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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 659 · 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)? “Dev kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) kicked (c) big (d) ball
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) ate (c) mango (d) Rohan
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) kicks
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) happy (c) song (d) Sneha
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Kunal (b) rode (c) bicycle (d) new
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) rides (c) slowly
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Karan (b) opened (c) big (d) box
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) ate (d) Tara
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Meera (b) colourful (c) picture (d) draws
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) rides (c) new
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) painted (c) wall (d) tall
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) Kabir (c) opened (d) box
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) big (b) Dev (c) bag (d) carried
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) Zoya (c) ripe (d) eats
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) colourful (c) picture (d) drew
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sings (b) sweet (c) song (d) Ishaan
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) flies
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) draws (c) colourful
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha opened a big box yesterday.” (a) big (b) opened (c) Sneha (d) box
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Nisha (b) blue (c) rides (d) bicycle
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) big
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) new (c) slowly
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) quickly
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) red (c) Farhan (d) flies
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) small (c) buys
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) painted (c) Yash (d) wall
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) sweet (c) song (d) sang
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) new (c) bought (d) Ananya
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) picture (c) Farhan (d) draws
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) rides (c) blue
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Kunal (b) carried (c) big (d) bag
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) funny
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) happily
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) short (c) writes
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) happy (c) Yash (d) sang
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) ripe
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) slowly
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) colourful (b) picture (c) draws (d) Kavya
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) read (c) funny (d) Ananya
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) quickly (c) rides

Answer key

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

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