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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 462 · 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)? “Rahul flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) red (d) Rahul
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya paints a long wall every day.” (a) paints (b) wall (c) Ananya (d) long
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) eats (c) juicy
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) sang (c) sweet (d) song
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Isha (c) juicy (d) ate
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) flies
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun flies a new kite every day.” (a) new (b) kite (c) flies (d) Arjun
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara writes a short letter every day.” (a) Tara (b) short (c) letter (d) writes
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) new (b) rides (c) bicycle (d) Pooja
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) quickly (c) blue
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) Farhan (c) long (d) writes
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) happily (c) opens
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya reads a funny book every day.” (a) Diya (b) book (c) reads (d) funny
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) bag (c) Nisha (d) heavy
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) long (c) Neel (d) wall
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara reads a funny book every day.” (a) Tara (b) book (c) reads (d) funny
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) small (c) buys
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) Diya (d) red
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) quickly (c) small
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) slowly (c) long
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) funny (c) read (d) book
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) ate (c) Riya (d) mango
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) big (c) bag (d) Dev
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) bag (c) heavy (d) Kunal
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) buys
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) happily (c) carries
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) quickly (c) small
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel reads a funny book every day.” (a) Neel (b) funny (c) reads (d) book
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav draws a big picture every day.” (a) draws (b) Aarav (c) picture (d) big
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) long (c) paints
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) paints (c) tall
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) happily
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) Dev (c) mango (d) ate
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) slowly (c) sings
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) slowly (c) buys
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) big (c) happily
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) happily
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) slowly (c) ripe
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) writes
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) Sneha (c) new (d) read

Answer key

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

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