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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 323 · 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 painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Riya (b) wall (c) painted (d) long
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) slowly (c) small
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) ate (d) Neel
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) opens
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) juicy (c) eats
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) writes (c) long (d) Vivaan
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) slowly (c) funny
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) happily (c) funny
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) small (c) buys
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Aditya (b) big (c) ball (d) kicks
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) long (c) Saanvi (d) writes
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Manav (b) wrote (c) long (d) letter
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) slowly
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) Kabir (c) box (d) opened
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) kicks
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) picture (c) draws (d) Vivaan
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) carries
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) happily
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) paints (c) Rahul (d) wall
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) Pooja (c) writes (d) long
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul opened a big box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) Rahul (c) box (d) big
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) new (c) bought (d) toy
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) wall (c) painted (d) Meera
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) Kabir (c) small (d) bought
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) bicycle (c) new (d) Farhan
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Aditya (b) short (c) letter (d) wrote
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) rides (c) blue (d) Aisha
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) bag (b) heavy (c) carries (d) Isha
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) big
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Pooja (b) funny (c) book (d) read
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happily (c) happy
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) kicks
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) draws (c) colourful
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Nisha (b) eats (c) ripe (d) mango
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) bicycle (c) blue (d) rode
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Aisha (b) draws (c) picture (d) colourful
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) ripe (c) ate (d) mango
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya paints a long wall every day.” (a) paints (b) long (c) Zoya (d) wall
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya reads a new book every day.” (a) Zoya (b) reads (c) new (d) book
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) quickly

Answer key

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

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