← Verbs: action words lesson New set →

Verb Worksheet

English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 175 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) slowly
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) flies (c) Omkar (d) red
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) paints (c) long
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) new (c) Kunal (d) read
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) slowly (c) paints
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) ripe (c) mango (d) ate
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) slowly
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) draws
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) small (c) opened (d) Pooja
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Diya (b) picture (c) draws (d) colourful
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) eats (b) Ira (c) mango (d) ripe
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) flies
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Saanvi (b) box (c) big (d) opened
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira read a new book yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) new (c) book (d) read
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) toy (c) Karan (d) new
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) quickly
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) heavy (c) carries
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) quickly
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Omkar (b) big (c) bag (d) carried
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Manav (b) tall (c) wall (d) paints
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) quickly
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) juicy
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) Karan (c) wall (d) paints
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) flies
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) wall (c) paints (d) Saanvi
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) tall (c) wall (d) Arjun
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) flies (c) red
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) painted (c) wall (d) Ira
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan buys a small toy every day.” (a) buys (b) small (c) Rohan (d) toy
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara flies a new kite every day.” (a) Tara (b) flies (c) new (d) kite
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) quickly
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) bag (c) carried (d) Nisha
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) kicks
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) Riya (b) small (c) toy (d) bought
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) painted (c) wall (d) Kunal
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) read (c) Kavya (d) book
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan paints a long wall every day.” (a) Rohan (b) paints (c) long (d) wall
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) Omkar (c) new (d) bicycle
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav flies a new kite every day.” (a) Manav (b) new (c) kite (d) flies
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash buys a new toy every day.” (a) Yash (b) toy (c) new (d) buys

Answer key

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

Free english grammar lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/english-grammar