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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 49 · 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: Myra ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) paints (c) tall
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) happily
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) happily (c) ripe
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) eats (b) mango (c) Ishaan (d) juicy
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) short (c) writes
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) Ananya (c) painted (d) wall
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) buys
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) ripe (c) eats
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) quickly
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) reads (c) book (d) Kabir
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) wall (c) Tara (d) tall
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) Rahul (c) paints (d) tall
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) rides (c) blue
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) carries
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) opens
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) red (d) Kavya
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) slowly (c) big
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) happily (c) sings
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) draws (c) colourful
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) juicy (c) ate (d) Pooja
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja writes a short letter every day.” (a) Pooja (b) letter (c) short (d) writes
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra opens a small box every day.” (a) small (b) opens (c) Myra (d) box
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) Karan (c) new (d) reads
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) Meera (c) toy (d) bought
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) draws
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) flies (c) new
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) happily
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) quickly
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) wall (c) paints (d) Diya
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) slowly (c) funny
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) letter (c) Yash (d) wrote
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Ira (b) rides (c) blue (d) bicycle
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) rides
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) slowly
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sings (c) happy
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) kicked (c) Aisha (d) ball
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) happily (c) small
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) Pooja (c) ball (d) big
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) opens
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) big (d) Isha

Answer key

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

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