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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 55 · 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)? “Yash read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) read (c) new (d) Yash
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) slowly
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra carries a big bag every day.” (a) carries (b) big (c) Myra (d) bag
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Riya (b) ripe (c) eats (d) mango
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) new (c) happily
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) quickly
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) quickly
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) kicked (c) ball (d) Manav
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) quickly
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) mango (c) ate (d) Yash
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) picture (c) Manav (d) drew
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) painted (c) wall (d) tall
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) slowly
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya kicks a red ball every day.” (a) red (b) ball (c) Riya (d) kicks
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan paints a long wall every day.” (a) wall (b) long (c) Vivaan (d) paints
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) flies
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) reads
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) kicks
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) slowly
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) blue (c) rides
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) quickly
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) happily (c) eats
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) Kunal (c) mango (d) eats
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) buys (c) small
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) big (c) happily
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha reads a new book every day.” (a) Aisha (b) new (c) reads (d) book
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) Rahul (c) kite (d) flew
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) red (d) Pooja
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) quickly
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) slowly
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) sings (c) sweet
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) happily
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Kavya (b) ball (c) kicks (d) big
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) short (c) Aarav (d) letter
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) quickly (c) blue
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) heavy (b) Manav (c) carries (d) bag
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) tall (c) painted (d) Yash
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) bought (c) small (d) Zoya
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) slowly
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) paints (c) long

Answer key

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

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