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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 468 · 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: Diya ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) big (c) happily
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) colourful
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya flies a new kite every day.” (a) kite (b) Priya (c) flies (d) new
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) Aditya (c) kicked (d) ball
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) quickly
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) reads
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) slowly
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) happily (c) long
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) Ananya (c) book (d) reads
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) letter (c) Myra (d) wrote
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) ripe
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) juicy (b) eats (c) Karan (d) mango
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) happily
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan flies a new kite every day.” (a) Farhan (b) new (c) flies (d) kite
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) Ishaan (c) ripe (d) eats
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) small (c) quickly
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) draws
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) blue (c) rides
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) big
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) slowly (c) paints
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) happy (c) sings
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan sings a sweet song every day.” (a) Vivaan (b) sweet (c) song (d) sings
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) happily
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir flies a new kite every day.” (a) kite (b) new (c) flies (d) Kabir
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) quickly
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) Rohan (c) kite (d) red
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) happily
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) happy (c) sings
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) happily (c) sings
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) slowly
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) Kabir (c) book (d) new
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya paints a long wall every day.” (a) wall (b) paints (c) Priya (d) long
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) quickly
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) quickly (c) sings
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Yash (b) rides (c) blue (d) bicycle
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan opens a big box every day.” (a) Karan (b) opens (c) box (d) big
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) new (c) Isha (d) reads
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) long (c) writes
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) happily
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) Kunal (d) ate

Answer key

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

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