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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 684 · 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)? “Isha flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) red (b) kite (c) flew (d) Isha
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) big (c) opened (d) Myra
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) new (b) rode (c) Nisha (d) bicycle
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) slowly (c) funny
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) eats (c) ripe
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) new (b) rides (c) Priya (d) bicycle
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) big (c) Manav (d) ball
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) happily
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) quickly
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) happily
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) small (c) buys
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) Zoya (c) painted (d) wall
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Ishaan (b) ripe (c) eats (d) mango
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) quickly (c) buys
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) opened (c) big (d) box
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) slowly
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) rides
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) ripe (c) Kunal (d) eats
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) mango (c) ate (d) Kavya
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) happily (c) eats
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) quickly
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) drew (c) big (d) picture
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) new
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) happy (c) sings
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha writes a long letter every day.” (a) writes (b) letter (c) Aisha (d) long
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) writes
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) Neel (c) wrote (d) letter
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) happily
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun flies a red kite every day.” (a) Arjun (b) kite (c) flies (d) red
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) read (c) Myra (d) book
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) juicy (c) Saanvi (d) mango
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) flies
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya reads a new book every day.” (a) new (b) reads (c) book (d) Kavya
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) bag (c) carried (d) Karan
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) happily
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) bought (c) new (d) toy
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) quickly
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) long (c) Kabir (d) wrote
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sang (c) Manav (d) happy

Answer key

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

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