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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 60 · 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)? “Farhan rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) Farhan (c) blue (d) rides
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Rahul (b) rides (c) blue (d) bicycle
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) Karan (c) colourful (d) picture
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) Aarav (c) kicked (d) red
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash writes a short letter every day.” (a) Yash (b) short (c) writes (d) letter
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Yash (b) bicycle (c) new (d) rides
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) flies
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) new (c) slowly
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha carries a big bag every day.” (a) Aisha (b) big (c) carries (d) bag
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) paints
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Saanvi (b) drew (c) picture (d) big
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) slowly (c) big
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) happily (c) small
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya sings a happy song every day.” (a) sings (b) song (c) happy (d) Aditya
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) happily
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) slowly
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha opened a small box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) box (c) Sneha (d) small
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) quickly
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal flies a new kite every day.” (a) new (b) flies (c) Kunal (d) kite
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) blue (c) rides
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) big
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) flies (c) new
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul buys a small toy every day.” (a) Rahul (b) small (c) buys (d) toy
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) big (c) happily
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) quickly
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) ripe (c) eats
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) slowly (c) ripe
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) Omkar (c) heavy (d) bag
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) quickly
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) slowly
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) happily
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) quickly
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja read a new book yesterday.” (a) Pooja (b) new (c) book (d) read
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) quickly (c) heavy
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) juicy (b) eats (c) mango (d) Ira
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) carries
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) sang (c) song (d) Ananya
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) reads
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) small (c) buys
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha flies a new kite every day.” (a) kite (b) Nisha (c) new (d) flies

Answer key

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

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