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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 235 · 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.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) Diya (c) song (d) sang
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) colourful (c) drew (d) picture
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) red
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) eats (c) mango (d) Omkar
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) rides
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) big (c) happily
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Yash (b) ball (c) big (d) kicked
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya reads a new book every day.” (a) new (b) book (c) Ananya (d) reads
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha writes a long letter every day.” (a) Sneha (b) letter (c) long (d) writes
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) new (c) happily
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) colourful (c) Rohan (d) draws
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) opens (c) box (d) Aarav
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) happily
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Kunal (b) ball (c) kicked (d) red
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) quickly
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Karan (b) big (c) opened (d) box
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) happily
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal opens a big box every day.” (a) Kunal (b) opens (c) big (d) box
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) kicks
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) juicy
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) buys
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) writes (c) short
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) slowly (c) paints
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) quickly
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya draws a big picture every day.” (a) draws (b) big (c) picture (d) Priya
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) buys (c) small
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Ira (b) new (c) bicycle (d) rides
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) slowly (c) writes
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) quickly
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) opened (c) Dev (d) box
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya reads a new book every day.” (a) reads (b) book (c) Kavya (d) new
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) wrote (c) Aarav (d) short
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev reads a funny book every day.” (a) book (b) funny (c) reads (d) Dev
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) opens
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) mango (c) juicy (d) Kunal
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya sings a happy song every day.” (a) Diya (b) happy (c) song (d) sings
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) wall (c) Sneha (d) painted
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha writes a long letter every day.” (a) writes (b) long (c) letter (d) Aisha
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) ripe (c) eats (d) Myra
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happily (c) happy

Answer key

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

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