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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 370 · 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)? “Arjun eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) eats (b) mango (c) Arjun (d) juicy
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) slowly
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) slowly
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) ripe (d) Meera
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) quickly (c) big
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) Aarav (c) picture (d) big
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) rides (c) new
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) small (c) toy (d) Ananya
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) ripe (c) eats
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) slowly
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) happily
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) colourful (c) happily
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) slowly (c) rides
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) red (c) Meera (d) kicks
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) painted (c) Saanvi (d) wall
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) kicks
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel writes a short letter every day.” (a) letter (b) writes (c) Neel (d) short
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) Myra (c) ball (d) kicks
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Priya (b) short (c) letter (d) wrote
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) quickly (c) new
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) carries
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) flies (c) red
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) slowly (c) big
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) new
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) new (b) Priya (c) toy (d) bought
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) painted (c) Tara (d) tall
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) quickly (c) happy
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) carries
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) happy (c) sings
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) red (c) flies (d) Riya
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan carries a big bag every day.” (a) big (b) Rohan (c) carries (d) bag
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) blue (c) Saanvi (d) rode
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) ripe (c) eats
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) bag (c) heavy (d) Saanvi
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira read a new book yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) book (c) new (d) read
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan carries a big bag every day.” (a) Vivaan (b) big (c) carries (d) bag
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) reads
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) kite (c) red (d) flew
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Myra (b) tall (c) wall (d) paints
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) Farhan (c) opened (d) big

Answer key

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

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