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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 262 · 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)? “Zoya flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) kite (c) flies (d) Zoya
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) kicks
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) colourful (c) quickly
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) quickly (c) sings
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) happily (c) reads
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Yash (b) box (c) big (d) opened
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) new (b) bicycle (c) rides (d) Yash
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) slowly (c) blue
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) rides
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Rahul (b) juicy (c) mango (d) eats
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) quickly (c) heavy
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) bought (c) toy (d) Ira
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) quickly
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) opens
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) happily
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) new (c) Kunal (d) book
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) wrote (c) letter (d) long
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) funny (c) read (d) Rohan
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya kicks a red ball every day.” (a) Priya (b) red (c) kicks (d) ball
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) red (c) happily
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Isha (b) ripe (c) mango (d) eats
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) slowly (c) eats
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) letter (c) Tara (d) writes
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) carries (c) quickly
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) rides
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) new (c) Aisha (d) bicycle
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sweet (b) sang (c) Kabir (d) song
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) tall (c) paints
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira sings a happy song every day.” (a) song (b) Ira (c) sings (d) happy
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) carries (c) slowly
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) ate (c) mango (d) Isha
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) flies
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) Rahul (c) ball (d) big
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) long (c) paints
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan reads a new book every day.” (a) reads (b) book (c) new (d) Ishaan
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) juicy (c) Kabir (d) mango
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) long (c) quickly
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) quickly
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) slowly
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) long (c) wall (d) Omkar

Answer key

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

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