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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 407 · 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: Aditya ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) quickly (c) sings
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) reads (c) Priya (d) new
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) slowly
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) quickly (c) opens
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) kite (c) flew (d) Ishaan
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) quickly
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) rode (c) blue (d) bicycle
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Saanvi (b) kite (c) new (d) flew
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Kunal (b) tall (c) wall (d) painted
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) drew (c) Riya (d) picture
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) long (c) paints
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Sneha (b) wrote (c) letter (d) short
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) rides (c) new
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Ishaan (b) bag (c) carried (d) heavy
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) draws (c) big
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar paints a long wall every day.” (a) paints (b) long (c) Omkar (d) wall
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) happily
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan carries a big bag every day.” (a) big (b) carries (c) Vivaan (d) bag
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan paints a long wall every day.” (a) paints (b) Ishaan (c) wall (d) long
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) mango (b) eats (c) juicy (d) Ishaan
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) ate (c) juicy (d) mango
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya paints a long wall every day.” (a) Aditya (b) paints (c) wall (d) long
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) slowly (c) paints
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya buys a small toy every day.” (a) small (b) Ananya (c) toy (d) buys
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera reads a funny book every day.” (a) Meera (b) funny (c) reads (d) book
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) juicy (c) eats
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) reads
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) quickly
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) red (b) kite (c) flew (d) Meera
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) happily
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) colourful (b) draws (c) picture (d) Kabir
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) happily (c) tall
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) writes
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal reads a funny book every day.” (a) Kunal (b) reads (c) book (d) funny
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) quickly (c) blue
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) happily (c) sings
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha reads a new book every day.” (a) reads (b) Aisha (c) new (d) book
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya carries a big bag every day.” (a) bag (b) big (c) carries (d) Riya
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ripe (c) Omkar (d) ate
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) Dev (c) drew (d) big

Answer key

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

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