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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 839 · 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.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) quickly
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) slowly
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan opened a small box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) small (c) Rohan (d) box
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) slowly
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) Ira (c) ball (d) kicks
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) letter (c) long (d) wrote
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) happily
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) slowly (c) buys
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) Farhan (c) letter (d) wrote
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) new (c) Yash (d) rode
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash sings a happy song every day.” (a) sings (b) song (c) Yash (d) happy
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) Ishaan (c) bag (d) heavy
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) kicks (c) Kunal (d) ball
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) flies
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) kicks
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Omkar (b) letter (c) short (d) wrote
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) big
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) slowly (c) opens
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) read (c) funny (d) book
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Rohan (b) mango (c) eats (d) ripe
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) red (c) happily
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) kicked (c) ball (d) Rahul
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Yash (b) kicked (c) big (d) ball
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) wall (c) Meera (d) paints
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul opens a big box every day.” (a) Rahul (b) big (c) box (d) opens
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) Ishaan (c) drew (d) picture
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya read a funny book yesterday.” (a) read (b) Kavya (c) funny (d) book
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) happily (c) sings
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) quickly (c) blue
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) carried (c) big (d) bag
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Pooja (b) sweet (c) song (d) sang
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Tara (b) sang (c) song (d) sweet
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) Vivaan (c) bicycle (d) rode
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir carries a big bag every day.” (a) bag (b) Kabir (c) big (d) carries
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) happily (c) eats
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) colourful (c) draws
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) new (c) slowly
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) quickly
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha buys a small toy every day.” (a) buys (b) small (c) Nisha (d) toy
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha opened a big box yesterday.” (a) big (b) Isha (c) box (d) opened

Answer key

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

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