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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 487 · 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.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) Farhan (c) sweet (d) sang
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) slowly (c) sweet
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sweet (b) sings (c) Omkar (d) song
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) Aarav (c) mango (d) ate
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) slowly
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) toy (c) bought (d) Priya
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) sang (c) happy (d) song
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) quickly (c) blue
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) draws (c) colourful
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Myra (c) ate (d) juicy
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) long (c) quickly
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) juicy (c) Ishaan (d) mango
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) big
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) picture (c) drew (d) Diya
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) happily (c) carries
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Omkar (b) colourful (c) picture (d) drew
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) slowly (c) rides
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) bag (b) heavy (c) Omkar (d) carries
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) happily (c) eats
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) writes
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya writes a short letter every day.” (a) Ananya (b) short (c) letter (d) writes
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) quickly
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) kite (c) red (d) Rohan
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) juicy (c) eats
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) ripe
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) letter (c) wrote (d) long
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) big (d) Rohan
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Ananya (b) ball (c) big (d) kicks
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel paints a long wall every day.” (a) wall (b) Neel (c) paints (d) long
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra opens a small box every day.” (a) box (b) small (c) opens (d) Myra
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) read (c) book (d) Saanvi
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) flies (c) red (d) Ira
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) slowly (c) ripe
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) bicycle (c) Kabir (d) blue
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sweet (c) sings
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) Riya (c) draws (d) big
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) slowly (c) red
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) kite (c) flew (d) new
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) Diya (c) carried (d) bag

Answer key

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

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