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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 183 · 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: Sneha ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) slowly
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) short (c) writes
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) drew (c) Omkar (d) colourful
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) Manav (c) bicycle (d) new
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) slowly (c) big
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) Saanvi (c) mango (d) eats
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) funny (c) Isha (d) read
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) bought (c) new (d) Ananya
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) read (c) book (d) Vivaan
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) new (c) flew (d) Rohan
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya flies a new kite every day.” (a) kite (b) Ananya (c) new (d) flies
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) carried (c) heavy (d) bag
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) quickly
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya writes a short letter every day.” (a) Priya (b) short (c) writes (d) letter
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) opens
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) opens
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) quickly (c) red
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) long (c) writes
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) kicks
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) slowly
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) kicked (c) ball (d) Rohan
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Kavya (b) kite (c) flew (d) new
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sings (c) happy
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav opened a small box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) box (c) Aarav (d) small
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) kicks
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) ate (c) Aarav (d) mango
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) tall (c) paints
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sweet (b) Karan (c) sang (d) song
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya buys a small toy every day.” (a) Diya (b) buys (c) small (d) toy
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) slowly
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) happy (c) Aisha (d) sang
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) reads
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya reads a new book every day.” (a) reads (b) Aditya (c) book (d) new
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) Priya (c) rode (d) new
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) happy (c) Aditya (d) song
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan sings a happy song every day.” (a) Karan (b) sings (c) song (d) happy
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Nisha (b) wall (c) tall (d) painted
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sings (b) sweet (c) Dev (d) song
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) eats (b) mango (c) Ishaan (d) juicy

Answer key

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

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