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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 421 · 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: Omkar ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) reads
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) song (c) happy (d) Priya
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) big (c) ball (d) Ira
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) big (c) ball (d) Ananya
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) happily (c) rides
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) paints (c) Aarav (d) wall
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) quickly (c) buys
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) slowly
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Kavya (b) bag (c) heavy (d) carried
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) colourful (c) draws
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) funny
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) quickly (c) draws
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) toy (c) Meera (d) bought
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) big (c) happily
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) juicy (c) Aarav (d) ate
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) Tara (c) ball (d) big
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan buys a new toy every day.” (a) Karan (b) toy (c) new (d) buys
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) Ananya (d) ate
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) Neel (c) song (d) sweet
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) carries (c) big
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) draws (c) Aarav (d) picture
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) quickly
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) happily
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) new (b) Diya (c) bought (d) toy
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera opens a small box every day.” (a) small (b) Meera (c) box (d) opens
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) blue (c) Ishaan (d) rides
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal reads a funny book every day.” (a) Kunal (b) book (c) reads (d) funny
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Yash (b) song (c) sweet (d) sang
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) short (c) wrote (d) Meera
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) new (b) bicycle (c) rides (d) Pooja
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) eats (c) juicy
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) tall (c) paints
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) quickly (c) long
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) blue (c) rode (d) Vivaan
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira flies a new kite every day.” (a) new (b) Ira (c) kite (d) flies
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Sneha (b) rides (c) blue (d) bicycle
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) Pooja (c) kite (d) new
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha opened a small box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) Isha (c) small (d) box
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) Ananya (c) ripe (d) mango
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya writes a short letter every day.” (a) short (b) Zoya (c) letter (d) writes

Answer key

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

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