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Aarav (b) painted (c) wall (d) tall
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) quickly (c) carries
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira reads a new book every day.” (a) new (b) book (c) reads (d) Ira
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) quickly (c) big
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) paints (c) wall (d) Meera
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) happily
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) happily

Answer key

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

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