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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 535 · 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)? “Diya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) Diya (d) ripe
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel read a new book yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) new (c) read (d) book
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) happily (c) tall
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) reads (c) funny
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya paints a long wall every day.” (a) Aditya (b) wall (c) long (d) paints
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja sings a sweet song every day.” (a) Pooja (b) sings (c) song (d) sweet
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) big (c) quickly
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Kavya (b) ate (c) mango (d) juicy
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) Tara (c) flew (d) kite
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) long (c) Tara (d) wrote
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) new (c) bought (d) Myra
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) new (c) happily
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) happily
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal flies a red kite every day.” (a) flies (b) kite (c) red (d) Kunal
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) happily
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) flies (c) red
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) Aarav (d) big
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) Kabir (c) sweet (d) song
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) slowly (c) opens
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) reads
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) happily (c) ripe
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) quickly (c) long
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) flies
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Saanvi (b) red (c) ball (d) kicked
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) Ananya (c) bicycle (d) rode
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) Dev (c) red (d) kicked
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) paints (c) wall (d) Saanvi
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) Arjun (c) wall (d) paints
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) Kavya (c) letter (d) long
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun sings a sweet song every day.” (a) Arjun (b) song (c) sings (d) sweet
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) slowly
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) Kabir (c) rides (d) blue
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happily (c) sweet
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) happily (c) paints
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav buys a new toy every day.” (a) new (b) Manav (c) buys (d) toy
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) kicks
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) new (c) bicycle (d) rode
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) Farhan (c) sang (d) song
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) big
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) slowly

Answer key

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

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