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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 355 · 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)? “Manav sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Manav (b) song (c) happy (d) sang
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) Manav (c) opened (d) box
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Riya (c) ate (d) juicy
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) opens (c) Omkar (d) box
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) new (c) slowly
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) quickly
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) colourful (c) draws
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) Neel (c) long (d) writes
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) colourful (c) quickly
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) happy (c) sings
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav carries a big bag every day.” (a) carries (b) big (c) Aarav (d) bag
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sweet (c) Arjun (d) sang
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) flies (c) red
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) Rahul (c) toy (d) small
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) slowly
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) new (c) quickly
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) Ishaan (c) ball (d) red
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) painted (c) tall (d) wall
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) flies (c) red
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) kicks (c) ball (d) Aditya
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) happily (c) sings
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) kite (c) flew (d) new
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) happily (c) eats
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) eats (b) ripe (c) Omkar (d) mango
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Farhan (c) ate (d) juicy
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) kicked (c) big (d) Sneha
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) Aditya (c) wrote (d) long
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) ball (c) big (d) kicked
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) short (c) letter (d) Nisha
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) Omkar (c) blue (d) rode
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) red
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya writes a short letter every day.” (a) writes (b) letter (c) short (d) Zoya
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Sneha (b) ripe (c) mango (d) eats
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) flies
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) quickly
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) Vivaan (c) big (d) ball
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) big (c) draws (d) Neel
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) slowly (c) small
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) flies

Answer key

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

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