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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 882 · 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)? “Sneha carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Sneha (b) heavy (c) bag (d) carries
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) happily (c) reads
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) short
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) heavy (c) Meera (d) carried
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) carries
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) slowly
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha opens a big box every day.” (a) box (b) Nisha (c) big (d) opens
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) carries
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) eats (b) juicy (c) mango (d) Aditya
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) kicks
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) mango (c) juicy (d) Vivaan
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) bag (c) heavy (d) carried
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) blue (c) bicycle (d) rode
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) long (c) paints
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) mango (b) juicy (c) eats (d) Farhan
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) happily (c) new
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sweet (b) Neel (c) song (d) sang
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Aditya (b) ate (c) ripe (d) mango
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) ripe
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) bought (c) Tara (d) toy
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) rode (c) Meera (d) blue
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) ripe
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sings (c) sweet
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) red (c) kicks (d) Sneha
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) slowly
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav opened a small box yesterday.” (a) Aarav (b) small (c) box (d) opened
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) buys (c) small
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) Aarav (c) wrote (d) short
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) writes (c) short
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) small (c) bought (d) Omkar
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) big (c) slowly
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) Karan (c) bicycle (d) rode
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) funny (c) reads
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) slowly
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) slowly (c) juicy
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya buys a small toy every day.” (a) buys (b) small (c) Priya (d) toy
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) Riya (d) new
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) quickly (c) new
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) slowly
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) Neel (c) red (d) kicked

Answer key

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

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