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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 295 · 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: Ananya ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) quickly
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) new (c) slowly
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) slowly (c) eats
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha opened a small box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) small (c) box (d) Sneha
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) wall (c) paints (d) Myra
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan draws a big picture every day.” (a) draws (b) picture (c) Rohan (d) big
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) quickly
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) kicks (c) big
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) painted (c) Aisha (d) long
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) tall (c) Kabir (d) painted
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev draws a big picture every day.” (a) Dev (b) big (c) draws (d) picture
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) quickly
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya reads a new book every day.” (a) Ananya (b) book (c) reads (d) new
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) draws
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) tall (c) Saanvi (d) wall
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) opened (c) big (d) box
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) happily (c) blue
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) letter (c) wrote (d) Meera
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Rohan (b) ripe (c) mango (d) eats
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) heavy (c) carries
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happily (c) happy
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) new (b) rode (c) Arjun (d) bicycle
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Aditya (b) red (c) kicked (d) ball
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) red (c) Diya (d) ball
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) kicks (c) Meera (d) red
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal writes a long letter every day.” (a) Kunal (b) letter (c) writes (d) long
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) happily
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) Diya (c) ripe (d) eats
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sings (b) song (c) sweet (d) Nisha
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) happily (c) red
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) opened (c) big (d) box
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) carries (c) slowly
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) happily
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev writes a long letter every day.” (a) Dev (b) writes (c) letter (d) long
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) kicks
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) draws
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) colourful (c) Kunal (d) draws
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) Riya (c) big (d) ball
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) tall (c) painted (d) wall
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Meera (b) juicy (c) mango (d) eats

Answer key

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

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