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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 409 · 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)? “Karan ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) ate (d) Karan
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) ate (d) Meera
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) writes (c) short
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sweet (b) song (c) Aarav (d) sings
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) kicks (c) Zoya (d) red
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) big
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) slowly (c) heavy
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Aisha (b) sang (c) song (d) happy
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya sings a happy song every day.” (a) happy (b) song (c) sings (d) Zoya
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun draws a big picture every day.” (a) draws (b) Arjun (c) picture (d) big
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) paints (c) Kunal (d) wall
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya reads a funny book every day.” (a) book (b) reads (c) Diya (d) funny
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) big (c) Tara (d) ball
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya opens a small box every day.” (a) box (b) Diya (c) small (d) opens
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) short (c) writes
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) blue (c) Saanvi (d) bicycle
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) funny
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) quickly
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) happily (c) buys
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) rides (c) blue
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) ripe
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) Vivaan (c) long (d) wall
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Sneha (b) sang (c) song (d) happy
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) Riya (c) bicycle (d) blue
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) Kabir (c) big (d) ball
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) kicked (c) Kavya (d) red
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) slowly
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) happily (c) sings
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera opened a big box yesterday.” (a) big (b) Meera (c) box (d) opened
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir writes a long letter every day.” (a) Kabir (b) writes (c) long (d) letter
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) paints
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) eats (b) juicy (c) mango (d) Omkar
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul reads a funny book every day.” (a) Rahul (b) book (c) reads (d) funny
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul buys a new toy every day.” (a) Rahul (b) toy (c) buys (d) new
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) heavy (c) carries
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) new (c) Sneha (d) read
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) quickly (c) new
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash read a funny book yesterday.” (a) read (b) book (c) Yash (d) funny
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) big (b) bag (c) carried (d) Sneha
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) quickly (c) writes

Answer key

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

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