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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 677 · 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)? “Aisha carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) Aisha (c) bag (d) big
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) happily (c) buys
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) slowly (c) eats
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) big (c) Manav (d) carried
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) mango (c) ripe (d) Vivaan
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya paints a long wall every day.” (a) Ananya (b) wall (c) paints (d) long
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav writes a short letter every day.” (a) letter (b) writes (c) short (d) Manav
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) happily
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) slowly (c) eats
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) quickly
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Yash (b) mango (c) eats (d) ripe
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) big (c) opened (d) Farhan
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) quickly
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) slowly (c) paints
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun reads a new book every day.” (a) reads (b) book (c) new (d) Arjun
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) quickly (c) heavy
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) happily (c) new
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) long (c) letter (d) wrote
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) reads (c) new
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) happily (c) short
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Saanvi (b) new (c) kite (d) flew
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) draws
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) painted (c) wall (d) Nisha
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) buys (c) new
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) Dev (c) picture (d) draws
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan opens a big box every day.” (a) Rohan (b) box (c) opens (d) big
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya reads a funny book every day.” (a) Priya (b) reads (c) funny (d) book
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) Nisha (c) red (d) flies
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) happily (c) tall
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) flies (c) red
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) carries (c) slowly
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) slowly
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) flew (c) Ishaan (d) kite
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) happily
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) kicks
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar opened a big box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) big (c) Omkar (d) box
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) happily (c) flies
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan writes a long letter every day.” (a) Karan (b) long (c) writes (d) letter
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) writes

Answer key

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

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