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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 400 · 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)? “Kabir kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) ball (c) Kabir (d) kicked
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) carries
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) Tara (c) bought (d) new
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) ripe (c) eats
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) Sneha (c) letter (d) wrote
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) juicy (c) eats
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) ripe (c) mango (d) Karan
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) happily
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) big
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Omkar (b) kicked (c) ball (d) big
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) reads
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) colourful (c) happily
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) paints
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) Aditya (c) drew (d) picture
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) ripe (c) eats
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) reads (c) book (d) Karan
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav writes a short letter every day.” (a) writes (b) Aarav (c) short (d) letter
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan opens a small box every day.” (a) Ishaan (b) opens (c) box (d) small
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) opens
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) blue (c) rode (d) Arjun
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) happily
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) rides (c) Kavya (d) blue
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) Myra (c) mango (d) ripe
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) new (c) slowly
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) carries
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) Nisha (c) drew (d) picture
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) quickly
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) quickly
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) slowly (c) new
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) Zoya (d) big
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Farhan (b) rides (c) bicycle (d) new
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev opens a big box every day.” (a) Dev (b) box (c) opens (d) big
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun paints a tall wall every day.” (a) paints (b) Arjun (c) wall (d) tall
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Ishaan (b) bicycle (c) new (d) rides
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) happily (c) new
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Ananya (b) heavy (c) carries (d) bag
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) wall (c) Kabir (d) painted
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) eats (b) Neel (c) ripe (d) mango
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar paints a long wall every day.” (a) Omkar (b) paints (c) long (d) wall
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya buys a new toy every day.” (a) Diya (b) new (c) toy (d) buys

Answer key

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

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