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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 359 · 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)? “Saanvi flies a red kite every day.” (a) flies (b) red (c) kite (d) Saanvi
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) happily (c) sings
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan kicks a red ball every day.” (a) red (b) Farhan (c) kicks (d) ball
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) big
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha buys a new toy every day.” (a) new (b) Nisha (c) toy (d) buys
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) happily (c) buys
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) new (c) Aarav (d) book
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) opens (c) small
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) picture (c) Neel (d) drew
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) big (c) picture (d) Riya
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) slowly (c) writes
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Pooja (b) ate (c) mango (d) juicy
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) quickly
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) carries
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) happily
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun reads a funny book every day.” (a) Arjun (b) reads (c) book (d) funny
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) quickly
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) Myra (c) red (d) ball
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) reads (c) new
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) draws (c) big
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) Vivaan (d) big
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) juicy
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) quickly
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) new (b) Manav (c) toy (d) bought
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) ball (c) kicked (d) Aisha
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) carries
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) red (c) ball (d) Manav
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) happy (c) Nisha (d) sang
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) wrote (c) Diya (d) letter
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) Meera (c) sweet (d) song
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) happily (c) new
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar flies a red kite every day.” (a) flies (b) kite (c) red (d) Omkar
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul buys a new toy every day.” (a) buys (b) Rahul (c) toy (d) new
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) mango (c) eats (d) Zoya
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) happily (c) long
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) slowly
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) red (c) flew (d) kite
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) Meera (c) big (d) kicked
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Kabir (b) mango (c) eats (d) juicy
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun carries a big bag every day.” (a) bag (b) big (c) carries (d) Arjun

Answer key

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

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