← Verbs: action words lesson New set →

Verb Worksheet

English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 255 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) happily
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) Kavya (c) book (d) reads
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) slowly (c) reads
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) quickly
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) paints (c) tall
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) happily
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) drew (c) picture (d) Tara
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) mango (c) Manav (d) eats
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) colourful (c) quickly
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) blue (c) rides
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) small (c) opens
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) quickly
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) happily
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) ball (c) Ananya (d) kicks
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) drew (c) big (d) Rahul
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) draws
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) carries
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) letter (c) short (d) Aisha
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) small (c) Kabir (d) bought
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) draws
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) opens (c) small
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) new (c) bicycle (d) Ananya
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev reads a funny book every day.” (a) Dev (b) funny (c) book (d) reads
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya reads a new book every day.” (a) Diya (b) book (c) new (d) reads
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) reads (c) funny
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) bought (c) Karan (d) small
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) happily (c) carries
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) box (c) big (d) opened
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) carries (c) big
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) happily
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya sings a happy song every day.” (a) Aditya (b) sings (c) song (d) happy
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) Ishaan (c) sang (d) sweet
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav opens a big box every day.” (a) Aarav (b) box (c) opens (d) big
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) flies
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) book (c) Vivaan (d) read
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) happily
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) quickly
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) drew (c) Rohan (d) picture
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Pooja (b) read (c) funny (d) book

Answer key

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

Free english grammar lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/english-grammar