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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 589 · 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)? “Tara reads a new book every day.” (a) Tara (b) reads (c) new (d) book
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) new (b) rode (c) bicycle (d) Myra
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav opens a big box every day.” (a) box (b) Manav (c) big (d) opens
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) ball (c) kicks (d) Dev
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) Aisha (c) ball (d) red
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) draws
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) quickly
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) kicks
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) slowly
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) box (c) opened (d) big
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) new (b) bicycle (c) Ananya (d) rides
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) kicks
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) quickly (c) carries
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) read (c) Aarav (d) book
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sweet (b) Aisha (c) song (d) sang
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) juicy
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun flies a new kite every day.” (a) Arjun (b) new (c) flies (d) kite
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) paints
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) Kabir (c) reads (d) new
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) song (c) Myra (d) happy
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) writes (c) short
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) quickly
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) opens
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) draws (c) picture (d) Yash
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) slowly (c) ripe
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) quickly
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan writes a short letter every day.” (a) writes (b) Vivaan (c) short (d) letter
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) picture (c) draws (d) Rahul
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) kicked (c) big (d) Priya
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) quickly (c) new
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) quickly
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) letter (c) Rohan (d) wrote
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) Omkar (c) wrote (d) letter
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) quickly (c) heavy
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) happy (c) sings
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) eats (c) mango (d) Yash
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) big
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) happily
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) kicks
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) juicy (c) eats

Answer key

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

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