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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 565 · 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 eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) eats (b) mango (c) ripe (d) Aditya
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) happily
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan flies a red kite every day.” (a) Ishaan (b) kite (c) red (d) flies
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) juicy (c) eats
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) buys
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) book (c) Meera (d) new
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) red (c) quickly
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) buys (c) small
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) flies
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) Manav (c) sang (d) happy
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) happily
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) quickly (c) big
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) Tara (c) short (d) wrote
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) slowly (c) carries
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sings (c) happy
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) carried (c) Kabir (d) heavy
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir buys a small toy every day.” (a) small (b) Kabir (c) toy (d) buys
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Zoya (b) flew (c) red (d) kite
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Yash (b) long (c) wall (d) painted
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) reads (c) funny
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Aisha (b) painted (c) tall (d) wall
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) happily (c) eats
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) wrote (c) long (d) Rohan
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) slowly
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) wall (c) paints (d) Kavya
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan buys a small toy every day.” (a) buys (b) small (c) toy (d) Rohan
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) quickly (c) rides
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha draws a big picture every day.” (a) draws (b) Aisha (c) picture (d) big
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) paints (c) Isha (d) wall
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) opens
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) writes
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) new (c) Diya (d) read
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) wrote (c) long (d) Tara
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) happily
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) red (c) flew (d) Ananya
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) blue (c) rides
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Priya (b) bag (c) carried (d) heavy
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) Aisha (c) bag (d) big
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) writes (c) short
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) paints (c) long

Answer key

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

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