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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 85 · 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)? “Isha carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) heavy (c) Isha (d) carried
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) big (b) bag (c) Ishaan (d) carried
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Neel (b) paints (c) wall (d) tall
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) book (c) read (d) Rohan
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan reads a funny book every day.” (a) reads (b) funny (c) Rohan (d) book
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) Aditya (c) opened (d) box
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) Nisha (c) short (d) wrote
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) happily
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) slowly
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) sang (c) song (d) happy
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) heavy (b) carries (c) bag (d) Vivaan
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) funny (c) reads
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) opens
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) red (c) happily
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) slowly
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) blue (b) Kavya (c) bicycle (d) rides
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha opens a big box every day.” (a) opens (b) big (c) box (d) Aisha
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) short (c) writes
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya buys a new toy every day.” (a) new (b) buys (c) Aditya (d) toy
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha flies a new kite every day.” (a) flies (b) Isha (c) new (d) kite
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) slowly (c) big
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha kicks a red ball every day.” (a) Sneha (b) red (c) kicks (d) ball
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) bag (c) big (d) Pooja
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) writes (c) short
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) funny (c) reads
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) Tara (c) kicked (d) ball
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) bicycle (c) rode (d) Myra
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) drew (c) big (d) Kabir
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) writes (c) short
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) new (c) Isha (d) rides
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev flies a red kite every day.” (a) flies (b) red (c) Dev (d) kite
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) happily (c) eats
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) quickly
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) Rahul (c) rides (d) new
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) Kunal (c) long (d) writes
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav buys a new toy every day.” (a) Aarav (b) new (c) buys (d) toy
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) blue (c) rides (d) Omkar
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) happily
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Zoya (b) new (c) bicycle (d) rode

Answer key

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

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