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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 339 · 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 flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) red (b) kite (c) Riya (d) flew
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) slowly
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) kicks
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) red
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) happily
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Vivaan (b) heavy (c) bag (d) carries
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) kicked (c) red (d) Diya
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) draws (c) Rahul (d) picture
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) Saanvi (c) flew (d) kite
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) picture (c) Vivaan (d) big
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) rides (c) blue
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) happily (c) tall
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) draws
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) opens
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) slowly (c) carries
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) slowly (c) big
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) ripe
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) reads
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera reads a new book every day.” (a) Meera (b) new (c) book (d) reads
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) quickly
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) big (c) Aarav (d) drew
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) Manav (c) opened (d) big
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) mango (c) ate (d) Isha
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Omkar (b) rides (c) bicycle (d) new
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) painted (c) wall (d) long
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) quickly
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) ball (c) Kunal (d) big
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) quickly (c) buys
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) carried (c) heavy (d) Priya
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) new (d) Tara
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) happy (c) sang (d) Rohan
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan opens a big box every day.” (a) Vivaan (b) big (c) opens (d) box
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) slowly
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) Kunal (c) new (d) flew
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) ate (c) Meera (d) mango
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) quickly
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) slowly (c) paints
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) quickly (c) sweet
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) small (c) Dev (d) bought

Answer key

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

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