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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 655 · 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 rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Zoya (b) bicycle (c) new (d) rode
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) heavy (b) Neel (c) carries (d) bag
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) slowly (c) tall
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) happily
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) flies
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan read a new book yesterday.” (a) Ishaan (b) read (c) book (d) new
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) quickly (c) red
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash opens a small box every day.” (a) small (b) Yash (c) box (d) opens
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) happily
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) paints
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) new
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) happily (c) flies
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) small (c) bought (d) Diya
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) reads (c) book (d) Pooja
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) red (c) ball (d) Kabir
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) ball (c) Ira (d) kicked
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) happily (c) opens
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) long
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) funny (c) reads
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) flies (c) red
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) quickly
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) happily (c) draws
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Pooja (b) sweet (c) song (d) sang
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) happily
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) bought (c) small (d) Rohan
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) colourful (c) slowly
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) slowly (c) blue
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) Kunal (c) wall (d) paints
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) reads
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan paints a long wall every day.” (a) wall (b) long (c) Ishaan (d) paints
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) slowly
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) happily (c) juicy
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) painted (c) long (d) Omkar
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) happily (c) blue
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) Kabir (c) eats (d) ripe
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) reads (c) funny
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) small
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) new (c) kite (d) flew
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) quickly (c) small
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha sings a happy song every day.” (a) happy (b) song (c) Aisha (d) sings

Answer key

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

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