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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 937 · 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)? “Ira opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) Ira (c) opened (d) box
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Isha (b) mango (c) ripe (d) eats
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) happily
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) draws
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) quickly (c) big
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) wall (c) painted (d) long
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) red (c) Kabir (d) kicks
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) writes
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) bought (c) Meera (d) new
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) blue (c) rides
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) painted (c) wall (d) long
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Riya (b) bicycle (c) new (d) rode
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) red (b) Ananya (c) kite (d) flew
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) buys (c) new
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sings (c) sweet
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) Isha (c) flew (d) new
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) kicked (c) big (d) Tara
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) toy (c) bought (d) Rohan
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Tara (b) big (c) bag (d) carried
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) slowly
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) quickly
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Saanvi (b) big (c) ball (d) kicks
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) new (b) Myra (c) rode (d) bicycle
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) paints (c) long
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) rode (c) new (d) Dev
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) slowly (c) tall
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) bag (c) carried (d) Pooja
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) writes
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) bag (c) Isha (d) heavy
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) book (c) read (d) Kabir
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) happily (c) draws
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) mango (c) Manav (d) eats
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) kite (c) Farhan (d) flew
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) colourful (c) Rohan (d) drew
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) Kabir (c) ate (d) mango
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) rides (c) happily
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) slowly (c) writes
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) Meera (d) colourful
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) quickly (c) carries
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) sang (c) Rahul (d) song

Answer key

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

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