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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 306 · 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)? “Dev kicks a big ball every day.” (a) ball (b) kicks (c) big (d) Dev
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) new (b) toy (c) Farhan (d) bought
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) rides (c) blue
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) ball (c) Nisha (d) big
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) toy (c) Myra (d) small
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) opens (c) big
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) opens
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) red (b) kite (c) Neel (d) flew
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sweet (c) sang (d) Yash
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) Rahul (c) kite (d) flew
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) draws (c) Neel (d) picture
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) happily
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) kicks
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) quickly
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) quickly
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) slowly (c) blue
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan opens a big box every day.” (a) opens (b) Farhan (c) box (d) big
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) slowly (c) small
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) reads
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Isha (b) eats (c) juicy (d) mango
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) new (c) Ira (d) bicycle
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) slowly (c) draws
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) ripe (c) Isha (d) eats
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Nisha (b) drew (c) colourful (d) picture
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) new (c) Omkar (d) reads
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) opens (c) small
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) kicks
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) heavy (c) Nisha (d) carried
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) happily
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) slowly (c) big
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Manav (b) bicycle (c) blue (d) rides
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) slowly
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) quickly
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) happily
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) Aisha (c) painted (d) long
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir read a new book yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) read (c) book (d) new
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) opens
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Kavya (b) new (c) flew (d) kite
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) quickly (c) happy
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Zoya (b) drew (c) big (d) picture

Answer key

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

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