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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 787 · 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)? “Meera flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) red (b) kite (c) Meera (d) flew
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan reads a funny book every day.” (a) Rohan (b) funny (c) book (d) reads
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) book (c) new (d) Vivaan
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) buys (c) small
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) colourful (c) drew (d) picture
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) juicy (c) Priya (d) mango
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sings (c) sweet
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) opened (c) Ishaan (d) small
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha writes a long letter every day.” (a) Sneha (b) long (c) letter (d) writes
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev opens a big box every day.” (a) Dev (b) box (c) opens (d) big
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul buys a small toy every day.” (a) toy (b) Rahul (c) small (d) buys
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) Vivaan (c) box (d) opened
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) juicy
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) carries (c) big
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) quickly (c) new
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) kicks (c) red
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) short
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) happy (c) sang (d) Nisha
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya draws a big picture every day.” (a) Kavya (b) big (c) draws (d) picture
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Dev (b) mango (c) eats (d) juicy
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) rides
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) quickly
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) Manav (b) new (c) bought (d) toy
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) picture (c) colourful (d) Diya
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) happily
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Kunal (b) ripe (c) ate (d) mango
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) Riya (c) flew (d) red
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) quickly
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) big (c) Kavya (d) kicked
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) short (c) wrote (d) letter
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) kicks
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Rohan (b) bag (c) heavy (d) carries
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) opens
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) kicked (c) Rohan (d) big
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) Dev (c) colourful (d) drew
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) red (c) ball (d) Meera
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Farhan (c) ripe (d) ate
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) Diya (c) box (d) opened
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) draws (b) colourful (c) Arjun (d) picture

Answer key

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

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