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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 511 · 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)? “Myra kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) big (c) Myra (d) ball
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) Aarav (c) big (d) ball
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya buys a new toy every day.” (a) Kavya (b) new (c) toy (d) buys
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) Dev (c) reads (d) new
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya carries a big bag every day.” (a) bag (b) big (c) Riya (d) carries
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) Rahul (c) opened (d) big
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) Aisha (c) big (d) draws
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) slowly
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) small
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) opens (c) big
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) slowly (c) big
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) quickly (c) rides
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) Zoya (c) picture (d) big
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) draws
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Saanvi (c) ate (d) ripe
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) quickly
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) happily
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) happily (c) buys
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera flies a new kite every day.” (a) flies (b) Meera (c) new (d) kite
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya writes a long letter every day.” (a) writes (b) Priya (c) long (d) letter
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) new (c) happily
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) happily
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) quickly
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) blue (c) rides (d) Isha
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) flies (c) red
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) quickly
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) Nisha (c) blue (d) rides
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) happily (c) small
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) kicked (c) Rohan (d) ball
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) reads (c) funny
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) buys
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) ball (c) Isha (d) kicked
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) juicy (c) ate (d) mango
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) reads (c) funny
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) read (c) book (d) Sneha
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) happily
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) Manav (d) eats
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) ate (c) Saanvi (d) mango
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) kicks
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) reads

Answer key

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

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