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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 514 · 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)? “Kunal opens a small box every day.” (a) box (b) opens (c) Kunal (d) small
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) rides (c) blue
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sweet (b) Meera (c) sings (d) song
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) quickly
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) small (c) slowly
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) wall (c) painted (d) Yash
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) kicks (c) Myra (d) red
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan read a new book yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) book (c) new (d) read
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) quickly (c) red
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) ate (c) mango (d) Kavya
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) happily (c) blue
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) slowly
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) happily
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) quickly
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) heavy (c) carries
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) happily (c) new
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) flies
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav reads a new book every day.” (a) new (b) book (c) Aarav (d) reads
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) kicks
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) red (c) ball (d) Arjun
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya carries a big bag every day.” (a) bag (b) Priya (c) big (d) carries
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) writes
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Priya (b) bicycle (c) blue (d) rides
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) flies (c) new
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) rides (c) slowly
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal opened a small box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) box (c) small (d) Kunal
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) rode (c) blue (d) Arjun
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) happily
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Sneha (b) heavy (c) bag (d) carries
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) reads
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) eats (b) ripe (c) mango (d) Rohan
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) Ananya (c) letter (d) short
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) red (c) Yash (d) kicks
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) long (c) writes (d) Ishaan
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) quickly
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) kicked (c) big (d) Kunal
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) Yash (c) toy (d) new
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul reads a new book every day.” (a) reads (b) book (c) Rahul (d) new
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) flies
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya writes a short letter every day.” (a) short (b) writes (c) Zoya (d) letter

Answer key

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

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