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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 866 · 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)? “Aisha painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) long (c) painted (d) Aisha
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) reads
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) happily
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) kicks
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) new (b) Kunal (c) bicycle (d) rides
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) happily
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) Vivaan (c) painted (d) long
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav buys a new toy every day.” (a) Aarav (b) new (c) toy (d) buys
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) Kabir (c) song (d) sang
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) happily (c) new
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) happily
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) Kunal (c) flew (d) kite
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) kicks (c) red
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) new
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) book (c) funny (d) read
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Pooja (b) song (c) sweet (d) sang
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) toy (c) Arjun (d) bought
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) flies
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) wall (c) paints (d) Riya
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) read (c) new (d) Dev
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) draws
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) bicycle (c) blue (d) Omkar
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) sang (c) sweet (d) song
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) picture (c) Pooja (d) draws
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) Priya (c) letter (d) wrote
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) Rahul (c) kicks (d) ball
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) new (c) toy (d) bought
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) writes (c) short
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) quickly
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) happily
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) reads
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) ate (c) mango (d) ripe
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) carries
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) kicks
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) mango (c) ate (d) Kabir
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha reads a new book every day.” (a) new (b) book (c) Nisha (d) reads
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) happily
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) painted (c) Meera (d) long
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) big (d) Farhan
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) quickly

Answer key

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

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