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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 249 · 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 letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) quickly
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) slowly (c) reads
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) quickly
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) kicks
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) Kavya (c) ate (d) mango
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ripe (c) Priya (d) ate
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya writes a long letter every day.” (a) Riya (b) letter (c) writes (d) long
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) draws (b) colourful (c) Tara (d) picture
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) opens
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar kicks a big ball every day.” (a) ball (b) big (c) kicks (d) Omkar
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash reads a new book every day.” (a) Yash (b) book (c) new (d) reads
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) new (c) read (d) Yash
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) tall (c) paints
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) happily (c) red
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) kicks
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) big (c) quickly
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) picture (c) colourful (d) drew
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) buys (c) new
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) quickly (c) sings
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel sings a happy song every day.” (a) Neel (b) sings (c) song (d) happy
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) Karan (c) sang (d) song
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) slowly
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) opens (c) big
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) Saanvi (c) mango (d) eats
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) paints (c) Manav (d) wall
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) reads
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) kicks
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Aisha (b) eats (c) juicy (d) mango
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) happily (c) draws
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) carries (c) quickly
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sweet (c) sang (d) Kabir
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) tall (c) Diya (d) paints
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) ripe (c) eats
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) slowly (c) writes
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera reads a funny book every day.” (a) book (b) funny (c) reads (d) Meera
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) carries (c) happily
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) big (c) drew (d) Arjun
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) kite (c) flew (d) Pooja
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) big (c) Kunal (d) picture
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) eats (b) Sneha (c) ripe (d) mango

Answer key

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

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