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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 138 · 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: Arjun ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) small
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) song (c) sang (d) Ananya
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) red
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) big (c) Rohan (d) carried
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) long (c) writes
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Ishaan (c) ripe (d) ate
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) juicy
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) quickly (c) long
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir opens a big box every day.” (a) opens (b) box (c) Kabir (d) big
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sings (b) song (c) Sneha (d) sweet
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Rohan (b) colourful (c) draws (d) picture
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) big (b) Vivaan (c) bag (d) carried
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) slowly
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Nisha (b) box (c) big (d) opened
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) quickly (c) carries
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) short (c) quickly
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) quickly
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) painted (c) long (d) Karan
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) short (c) letter (d) Ananya
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) buys
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) flies
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) flies
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) wrote (c) letter (d) Tara
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) big
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) Yash (c) drew (d) picture
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) tall (c) Aarav (d) wall
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) ripe (c) Neel (d) mango
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) Kabir (c) new (d) rode
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) short (c) wrote (d) letter
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) happily
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) slowly
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) red (c) kicks (d) Yash
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) picture (c) colourful (d) drew
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) red (d) Kavya
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) tall (c) paints
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi opens a big box every day.” (a) box (b) big (c) opens (d) Saanvi
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) short
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) red (b) flew (c) kite (d) Isha
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happily (c) happy
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) reads

Answer key

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

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