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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 129 · 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: Tara ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) slowly (c) eats
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) opens
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) Dev (c) opened (d) big
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) slowly
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) quickly
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) big (c) Farhan (d) drew
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) opened (c) Ira (d) box
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) book (c) new (d) Ishaan
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) slowly (c) paints
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) paints
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) slowly
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) happily (c) flies
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel opened a small box yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) box (c) small (d) opened
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) wrote (c) letter (d) Rohan
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) Aditya (c) draws (d) picture
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) opened (c) Rahul (d) big
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Sneha (b) short (c) letter (d) wrote
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) happily
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Aditya (b) kicked (c) ball (d) red
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Arjun (b) juicy (c) mango (d) eats
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) mango (b) eats (c) Saanvi (d) juicy
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) colourful (c) picture (d) Nisha
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) quickly (c) sings
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya sings a sweet song every day.” (a) song (b) sweet (c) sings (d) Kavya
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) quickly
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha reads a funny book every day.” (a) book (b) Sneha (c) funny (d) reads
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Ananya (b) wall (c) tall (d) paints
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) quickly
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) colourful (c) draws
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira read a funny book yesterday.” (a) read (b) funny (c) Ira (d) book
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) new (c) read (d) Omkar
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) kicked (c) Rohan (d) ball
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) rides
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) quickly
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) happily (c) heavy
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) Myra (c) ball (d) kicks
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) slowly
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) Priya (c) new (d) read
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) kicked (c) ball (d) Kabir

Answer key

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

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