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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 520 · 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)? “Aditya buys a new toy every day.” (a) buys (b) Aditya (c) toy (d) new
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) box (c) Yash (d) opens
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) quickly
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) new (c) book (d) Meera
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) small (c) bought (d) Kabir
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) Aditya (c) opened (d) box
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) book (c) new (d) Sneha
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) slowly
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) new (b) bicycle (c) rode (d) Isha
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) new (c) happily
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira writes a short letter every day.” (a) letter (b) Ira (c) short (d) writes
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) Aarav (c) book (d) reads
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) flies
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) Karan (c) long (d) letter
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) opened (c) Aarav (d) box
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) flies (c) kite (d) Ishaan
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) ripe
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) draws
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) quickly (c) tall
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Dev (b) mango (c) eats (d) juicy
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) paints (c) tall
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav buys a small toy every day.” (a) buys (b) small (c) toy (d) Aarav
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) big (c) ball (d) Zoya
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) red (d) Zoya
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) blue (c) rides (d) Omkar
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) big (c) draws (d) Kabir
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) big (c) opened (d) Tara
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) happily
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Aisha (b) blue (c) rides (d) bicycle
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) happily (c) writes
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) carries (c) heavy
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) kite (c) Rahul (d) flew
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel buys a new toy every day.” (a) toy (b) buys (c) Neel (d) new
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) wrote (c) short (d) letter
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) Dev (c) kicked (d) ball
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) colourful (b) draws (c) picture (d) Myra
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) tall (c) paints (d) Kavya
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) happily (c) eats
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) slowly
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Karan (b) short (c) letter (d) wrote

Answer key

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

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