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

Answer key

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

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