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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 417 · 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)? “Manav carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Manav (b) big (c) bag (d) carried
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) Farhan (c) wrote (d) long
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) quickly (c) big
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) new (b) bicycle (c) Neel (d) rode
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sweet (c) sings
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) mango (c) juicy (d) ate
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) quickly (c) heavy
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) wall (c) Farhan (d) painted
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) blue (c) rides
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) slowly
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) kicked (c) Tara (d) big
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) happily
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) flies (c) red
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) happily (c) funny
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) slowly
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) kicks (c) Priya (d) ball
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Ishaan (b) heavy (c) carries (d) bag
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) Kabir (c) new (d) bicycle
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) carries (c) heavy
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) bicycle (c) blue (d) Aarav
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) happily
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) opens
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) juicy (c) eats
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) kite (c) flew (d) Ira
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Priya (b) blue (c) bicycle (d) rides
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) quickly (c) writes
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) Kabir (c) red (d) ball
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya sings a sweet song every day.” (a) song (b) sings (c) Zoya (d) sweet
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) ripe (c) eats
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) opens (c) box (d) Neel
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan sings a happy song every day.” (a) happy (b) sings (c) song (d) Rohan
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) Sneha (c) flies (d) kite
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav reads a new book every day.” (a) Aarav (b) new (c) reads (d) book
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) happily
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) opens
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) colourful (d) Diya
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) quickly
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) new (c) slowly
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) opened (c) big (d) box
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) happily (c) sings

Answer key

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

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