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

Answer key

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

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