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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 772 · 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)? “Aarav ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) ripe (d) Aarav
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) Nisha (c) big (d) ball
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan buys a new toy every day.” (a) buys (b) new (c) toy (d) Ishaan
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) quickly (c) buys
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) wall (c) painted (d) long
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) drew (c) colourful (d) picture
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) new (b) rode (c) bicycle (d) Ananya
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) kicks
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) slowly (c) writes
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra carries a big bag every day.” (a) big (b) carries (c) bag (d) Myra
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) happily (c) reads
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) wall (c) Tara (d) painted
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) big (c) drew (d) Myra
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) big (c) Vivaan (d) carried
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) slowly (c) new
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Nisha (b) rode (c) bicycle (d) blue
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) Yash (c) mango (d) ate
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) long (c) slowly
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) Rohan (c) bicycle (d) rode
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) buys
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) kicked (c) Farhan (d) ball
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) heavy (c) bag (d) Aisha
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) buys
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) read (c) Rahul (d) book
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) opened (c) Aditya (d) big
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) writes (c) short
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) slowly (c) reads
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan reads a new book every day.” (a) new (b) book (c) reads (d) Vivaan
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) kite (c) flies (d) Diya
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha opened a big box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) Nisha (c) big (d) box
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) slowly
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) Isha (c) heavy (d) bag
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) ripe
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) Ananya (c) tall (d) paints
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) juicy (c) Manav (d) mango
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) ate (c) mango (d) juicy
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) quickly
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) Isha (c) paints (d) tall
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) happily (c) buys
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) opens (c) big

Answer key

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

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