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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 345 · 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)? “Yash buys a small toy every day.” (a) small (b) buys (c) Yash (d) toy
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) long
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) Ananya (c) opened (d) big
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) bicycle (c) rode (d) new
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) big
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) happily
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) happily
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) painted (c) Meera (d) long
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sweet (c) Zoya (d) sang
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya read a new book yesterday.” (a) Riya (b) new (c) read (d) book
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Kunal (b) funny (c) book (d) read
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) Karan (c) ripe (d) eats
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) happily (c) new
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) picture (c) Dev (d) draws
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) paints
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra opens a big box every day.” (a) opens (b) big (c) Myra (d) box
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) happily
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Priya (b) sweet (c) song (d) sang
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) Omkar (c) kicked (d) ball
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) mango (c) juicy (d) ate
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya carries a big bag every day.” (a) big (b) Diya (c) carries (d) bag
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) mango (b) eats (c) juicy (d) Farhan
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera reads a new book every day.” (a) Meera (b) new (c) reads (d) book
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha flies a new kite every day.” (a) flies (b) kite (c) Isha (d) new
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav writes a long letter every day.” (a) writes (b) Aarav (c) letter (d) long
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) quickly
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) slowly
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) new (b) bicycle (c) Kavya (d) rode
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) happily (c) funny
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Yash (b) ate (c) juicy (d) mango
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya writes a short letter every day.” (a) writes (b) Diya (c) short (d) letter
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) carries
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) big (c) opened (d) Nisha
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) red
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha buys a small toy every day.” (a) toy (b) Isha (c) buys (d) small
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) quickly
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) reads
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) ball (c) red (d) Kabir
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) Farhan (c) new (d) book

Answer key

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

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