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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 137 · 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: Saanvi ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) slowly
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir opened a big box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) Kabir (c) big (d) box
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) ripe (c) eats
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) slowly (c) paints
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) new
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ripe (c) ate (d) Meera
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) slowly (c) rides
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) song (c) sweet (d) Neel
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) happily
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) quickly
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) Ishaan (c) wall (d) painted
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) buys (c) new
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) reads
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) book (c) new (d) Manav
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) kicks
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) quickly
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) happily
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) Aarav (c) rode (d) new
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan sings a sweet song every day.” (a) song (b) Vivaan (c) sweet (d) sings
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) quickly
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) quickly (c) long
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) Neel (c) long (d) letter
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) flies
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) new
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Ishaan (b) bag (c) carried (d) big
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) heavy (b) carries (c) bag (d) Dev
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) happily (c) heavy
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) tall (c) Nisha (d) painted
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan kicks a big ball every day.” (a) ball (b) kicks (c) Farhan (d) big
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha flies a new kite every day.” (a) flies (b) kite (c) Sneha (d) new
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) happily (c) heavy
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) Arjun (c) mango (d) ate
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha read a funny book yesterday.” (a) read (b) funny (c) book (d) Isha
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) happily
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) kicks
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Dev (b) colourful (c) picture (d) draws
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) slowly (c) ripe
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Kavya (b) new (c) flew (d) kite
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) quickly (c) rides

Answer key

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

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