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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 316 · 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)? “Riya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ripe (c) ate (d) Riya
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) read (c) funny (d) book
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) new (c) quickly
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) new
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) kicks
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) slowly (c) red
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Yash (b) drew (c) colourful (d) picture
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) happily (c) big
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Nisha (b) ate (c) ripe (d) mango
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) slowly (c) carries
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) toy (c) bought (d) Neel
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) new (c) rides (d) Aarav
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) Yash (c) wall (d) paints
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira reads a funny book every day.” (a) Ira (b) funny (c) reads (d) book
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) flies
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) quickly
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) kicks
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) flies (c) Nisha (d) red
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) flies
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Pooja (b) big (c) kicks (d) ball
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) quickly (c) new
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) slowly (c) rides
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) short (c) wrote (d) Pooja
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) bag (b) heavy (c) carries (d) Arjun
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) quickly (c) writes
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) quickly (c) big
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) big (c) Arjun (d) ball
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) flies
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) slowly
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) picture (c) drew (d) Vivaan
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Rohan (b) bicycle (c) new (d) rides
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) sweet (c) song (d) sang
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi reads a funny book every day.” (a) reads (b) book (c) funny (d) Saanvi
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan paints a long wall every day.” (a) Karan (b) long (c) paints (d) wall
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) opened (c) Saanvi (d) big
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Ishaan (b) eats (c) mango (d) juicy
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan flies a red kite every day.” (a) flies (b) kite (c) Vivaan (d) red
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Omkar (b) flew (c) new (d) kite
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sweet (c) sang (d) Ananya
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) funny (c) read (d) Riya

Answer key

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

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