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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 489 · 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 ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) Manav (d) ripe
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) blue (c) rides
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) happily
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan opened a small box yesterday.” (a) Ishaan (b) box (c) small (d) opened
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) quickly (c) heavy
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) juicy
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) Karan (c) small (d) toy
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) quickly
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) red (c) flies (d) Meera
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) draws (c) big
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) happily (c) reads
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) drew (c) picture (d) big
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) blue (b) Omkar (c) bicycle (d) rides
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) Karan (c) mango (d) eats
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) slowly (c) sings
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sweet (b) song (c) sings (d) Kavya
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) blue (c) Ananya (d) rode
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) happily
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) slowly
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) Ishaan (c) draws (d) colourful
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) big (c) slowly
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) ball (c) kicked (d) Rohan
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Ananya (c) juicy (d) ate
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) buys
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Sneha (b) ball (c) big (d) kicks
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) Ira (c) happy (d) song
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) reads
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) slowly
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) quickly (c) carries
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) quickly
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Aditya (b) mango (c) ripe (d) eats
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) happy (c) song (d) sang
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Riya (b) ball (c) kicked (d) big
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) Yash (d) new
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) buys
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun opens a small box every day.” (a) Arjun (b) box (c) opens (d) small
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) flies (c) Nisha (d) kite
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Ananya (b) new (c) rides (d) bicycle
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun buys a new toy every day.” (a) toy (b) Arjun (c) new (d) buys
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) eats (b) ripe (c) Dev (d) mango

Answer key

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

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