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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 120 · 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: Isha ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) kicks
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) happily (c) small
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) happily
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan buys a small toy every day.” (a) Farhan (b) small (c) buys (d) toy
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) quickly (c) small
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) slowly (c) buys
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) slowly (c) juicy
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) eats (c) ripe (d) Kavya
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) quickly
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) big (c) picture (d) drew
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) opens (c) big
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Myra (b) carries (c) heavy (d) bag
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) happily (c) paints
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) flies (c) red
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) colourful
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) slowly (c) reads
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) ripe
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) small (c) quickly
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi sings a happy song every day.” (a) Saanvi (b) sings (c) happy (d) song
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) Ananya (c) sang (d) song
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya carries a big bag every day.” (a) big (b) carries (c) Priya (d) bag
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) eats (c) ripe
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Aditya (b) letter (c) long (d) wrote
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) Nisha (c) ball (d) red
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) happily
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) painted (c) wall (d) Karan
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) draws
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) Karan (c) blue (d) rides
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) Neel (c) picture (d) drew
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) happily
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) Aisha (c) tall (d) paints
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) big
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) letter (c) Rahul (d) wrote
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) reads (c) new
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) kicks
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Tara (b) drew (c) picture (d) colourful
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) big
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya buys a small toy every day.” (a) small (b) toy (c) buys (d) Priya
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) draws (b) picture (c) Neel (d) colourful
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) slowly

Answer key

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

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