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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 596 · 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)? “Ira ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) ripe (c) mango (d) ate
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) Omkar (d) ripe
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) quickly
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) flies
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun buys a new toy every day.” (a) toy (b) Arjun (c) new (d) buys
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) flies
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) flies (c) red (d) Rahul
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) Karan (c) reads (d) book
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) happily
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) Vivaan (c) happy (d) song
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) happily (c) flies
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) book (c) Priya (d) reads
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) quickly
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) slowly (c) new
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sings (c) happy
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) happily
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha paints a long wall every day.” (a) Aisha (b) long (c) wall (d) paints
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) happily (c) funny
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan reads a new book every day.” (a) Vivaan (b) book (c) reads (d) new
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) quickly
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Aarav (b) mango (c) ate (d) ripe
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya flies a new kite every day.” (a) kite (b) new (c) Zoya (d) flies
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) colourful (c) draws
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) quickly
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) opens (c) small
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha carries a big bag every day.” (a) Isha (b) carries (c) big (d) bag
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) bicycle (c) Pooja (d) blue
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) happily
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) quickly (c) long
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) reads (c) funny
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) slowly
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) flies (c) red
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) eats (b) Farhan (c) mango (d) ripe
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) quickly (c) sings
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) kicks
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) heavy (c) bag (d) Rahul
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) opens (c) box (d) Ishaan
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) quickly (c) sings
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan writes a short letter every day.” (a) short (b) writes (c) letter (d) Karan
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) big (c) bag (d) carried

Answer key

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

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