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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 605 · 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 ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) mango (c) juicy (d) ate
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) slowly
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) painted (c) tall (d) Omkar
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) quickly
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) happily
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) Sneha (c) wall (d) tall
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) small (c) happily
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) reads
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) new (c) kite (d) Farhan
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar buys a small toy every day.” (a) buys (b) Omkar (c) small (d) toy
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) happily
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) wall (c) Farhan (d) paints
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) Diya (c) wrote (d) letter
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) flies (c) red (d) Farhan
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) slowly
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) new (c) bicycle (d) rode
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) Aisha (c) eats (d) ripe
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) Priya (c) drew (d) picture
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja sings a happy song every day.” (a) happy (b) sings (c) song (d) Pooja
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) paints (c) tall (d) Myra
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) rides (c) blue
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya opened a small box yesterday.” (a) Zoya (b) box (c) small (d) opened
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) Sneha (c) wall (d) long
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) rides
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) Kavya (c) sang (d) happy
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) quickly (c) rides
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) paints (c) tall
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) song (c) Ira (d) sweet
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) slowly
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) ball (c) kicked (d) Aarav
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) slowly (c) writes
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) wrote (c) short (d) letter
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) kite (c) new (d) flew
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) flies (c) red
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) happy (c) sang (d) Arjun
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) long
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi read a new book yesterday.” (a) Saanvi (b) new (c) book (d) read
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar paints a long wall every day.” (a) wall (b) long (c) paints (d) Omkar
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) new (b) Aarav (c) bicycle (d) rode

Answer key

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

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