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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 717 · 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)? “Ananya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) ripe (c) mango (d) Ananya
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan flies a new kite every day.” (a) kite (b) flies (c) new (d) Farhan
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) happily
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) quickly
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) juicy
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) happily (c) sings
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Manav (b) mango (c) ate (d) ripe
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) happily
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) mango (b) Vivaan (c) juicy (d) eats
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) rides
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi sings a happy song every day.” (a) Saanvi (b) song (c) happy (d) sings
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) slowly (c) happy
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Vivaan (b) ripe (c) eats (d) mango
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) slowly
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) Meera (c) drew (d) big
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) quickly
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) happily
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) Aisha (c) letter (d) wrote
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) red
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Neel (c) ate (d) ripe
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) mango (b) juicy (c) Omkar (d) eats
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) painted (c) tall (d) Vivaan
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) slowly (c) heavy
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav writes a short letter every day.” (a) Aarav (b) short (c) letter (d) writes
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) quickly (c) tall
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun buys a new toy every day.” (a) toy (b) new (c) buys (d) Arjun
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) slowly
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) small (c) opened (d) Myra
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi flies a red kite every day.” (a) flies (b) Saanvi (c) red (d) kite
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) happily
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) happily (c) red
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) long (c) writes (d) Karan
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) blue (b) Pooja (c) rides (d) bicycle
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Ishaan (b) mango (c) ripe (d) ate
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) opens
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) slowly
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya reads a funny book every day.” (a) Aditya (b) book (c) reads (d) funny
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) drew (c) Kabir (d) picture
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sweet (b) song (c) Vivaan (d) sang
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera writes a short letter every day.” (a) short (b) writes (c) Meera (d) letter

Answer key

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

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