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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 367 · 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)? “Ira opens a big box every day.” (a) Ira (b) big (c) box (d) opens
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) new (d) Aisha
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) flies (c) red
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happily (c) sweet
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) big (c) ball (d) Pooja
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) slowly (c) writes
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) big
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) happily
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) Vivaan (c) blue (d) bicycle
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi buys a new toy every day.” (a) Saanvi (b) buys (c) new (d) toy
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun paints a tall wall every day.” (a) paints (b) Arjun (c) tall (d) wall
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya reads a funny book every day.” (a) Ananya (b) book (c) funny (d) reads
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) carried (c) bag (d) Vivaan
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan sings a happy song every day.” (a) song (b) sings (c) happy (d) Ishaan
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) Kabir (d) ripe
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) blue (c) bicycle (d) rode
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel carries a big bag every day.” (a) big (b) Neel (c) bag (d) carries
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) rides (c) slowly
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) mango (c) Ishaan (d) juicy
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) kicks
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) slowly
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) draws (c) colourful
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) new (c) bought (d) Vivaan
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) paints (c) tall
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav opens a small box every day.” (a) Manav (b) opens (c) small (d) box
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sang (c) Rohan (d) sweet
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) slowly
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) quickly
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) flies
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) slowly (c) sings
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) quickly (c) blue
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) quickly
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel sings a happy song every day.” (a) happy (b) sings (c) song (d) Neel
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) quickly
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) Zoya (c) small (d) opened
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) kicks
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) happily
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) toy (c) small (d) Yash
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya sings a happy song every day.” (a) happy (b) song (c) Aditya (d) sings

Answer key

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

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