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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 967 · 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)? “Myra eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) juicy (b) Myra (c) eats (d) mango
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) happily (c) eats
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) picture (c) colourful (d) drew
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) slowly (c) heavy
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) slowly (c) paints
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) juicy (d) Neel
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) quickly
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan sings a happy song every day.” (a) happy (b) Farhan (c) sings (d) song
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan sings a sweet song every day.” (a) song (b) sings (c) sweet (d) Karan
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) paints
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya sings a happy song every day.” (a) song (b) Aditya (c) happy (d) sings
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) big
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel read a new book yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) new (c) read (d) book
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) quickly (c) blue
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) writes
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) short
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Sneha (b) tall (c) wall (d) painted
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Nisha (b) ripe (c) ate (d) mango
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Aisha (b) picture (c) drew (d) big
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) eats (c) juicy
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi writes a long letter every day.” (a) writes (b) Saanvi (c) long (d) letter
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) carries
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) eats (d) Ira
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) bag (c) heavy (d) Saanvi
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) colourful (c) picture (d) drew
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) Dev (c) kite (d) flies
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Kunal (b) rides (c) new (d) bicycle
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya opens a small box every day.” (a) Diya (b) small (c) box (d) opens
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) box (c) opened (d) big
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) reads
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) new (c) slowly
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) picture (c) drew (d) colourful
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) ripe (c) mango (d) ate
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra opens a small box every day.” (a) small (b) opens (c) Myra (d) box
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan opens a small box every day.” (a) box (b) small (c) opens (d) Farhan
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) happily
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) slowly (c) funny
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) small (c) opened (d) Sneha
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) ate (c) Rohan (d) mango
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) toy (c) new (d) Sneha

Answer key

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

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