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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 990 · 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)? “Vivaan rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) blue (c) bicycle (d) Vivaan
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) funny (c) Riya (d) read
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) paints (c) wall (d) Isha
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul read a funny book yesterday.” (a) read (b) Rahul (c) funny (d) book
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) Karan (c) ball (d) big
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) ripe
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) happily (c) sings
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) new (c) Riya (d) book
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) happily
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) slowly
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) book (c) Kavya (d) read
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) ripe
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) slowly
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) long (c) paints
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) big (c) Myra (d) ball
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) rides
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) big (c) bag (d) Aditya
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul opens a small box every day.” (a) small (b) opens (c) Rahul (d) box
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) Ishaan (d) new
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) flies
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) new (b) bicycle (c) Karan (d) rode
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) small (c) buys
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) flies (c) red
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) happily
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) Nisha (c) ball (d) red
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) red
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) slowly
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) Aarav (d) big
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) painted (c) wall (d) tall
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja opens a small box every day.” (a) opens (b) box (c) Pooja (d) small
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) kicked (c) Rohan (d) ball
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) new (c) Riya (d) rides
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) quickly
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) quickly
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) big (d) Pooja
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) draws (b) picture (c) colourful (d) Kabir
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) happily
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Priya (b) wrote (c) letter (d) long
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) new (b) toy (c) Rahul (d) bought
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) flies

Answer key

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

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