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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 438 · 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)? “Omkar reads a funny book every day.” (a) reads (b) funny (c) Omkar (d) book
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) buys
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) red
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) bag (c) Vivaan (d) carried
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) small (c) opens
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) funny (c) Aarav (d) read
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) quickly
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) ball (c) red (d) Manav
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) Rahul (c) ball (d) red
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) happily (c) long
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) quickly (c) eats
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) book (c) Rahul (d) read
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) quickly (c) eats
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) book (c) read (d) Sneha
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) quickly (c) red
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha read a new book yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) read (c) book (d) new
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) kicks
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) small (c) quickly
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) red (c) ball (d) Pooja
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) quickly
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sings (c) sweet
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) quickly
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) kicked (c) Myra (d) red
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash writes a short letter every day.” (a) writes (b) short (c) Yash (d) letter
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) slowly (c) big
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Aarav (b) mango (c) ate (d) ripe
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) Manav (c) tall (d) painted
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) happily
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) Priya (c) ball (d) kicked
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) Kunal (c) ripe (d) mango
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan sings a happy song every day.” (a) sings (b) song (c) happy (d) Karan
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) quickly (c) buys
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) funny (c) reads
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) quickly
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) Aditya (d) juicy
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) buys
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal opened a big box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) big (c) box (d) Kunal
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar kicks a big ball every day.” (a) ball (b) big (c) kicks (d) Omkar
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) opened (c) big (d) Kavya
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) colourful (c) drew (d) Zoya

Answer key

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

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