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

Answer key

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

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