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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 774 · 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 new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) read (c) Manav (d) new
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) kicks
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) funny
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Nisha (b) kicks (c) big (d) ball
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) slowly
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) quickly
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) bag (b) carries (c) heavy (d) Tara
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) happily
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) quickly
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) slowly
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha opens a big box every day.” (a) box (b) Sneha (c) opens (d) big
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) kicks
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) slowly
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) happily
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Riya (b) big (c) bag (d) carried
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) colourful (c) quickly
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) quickly
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) wall (c) paints (d) Riya
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) kicks
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) Ishaan (d) new
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) small (c) buys
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) rode (c) new (d) bicycle
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) Saanvi (c) toy (d) new
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) Manav (c) big (d) kicked
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) small (c) slowly
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir sings a happy song every day.” (a) Kabir (b) sings (c) song (d) happy
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha paints a long wall every day.” (a) wall (b) Sneha (c) paints (d) long
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) kicks
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) mango (b) juicy (c) Priya (d) eats
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) flew (c) red (d) kite
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) ball (c) kicked (d) Nisha
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) kicks
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) mango (c) ate (d) Nisha
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Kavya (b) red (c) kicked (d) ball
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) rides
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) kicks
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) Vivaan (c) letter (d) wrote
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) juicy (b) Neel (c) mango (d) eats
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) quickly (c) sings
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) heavy (c) bag (d) Omkar

Answer key

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

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