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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 989 · 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)? “Priya reads a funny book every day.” (a) book (b) reads (c) funny (d) Priya
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) carried (c) heavy (d) Aisha
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) book (c) Vivaan (d) read
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) quickly
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash flies a new kite every day.” (a) new (b) kite (c) Yash (d) flies
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul flies a new kite every day.” (a) kite (b) Rahul (c) new (d) flies
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) Neel (c) ball (d) red
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) ripe (c) eats
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) flies
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Rahul (b) bicycle (c) blue (d) rode
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) quickly (c) rides
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) slowly (c) sings
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) letter (c) wrote (d) Priya
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) happily
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) red
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) quickly (c) long
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan writes a short letter every day.” (a) writes (b) letter (c) short (d) Ishaan
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) new (b) Kunal (c) toy (d) bought
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sings (c) happy
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) sang (c) Ira (d) song
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Arjun (b) bicycle (c) blue (d) rides
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) eats (c) Nisha (d) ripe
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) ripe
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) Saanvi (c) ripe (d) eats
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) bicycle (c) blue (d) Ananya
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Kunal (b) new (c) rides (d) bicycle
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) juicy
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya paints a long wall every day.” (a) Kavya (b) wall (c) long (d) paints
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) wrote (c) short (d) Ananya
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) bag (b) carries (c) Diya (d) heavy
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) slowly
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) paints
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) writes (c) short
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) quickly (c) buys
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) big (c) drew (d) Diya
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) slowly
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) Dev (c) ball (d) kicked
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) Diya (c) wrote (d) short
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Priya (b) tall (c) painted (d) wall
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Rahul (b) bag (c) carried (d) big

Answer key

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

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