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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 649 · 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.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) quickly (c) big
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Aisha (b) painted (c) long (d) wall
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) slowly (c) reads
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) Aisha (c) picture (d) draws
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) Dev (c) big (d) kicked
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) mango (c) ate (d) Rohan
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) rides (c) blue
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) flies
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) ball (c) big (d) Diya
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya opened a small box yesterday.” (a) Aditya (b) small (c) box (d) opened
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) Nisha (c) wall (d) paints
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) flies
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) flies (c) red
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) kicks
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) carries (c) quickly
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) toy (c) Ira (d) small
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) happily (c) new
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) paints
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) box (c) Nisha (d) opened
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) slowly (c) small
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) quickly
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) blue (b) Ira (c) bicycle (d) rides
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) happily
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya buys a small toy every day.” (a) toy (b) small (c) Ananya (d) buys
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) red (c) slowly
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) kicks (c) red (d) Arjun
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) juicy (b) Kavya (c) eats (d) mango
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Manav (b) heavy (c) carried (d) bag
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) happily
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) mango (b) eats (c) Dev (d) juicy
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) carried (c) big (d) bag
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) new (c) happily
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) reads (c) funny
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Ishaan (b) flew (c) new (d) kite
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) bag (b) carries (c) heavy (d) Rohan
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya paints a long wall every day.” (a) wall (b) long (c) Aditya (d) paints
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Pooja (b) picture (c) drew (d) big
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) writes (c) long
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Manav (b) big (c) carried (d) bag
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan carries a big bag every day.” (a) carries (b) big (c) Karan (d) bag

Answer key

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

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