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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 112 · 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)? “Manav kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) red (d) Manav
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) paints (c) tall
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) picture (c) Rahul (d) drew
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) quickly (c) big
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) slowly
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) slowly (c) heavy
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) Ishaan (c) mango (d) ripe
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) carries (c) quickly
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) short (c) writes
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir reads a funny book every day.” (a) reads (b) funny (c) book (d) Kabir
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) draws (c) big
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) quickly
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) quickly
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) flies
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) Pooja (c) writes (d) long
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) flies
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) flew (c) kite (d) Aarav
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) quickly
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) slowly (c) paints
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) Manav (d) juicy
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) happy (c) sings
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) long (c) Ishaan (d) wrote
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) Aarav (c) flew (d) red
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) reads
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha writes a short letter every day.” (a) letter (b) short (c) Nisha (d) writes
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) quickly
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) slowly (c) ripe
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) song (c) sang (d) happy
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) quickly
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) writes (c) short
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) kicks
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) long (c) wrote (d) Aisha
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) red (c) quickly
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) wall (c) painted (d) Aditya
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) flew (c) Tara (d) kite
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Aisha (b) sang (c) sweet (d) song
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha reads a funny book every day.” (a) reads (b) funny (c) Isha (d) book
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav buys a small toy every day.” (a) Aarav (b) buys (c) toy (d) small
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) letter (c) wrote (d) Neel
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav writes a long letter every day.” (a) Aarav (b) writes (c) long (d) letter

Answer key

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

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