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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 942 · 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)? “Rahul opened a small box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) Rahul (c) small (d) box
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) writes (c) long
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) happily
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) new (c) quickly
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Pooja (b) picture (c) drew (d) big
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) quickly
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) red (c) kicked (d) Saanvi
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) quickly
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) small (c) opens
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) kicked (c) big (d) Pooja
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) big (c) ball (d) Kabir
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul buys a new toy every day.” (a) new (b) Rahul (c) buys (d) toy
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicks a big ball every day.” (a) ball (b) big (c) kicks (d) Rohan
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) slowly (c) blue
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Riya (b) ate (c) ripe (d) mango
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal opens a big box every day.” (a) box (b) Kunal (c) opens (d) big
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) painted (c) Kavya (d) wall
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) short (c) wrote (d) Neel
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) slowly
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) slowly (c) sweet
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) big (b) box (c) opened (d) Ananya
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) flies
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) letter (c) Aisha (d) short
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) Nisha (c) picture (d) drew
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) ball (c) kicked (d) red
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) rides (c) blue
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) paints
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) Omkar (c) kite (d) flew
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) carries (c) big
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) kicks
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) quickly (c) new
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) happily
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha reads a new book every day.” (a) Aisha (b) book (c) reads (d) new
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) red (c) Pooja (d) ball
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) colourful
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) happily
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) juicy
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) quickly
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) happily
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal flies a red kite every day.” (a) Kunal (b) kite (c) red (d) flies

Answer key

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

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