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

Answer key

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

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