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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 615 · 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)? “Zoya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Zoya (b) juicy (c) ate (d) mango
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) happily (c) blue
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) ball (b) Ananya (c) big (d) kicks
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) Myra (c) read (d) new
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) bicycle (c) Kavya (d) rode
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) Farhan (c) picture (d) colourful
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) ripe (c) Priya (d) mango
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) carries
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) kicks
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) happily (c) flies
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) draws (c) big
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) eats (c) mango (d) Priya
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) ripe (d) Riya
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash buys a new toy every day.” (a) Yash (b) toy (c) new (d) buys
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) red (c) kicked (d) Tara
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) opens (c) big
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) happy (c) sings
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) Yash (c) ball (d) red
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) sang (c) song (d) happy
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) slowly
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) happily
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) quickly
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) Yash (c) picture (d) big
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) quickly
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) slowly
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) sweet (c) Farhan (d) song
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Aisha (b) eats (c) juicy (d) mango
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) happily (c) writes
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) quickly (c) rides
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) bicycle (c) Ishaan (d) new
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) ripe (c) eats
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya opens a small box every day.” (a) Aditya (b) box (c) small (d) opens
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) Ananya (c) picture (d) colourful
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Omkar (b) big (c) ball (d) kicked
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul buys a new toy every day.” (a) toy (b) new (c) Rahul (d) buys
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) ball (c) red (d) kicked
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) rode (c) blue (d) Riya
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) draws (c) Sneha (d) picture
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) Tara (c) ripe (d) eats
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) box (c) Ishaan (d) opened

Answer key

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

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