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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 459 · 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)? “Meera ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) ripe (c) ate (d) mango
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) quickly
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) ate (c) Priya (d) mango
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Kunal (c) ate (d) juicy
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Omkar (b) rode (c) new (d) bicycle
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) kite (c) flew (d) red
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) happily (c) flies
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) drew (c) picture (d) big
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) colourful (c) draws
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) paints (c) tall
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Sneha (b) book (c) funny (d) read
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Saanvi (b) big (c) box (d) opened
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira writes a short letter every day.” (a) Ira (b) letter (c) short (d) writes
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) happily
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir kicks a big ball every day.” (a) ball (b) Kabir (c) kicks (d) big
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) happily
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Manav (b) bag (c) carries (d) heavy
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) drew (c) big (d) Nisha
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya writes a short letter every day.” (a) writes (b) letter (c) short (d) Diya
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) ripe
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) flies
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) slowly (c) juicy
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) Karan (b) bought (c) toy (d) new
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir flies a new kite every day.” (a) Kabir (b) kite (c) new (d) flies
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) slowly
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja buys a new toy every day.” (a) Pooja (b) toy (c) buys (d) new
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) kicked (c) ball (d) big
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Aisha (b) colourful (c) picture (d) drew
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) slowly
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) letter (c) wrote (d) Diya
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) carries (c) heavy
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) happily
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha paints a long wall every day.” (a) Sneha (b) wall (c) paints (d) long
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) ball (c) kicked (d) red
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) quickly (c) opens
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) happily (c) paints
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) juicy (c) Rohan (d) mango
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) kicked (c) Aditya (d) red
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash buys a small toy every day.” (a) toy (b) small (c) buys (d) Yash
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) Pooja (c) reads (d) new

Answer key

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

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