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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 752 · 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)? “Manav read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Manav (b) funny (c) read (d) book
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) rides
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan opens a small box every day.” (a) Rohan (b) box (c) small (d) opens
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) happily (c) small
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) ripe (c) eats
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Arjun (b) wall (c) paints (d) tall
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) small
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) ripe
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Omkar (b) opened (c) box (d) big
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) red (c) ball (d) kicked
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul paints a long wall every day.” (a) paints (b) long (c) wall (d) Rahul
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev writes a short letter every day.” (a) Dev (b) short (c) writes (d) letter
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) happily (c) new
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) colourful (c) quickly
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya carries a big bag every day.” (a) big (b) Diya (c) bag (d) carries
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) paints
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) new (b) Aditya (c) rides (d) bicycle
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya buys a small toy every day.” (a) buys (b) toy (c) small (d) Zoya
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya writes a short letter every day.” (a) Riya (b) letter (c) short (d) writes
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) slowly (c) big
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) red
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) short (c) writes
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) draws (c) picture (d) Karan
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) wall (c) paints (d) Aisha
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) quickly
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) eats (c) Saanvi (d) mango
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) blue (c) rides
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) happily
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) opened (c) Pooja (d) small
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) writes (c) long
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) heavy (b) Priya (c) carries (d) bag
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) quickly
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) happily (c) heavy
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) quickly
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) juicy
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) happily
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan sings a happy song every day.” (a) sings (b) Ishaan (c) happy (d) song
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) draws
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) quickly
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) Ira (c) opened (d) small

Answer key

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

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