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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 114 · 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.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) colourful
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Rohan (b) picture (c) draws (d) colourful
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) red (c) slowly
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) sweet (c) sings
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) slowly
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) paints (c) tall
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) drew (c) colourful (d) Priya
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) happily
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) reads
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) kicks
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) carries
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) short (c) slowly
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) Dev (c) heavy (d) bag
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) read (c) new (d) Yash
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) new (c) quickly
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) Zoya (c) read (d) book
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) quickly
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) wall (c) painted (d) Isha
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) paints
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) rides (c) blue
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) small (c) opens
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) happily (c) new
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) happy (c) Diya (d) song
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) Karan (c) toy (d) bought
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) small
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) flies (c) new
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) happily (c) eats
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) colourful
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) short (c) letter (d) wrote
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) Yash (c) new (d) flew
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) blue (c) rides
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya writes a short letter every day.” (a) letter (b) short (c) writes (d) Priya
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sweet (b) song (c) Meera (d) sang
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) slowly (c) tall
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) heavy (b) carries (c) Pooja (d) bag
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) big (c) picture (d) drew
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) quickly
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) happily (c) long
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha reads a funny book every day.” (a) book (b) funny (c) Nisha (d) reads
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) draws

Answer key

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

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