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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 588 · 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.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) opens
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) Aisha (d) ripe
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) mango (c) Nisha (d) eats
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev writes a long letter every day.” (a) Dev (b) long (c) writes (d) letter
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) opens (c) small
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) quickly
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun kicks a big ball every day.” (a) ball (b) Arjun (c) big (d) kicks
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) rides (c) happily
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) quickly
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) letter (c) short (d) wrote
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) paints (c) Neel (d) tall
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) happily
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) Diya (c) box (d) big
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) Meera (c) read (d) funny
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja buys a small toy every day.” (a) toy (b) Pooja (c) buys (d) small
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) kicks (c) big
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) paints (c) Aarav (d) wall
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) ripe
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav carries a big bag every day.” (a) bag (b) big (c) carries (d) Manav
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) ripe (d) Nisha
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) Karan (c) blue (d) rides
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev paints a tall wall every day.” (a) paints (b) wall (c) tall (d) Dev
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) Aisha (c) long (d) wrote
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) sang (c) Farhan (d) song
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) big (c) kicked (d) Kavya
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) quickly
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan kicks a red ball every day.” (a) red (b) kicks (c) Farhan (d) ball
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) flies (c) new
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) flies
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) writes (c) long (d) Ishaan
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya sings a sweet song every day.” (a) song (b) sweet (c) Ananya (d) sings
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) eats (c) Neel (d) ripe
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) happily (c) opens
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) big
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) Karan (c) red (d) flew
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Yash (b) picture (c) big (d) drew
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) drew (c) Arjun (d) picture
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) Arjun (c) kite (d) flew
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) happily (c) carries
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) blue (c) bicycle (d) Farhan

Answer key

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

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