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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 582 · 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)? “Karan kicks a red ball every day.” (a) red (b) kicks (c) Karan (d) ball
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) juicy (d) Aisha
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) slowly
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) colourful (c) draws
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) kite (c) Kabir (d) flies
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) paints (c) tall
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan flies a new kite every day.” (a) kite (b) new (c) Karan (d) flies
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) quickly (c) big
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) Arjun (c) drew (d) picture
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) slowly (c) juicy
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev sings a sweet song every day.” (a) Dev (b) song (c) sweet (d) sings
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan paints a long wall every day.” (a) Karan (b) wall (c) long (d) paints
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) rides (c) new
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) reads (c) funny
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan opens a big box every day.” (a) box (b) opens (c) big (d) Rohan
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) quickly (c) red
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) red (c) happily
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) new (b) rides (c) Nisha (d) bicycle
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) mango (c) ate (d) ripe
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) quickly
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) wall (c) long (d) Rohan
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) short (c) quickly
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Riya (b) sang (c) sweet (d) song
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) new (c) quickly
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash buys a small toy every day.” (a) Yash (b) toy (c) small (d) buys
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) picture (c) big (d) drew
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) opens (c) big
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) quickly (c) paints
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) kicks
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) quickly (c) reads
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) quickly
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan buys a small toy every day.” (a) buys (b) toy (c) small (d) Vivaan
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) bag (c) heavy (d) Zoya
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) bought (c) toy (d) new
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan reads a new book every day.” (a) new (b) book (c) reads (d) Rohan
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) funny (c) Vivaan (d) read
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Manav (b) juicy (c) eats (d) mango
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) Kavya (c) new (d) bought
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) new (c) flew (d) Yash
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) blue (b) rides (c) bicycle (d) Meera

Answer key

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

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