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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 498 · 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: Rahul ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) slowly
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) slowly (c) big
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) happily (c) big
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Yash (b) flew (c) new (d) kite
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) happily (c) short
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya sings a happy song every day.” (a) Zoya (b) sings (c) happy (d) song
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) Aditya (c) song (d) happy
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel paints a tall wall every day.” (a) paints (b) tall (c) wall (d) Neel
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) bicycle (c) rode (d) Saanvi
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan opened a small box yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) small (c) opened (d) box
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) small (c) bought (d) Isha
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) quickly
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) bag (c) heavy (d) Farhan
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) kicks
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) new (c) Neel (d) book
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya read a new book yesterday.” (a) Kavya (b) new (c) read (d) book
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Aisha (b) mango (c) ate (d) ripe
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) happily
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) kicked (c) Isha (d) red
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) Diya (c) book (d) new
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) colourful (b) draws (c) Dev (d) picture
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira buys a new toy every day.” (a) toy (b) new (c) Ira (d) buys
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) big (c) slowly
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) small (c) opens
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) slowly (c) paints
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) sings (c) happy
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) tall (c) paints
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) big (c) ball (d) kicked
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) rides
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) reads (c) new (d) Aisha
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) wrote (c) Aditya (d) letter
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) flies (c) kite (d) Diya
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) bag (c) Yash (d) heavy
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sweet (c) Arjun (d) sang
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) happily (c) flies
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) book (c) Yash (d) read
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) opens
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) reads
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) new (c) Sneha (d) flew
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Neel (b) ball (c) kicks (d) big

Answer key

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

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