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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 71 · 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)? “Saanvi read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Saanvi (b) read (c) book (d) funny
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) read (b) funny (c) book (d) Rohan
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) quickly (c) carries
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) ripe (c) mango (d) ate
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) draws
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) quickly
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav read a funny book yesterday.” (a) read (b) book (c) Aarav (d) funny
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) Arjun (c) bag (d) carried
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) paints (c) long
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) ball (c) Riya (d) big
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) happily
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) happily (c) sings
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) long
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) new (b) bicycle (c) rode (d) Nisha
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) slowly
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi paints a long wall every day.” (a) wall (b) paints (c) long (d) Saanvi
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) colourful (c) Manav (d) drew
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) slowly
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) short (c) writes
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) happily (c) heavy
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) mango (b) juicy (c) Nisha (d) eats
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) quickly
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) slowly (c) big
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sweet (c) sang (d) Farhan
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) opens
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) blue (c) rode (d) bicycle
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) rides (c) Farhan (d) new
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) opened (c) Dev (d) small
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera sings a happy song every day.” (a) Meera (b) happy (c) song (d) sings
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) kite (c) new (d) Rohan
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) ripe (c) Kavya (d) mango
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) quickly
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya sings a happy song every day.” (a) song (b) Kavya (c) happy (d) sings
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) red
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Saanvi (b) flew (c) red (d) kite
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) eats (c) mango (d) Myra
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) quickly
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) happily (c) carries
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) drew (c) picture (d) colourful
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) kicks

Answer key

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

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