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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 995 · 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)? “Rohan carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) Rohan (c) carried (d) big
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) big (b) carried (c) Sneha (d) bag
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) happily
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev opened a big box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) box (c) big (d) Dev
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan carries a big bag every day.” (a) big (b) bag (c) carries (d) Rohan
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) ripe
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sweet (c) Kunal (d) sang
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan draws a big picture every day.” (a) Ishaan (b) picture (c) big (d) draws
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) picture (c) Manav (d) drew
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) slowly (c) carries
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan opened a small box yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) small (c) box (d) opened
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra opened a small box yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) opened (c) box (d) small
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Kavya (c) ripe (d) ate
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) short
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) juicy (c) Manav (d) ate
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) bag (b) heavy (c) carries (d) Kavya
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) slowly (c) funny
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan kicks a big ball every day.” (a) ball (b) kicks (c) Ishaan (d) big
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Diya (b) bicycle (c) rides (d) new
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) small (c) opens
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) draws (c) big
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) happily
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) quickly
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) quickly
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) red (b) Meera (c) flew (d) kite
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) tall (c) painted (d) wall
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) tall (c) Omkar (d) paints
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) happily
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) drew (c) big (d) Priya
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sings (b) Aisha (c) song (d) sweet
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) happily
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) happily (c) new
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) bag (b) carries (c) heavy (d) Ishaan
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) flies
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) picture (c) big (d) Sneha
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) Ananya (c) mango (d) juicy
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) kicks
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) new (b) bicycle (c) rode (d) Priya
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Priya (b) new (c) rides (d) bicycle
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) flew (c) kite (d) new

Answer key

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

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