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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 381 · 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: Sneha ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) kicks
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) slowly
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) rides (c) blue
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sweet (b) sang (c) song (d) Dev
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) letter (c) Zoya (d) wrote
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya draws a big picture every day.” (a) draws (b) Ananya (c) picture (d) big
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) quickly (c) writes
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) kite (c) red (d) Isha
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) quickly
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) flies (c) red
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) blue (c) bicycle (d) rode
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan paints a tall wall every day.” (a) paints (b) tall (c) wall (d) Ishaan
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) quickly (c) big
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan sings a happy song every day.” (a) happy (b) Vivaan (c) sings (d) song
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) flies (c) Dev (d) red
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) long (c) wall (d) painted
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) mango (c) juicy (d) ate
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Pooja (b) letter (c) wrote (d) long
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja opened a big box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) box (c) Pooja (d) big
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) new
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) carries
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) picture (c) drew (d) Nisha
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sings (b) song (c) Rohan (d) sweet
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) sweet (c) song (d) Manav
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) slowly (c) carries
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) new (c) slowly
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) red
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Arjun (b) blue (c) bicycle (d) rides
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) short (c) wrote (d) Yash
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) sweet (c) sings
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) draws
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha paints a tall wall every day.” (a) paints (b) tall (c) Isha (d) wall
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja flies a new kite every day.” (a) Pooja (b) flies (c) kite (d) new
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) kicks
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) Aditya (c) blue (d) rode
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) kite (c) Ishaan (d) flew
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) carries (c) big
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Pooja (b) drew (c) colourful (d) picture

Answer key

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

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