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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 485 · 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.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) quickly
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) big (c) quickly
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya paints a long wall every day.” (a) Priya (b) long (c) wall (d) paints
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) wall (c) Rahul (d) paints
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha reads a new book every day.” (a) Sneha (b) new (c) reads (d) book
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) mango (b) Farhan (c) eats (d) juicy
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) small (c) happily
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) slowly (c) draws
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) Kavya (c) kicked (d) ball
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) Kavya (b) toy (c) small (d) bought
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) happily
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) colourful (c) drew (d) picture
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) happily (c) new
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) quickly (c) small
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) long (c) writes
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) long (c) slowly
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan buys a small toy every day.” (a) small (b) buys (c) Farhan (d) toy
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) quickly (c) eats
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sweet (b) Kunal (c) sings (d) song
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav opens a small box every day.” (a) opens (b) Manav (c) small (d) box
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) sang (c) Priya (d) song
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) kicks
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) Karan (d) red
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) carries (c) quickly
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Aarav (b) big (c) bag (d) carried
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Dev (c) ate (d) juicy
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) Yash (d) big
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) new (b) Omkar (c) rides (d) bicycle
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan buys a new toy every day.” (a) buys (b) Ishaan (c) new (d) toy
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya reads a funny book every day.” (a) Diya (b) book (c) reads (d) funny
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) buys (c) new
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun read a new book yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) book (c) new (d) read
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar buys a small toy every day.” (a) Omkar (b) toy (c) buys (d) small
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) juicy
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan buys a new toy every day.” (a) buys (b) new (c) toy (d) Farhan
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) eats (b) mango (c) juicy (d) Pooja
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) Riya (c) ball (d) kicks
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) Rohan (c) rides (d) blue
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) ball (c) kicked (d) red
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) Ira (c) ball (d) kicked

Answer key

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

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