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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 997 · 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)? “Neel wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) Neel (c) wrote (d) letter
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) ripe (d) Arjun
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) quickly (c) red
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) small
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) ripe (d) Aarav
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) ball (c) Rahul (d) kicks
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan opens a small box every day.” (a) box (b) Ishaan (c) small (d) opens
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) happily
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Sneha (b) flew (c) red (d) kite
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) eats (b) Diya (c) mango (d) juicy
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) small (c) opens
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra opens a big box every day.” (a) box (b) big (c) Myra (d) opens
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) quickly (c) small
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) colourful (b) draws (c) picture (d) Sneha
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sings (b) Dev (c) sweet (d) song
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) colourful (c) happily
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) quickly
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya paints a long wall every day.” (a) paints (b) Kavya (c) long (d) wall
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) rides
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan sings a sweet song every day.” (a) Vivaan (b) sweet (c) sings (d) song
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) quickly
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) slowly
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) slowly
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) slowly
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) bag (b) Myra (c) heavy (d) carries
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) quickly
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) happily
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) new (c) quickly
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) quickly
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) Ishaan (c) red (d) ball
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) rides (c) blue
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) kicks
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sang (c) happy (d) Vivaan
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) Priya (c) mango (d) ripe
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) Yash (c) heavy (d) bag
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) happily
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) happily
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) red (b) flew (c) kite (d) Kabir
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Aditya (b) eats (c) juicy (d) mango
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) long (c) writes

Answer key

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

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