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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 898 · 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 kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) Meera (c) big (d) ball
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) big
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) letter (c) wrote (d) Myra
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) slowly (c) red
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) new (b) rode (c) bicycle (d) Vivaan
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) funny (c) reads
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) slowly (c) reads
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) opens
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) paints (c) tall
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) Sneha (c) picture (d) draws
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) red (c) flew (d) kite
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) ate (c) mango (d) ripe
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) quickly
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) eats (c) ripe
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash sings a happy song every day.” (a) Yash (b) song (c) happy (d) sings
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) tall (c) Diya (d) paints
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) flies (c) new
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) new (c) quickly
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) slowly
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) buys
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Pooja (c) ate (d) juicy
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) slowly (c) buys
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) long (c) paints
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) kicks
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) blue (b) rides (c) bicycle (d) Manav
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Kabir (c) ripe (d) ate
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi opens a big box every day.” (a) opens (b) box (c) big (d) Saanvi
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Aarav (b) juicy (c) eats (d) mango
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) kicks
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) painted (c) wall (d) tall
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sings (c) sweet
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) Ira (c) new (d) rode
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) short
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) happily
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) paints
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) paints (c) tall
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun opens a big box every day.” (a) box (b) big (c) Arjun (d) opens
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) happily
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) red
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal draws a big picture every day.” (a) Kunal (b) picture (c) draws (d) big

Answer key

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

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