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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 338 · 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 rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) blue (c) Zoya (d) rides
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) red (c) kite (d) flew
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) Kavya (c) wall (d) paints
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sings (c) happy
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) colourful (c) quickly
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya paints a long wall every day.” (a) Aditya (b) paints (c) wall (d) long
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav opened a big box yesterday.” (a) big (b) box (c) opened (d) Aarav
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) writes
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) Kunal (c) mango (d) ate
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) Neel (c) kicked (d) big
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) book (c) reads (d) Aarav
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) mango (c) ripe (d) ate
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) kicks
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Rohan (b) blue (c) rides (d) bicycle
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun writes a long letter every day.” (a) Arjun (b) long (c) letter (d) writes
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) happily (c) draws
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) quickly (c) buys
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) quickly
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) ball (b) kicks (c) big (d) Riya
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) song (c) happy (d) sang
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) happily
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) mango (c) Meera (d) eats
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) opens
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) quickly
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) happily
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) slowly
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) mango (c) ate (d) Arjun
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) mango (c) eats (d) Nisha
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir flies a new kite every day.” (a) flies (b) Kabir (c) new (d) kite
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) mango (c) juicy (d) Diya
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) slowly (c) new
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) Rohan (c) ripe (d) mango
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) slowly
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) kicks
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) flies
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) quickly
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Aditya (b) song (c) happy (d) sang
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) rode (c) blue (d) bicycle
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav flies a new kite every day.” (a) new (b) kite (c) flies (d) Aarav
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) quickly (c) paints

Answer key

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

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