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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 925 · 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)? “Farhan opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) big (c) Farhan (d) opened
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) buys
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) new (c) Vivaan (d) reads
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) slowly
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) kicks
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) picture (c) drew (d) Ira
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) drew (c) picture (d) colourful
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya writes a short letter every day.” (a) short (b) Diya (c) letter (d) writes
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) ripe (c) Tara (d) mango
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) happily
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) carried (c) bag (d) Tara
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan flies a new kite every day.” (a) flies (b) kite (c) Vivaan (d) new
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal flies a red kite every day.” (a) Kunal (b) kite (c) flies (d) red
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) quickly (c) paints
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) kicks
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) slowly (c) big
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) paints (c) tall
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) paints (c) long
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) quickly
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) red
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) Manav (c) bicycle (d) rode
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) kicks (c) Nisha (d) ball
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) carries
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) Rohan (c) ball (d) red
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) quickly
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) slowly
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Priya (b) tall (c) paints (d) wall
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) slowly
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) ate (c) ripe (d) mango
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) short
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Aditya (c) juicy (d) ate
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) rode (c) Meera (d) bicycle
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) happily
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) paints
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev sings a sweet song every day.” (a) Dev (b) sweet (c) sings (d) song
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) juicy (c) ate (d) Manav
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) long (c) letter (d) Aarav
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) Farhan (c) painted (d) wall
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Kabir (c) juicy (d) ate

Answer key

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

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