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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 460 · 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: Saanvi ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) paints
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash flies a red kite every day.” (a) Yash (b) red (c) flies (d) kite
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya opens a small box every day.” (a) box (b) Kavya (c) small (d) opens
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) colourful (c) happily
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Tara (b) ate (c) juicy (d) mango
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) Nisha (c) rides (d) blue
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) toy (c) new (d) bought
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan kicks a big ball every day.” (a) ball (b) kicks (c) Karan (d) big
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Riya (b) colourful (c) drew (d) picture
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) wall (c) painted (d) Isha
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) flies
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Isha (b) ripe (c) eats (d) mango
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) kite (c) Isha (d) flew
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Priya (b) opened (c) box (d) big
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha buys a small toy every day.” (a) Isha (b) small (c) buys (d) toy
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun reads a new book every day.” (a) Arjun (b) book (c) reads (d) new
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) happily (c) sings
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) ball (c) red (d) kicked
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) Aisha (c) new (d) rides
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) Farhan (c) big (d) opened
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan paints a tall wall every day.” (a) paints (b) Karan (c) wall (d) tall
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) heavy (c) carried (d) Arjun
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) eats (c) mango (d) Aarav
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) happily (c) eats
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Neel (b) ripe (c) eats (d) mango
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) slowly
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) buys
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) quickly
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) Aarav (c) bicycle (d) rode
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ripe (c) ate (d) Manav
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sweet (b) song (c) sang (d) Aarav
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) opens
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) happily
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) wall (c) tall (d) Meera
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) Diya (c) painted (d) wall
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) long (c) paints
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) Kunal (c) sang (d) sweet
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan reads a new book every day.” (a) Ishaan (b) book (c) new (d) reads
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) reads

Answer key

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

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