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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 944 · 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 rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Farhan (b) rides (c) blue (d) bicycle
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) bought (c) Meera (d) small
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) kite (c) flew (d) red
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) Rohan (c) big (d) kicked
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) writes (c) short
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara kicks a red ball every day.” (a) Tara (b) kicks (c) red (d) ball
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) quickly (c) paints
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) draws
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) wall (c) paints (d) Pooja
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) small
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) quickly
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) kicks
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) happily (c) red
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) eats (c) juicy
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Ishaan (b) letter (c) short (d) wrote
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) colourful (c) slowly
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) tall (c) paints
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) new (c) happily
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) short (c) happily
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) bought (c) toy (d) Riya
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan writes a short letter every day.” (a) Rohan (b) short (c) writes (d) letter
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) quickly (c) small
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) flies
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) blue (c) Riya (d) rides
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) slowly (c) reads
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) Myra (c) tall (d) painted
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) big (b) carried (c) Sneha (d) bag
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) mango (c) ate (d) Sneha
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) flies
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Aisha (b) mango (c) eats (d) ripe
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) wall (c) paints (d) Zoya
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) wrote (c) Farhan (d) long
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) quickly
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan opens a small box every day.” (a) opens (b) Karan (c) small (d) box
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) ate (d) Diya
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) flies
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) colourful (c) drew (d) Arjun
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) buys (c) new
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar buys a new toy every day.” (a) new (b) Omkar (c) buys (d) toy

Answer key

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

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