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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 671 · 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 kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) ball (c) big (d) kicked
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) kicked (c) ball (d) Rohan
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra reads a funny book every day.” (a) Myra (b) funny (c) book (d) reads
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) small (c) bought (d) Ishaan
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) short (c) happily
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) sings (c) happy
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan flies a red kite every day.” (a) flies (b) kite (c) Vivaan (d) red
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) sings (c) sweet
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) kicks
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Aarav (b) song (c) happy (d) sang
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) slowly
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) eats (b) Riya (c) ripe (d) mango
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) opens (c) small
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) funny
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) slowly
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) picture (c) colourful (d) Tara
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) flies
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) writes (c) long
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya reads a funny book every day.” (a) Zoya (b) funny (c) book (d) reads
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) slowly
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) letter (c) writes (d) Rohan
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) Aditya (c) box (d) opens
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) rides (c) Ananya (d) blue
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) long (c) happily
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) big
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Kabir (b) juicy (c) mango (d) eats
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira opened a small box yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) box (c) small (d) opened
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) Ishaan (c) reads (d) new
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan paints a long wall every day.” (a) wall (b) long (c) paints (d) Vivaan
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha reads a funny book every day.” (a) book (b) Isha (c) funny (d) reads
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir sings a happy song every day.” (a) Kabir (b) song (c) sings (d) happy
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) slowly
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Saanvi (b) bag (c) big (d) carried
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul sings a happy song every day.” (a) Rahul (b) sings (c) song (d) happy
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) red (c) slowly
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya flies a new kite every day.” (a) flies (b) kite (c) Kavya (d) new
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) happily
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) carries
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) opens (c) big
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav reads a new book every day.” (a) Manav (b) reads (c) new (d) book

Answer key

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

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