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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 193 · 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: Ira ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) ripe (c) eats
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) sings (c) sweet
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) buys (c) small
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) writes (c) long (d) Arjun
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) Saanvi (c) short (d) wrote
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) kicks (c) red
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan opens a big box every day.” (a) Ishaan (b) opens (c) box (d) big
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) long (c) wrote (d) Priya
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) new (c) reads (d) Priya
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) slowly
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) rides (c) blue (d) Sneha
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) quickly (c) paints
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) slowly
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) Zoya (d) red
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash opened a big box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) Yash (c) box (d) big
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Yash (b) bag (c) heavy (d) carried
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) slowly
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) Aisha (c) heavy (d) carried
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) bag (c) Manav (d) heavy
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) opened (c) box (d) Aditya
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan buys a small toy every day.” (a) small (b) toy (c) Ishaan (d) buys
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) happy (c) sang (d) song
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) slowly
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) colourful (c) draws (d) Sneha
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Sneha (b) juicy (c) mango (d) eats
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) slowly (c) tall
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya read a new book yesterday.” (a) Zoya (b) new (c) book (d) read
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) reads
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) new (c) Meera (d) flew
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sweet (b) sang (c) Omkar (d) song
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) quickly
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) happily
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) Isha (c) big (d) drew
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) happily (c) small
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) red (c) Omkar (d) kite
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) Nisha (c) drew (d) big
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) eats (b) mango (c) juicy (d) Aditya
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) long (c) paints
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) happy (c) sang (d) song
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) happily

Answer key

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

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