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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 758 · 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)? “Rohan sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sweet (b) Rohan (c) sang (d) song
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) ripe
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) happily (c) new
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) quickly (c) writes
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) ate (d) Aarav
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) quickly (c) writes
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) ripe
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) happily (c) new
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) slowly
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) tall (c) Kunal (d) painted
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) red (c) quickly
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) Farhan (c) drew (d) picture
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) big
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) Isha (c) read (d) funny
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) opens
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) kicks
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) new (c) quickly
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) blue (c) rode (d) Arjun
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) big
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) happily (c) eats
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) paints
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) slowly
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) rode (c) new (d) bicycle
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sings (c) happy
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya carries a big bag every day.” (a) Aditya (b) big (c) carries (d) bag
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) flies (c) red (d) Meera
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) new (c) Pooja (d) rides
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) Zoya (d) ate
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) paints
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) happily (c) rides
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) flies
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) happily
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) box (c) big (d) opened
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) Farhan (c) eats (d) mango
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) red (c) slowly
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) toy (c) new (d) Karan
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) happily (c) new
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) quickly

Answer key

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

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