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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 945 · 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)? “Kavya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) red (c) kicked (d) Kavya
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) buys
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) writes (c) short
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) happily (c) funny
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) opens
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev paints a tall wall every day.” (a) paints (b) Dev (c) tall (d) wall
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) Ananya (c) picture (d) big
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash flies a new kite every day.” (a) kite (b) flies (c) new (d) Yash
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) flew (c) kite (d) Priya
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan paints a long wall every day.” (a) wall (b) paints (c) long (d) Rohan
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya flies a red kite every day.” (a) Aditya (b) kite (c) red (d) flies
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) happily
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) Aarav (c) new (d) rides
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) eats (c) Manav (d) ripe
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) juicy
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) Rohan (c) ball (d) big
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) Neel (c) carried (d) heavy
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) happily
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) quickly
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) wall (c) painted (d) Meera
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) wrote (c) letter (d) long
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) slowly (c) big
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) slowly (c) eats
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) Myra (c) opened (d) box
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) quickly
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) Aarav (c) big (d) opened
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) kicked (c) ball (d) big
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) painted (c) long (d) Saanvi
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) Dev (d) colourful
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) ripe (c) mango (d) ate
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) new (c) quickly
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) ate (c) Tara (d) mango
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) slowly (c) writes
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) quickly
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Isha (b) ball (c) kicks (d) big
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) slowly (c) small
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Manav (b) blue (c) bicycle (d) rides
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) reads
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) ripe
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) quickly (c) rides

Answer key

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

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