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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 385 · 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 ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) ate (d) Ira
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi sings a happy song every day.” (a) song (b) happy (c) sings (d) Saanvi
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) long (c) happily
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) juicy (c) eats
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Manav (b) draws (c) colourful (d) picture
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) kite (c) Rohan (d) flew
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) carries (c) big
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Tara (b) paints (c) wall (d) tall
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) slowly
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) quickly
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) buys
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) slowly (c) red
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) happily
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happily (c) sweet
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel reads a funny book every day.” (a) book (b) reads (c) funny (d) Neel
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) happy (c) sang (d) Meera
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) quickly
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) song (c) sang (d) Saanvi
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) bicycle (c) rode (d) new
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Arjun (b) rides (c) blue (d) bicycle
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) buys (c) small
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) eats (b) Ira (c) juicy (d) mango
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) new (c) Sneha (d) read
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) Farhan (c) red (d) kite
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) buys
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) quickly (c) big
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) colourful (c) draws
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) quickly
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya opened a small box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) Ananya (c) box (d) small
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) kicks (c) Zoya (d) ball
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) paints (c) long
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) Karan (c) kite (d) red
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) small (c) opens
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) new (b) rides (c) bicycle (d) Neel
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir reads a new book every day.” (a) reads (b) book (c) new (d) Kabir
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) slowly (c) new
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) slowly
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) quickly (c) small
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) kicked (c) red (d) Vivaan
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) red (c) kite (d) Rahul

Answer key

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

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