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

Answer key

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

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