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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 50 · 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)? “Ira flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) red (c) flies (d) Ira
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) slowly
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) eats (b) Riya (c) mango (d) juicy
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal writes a short letter every day.” (a) Kunal (b) short (c) letter (d) writes
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) slowly (c) funny
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) mango (c) Diya (d) ate
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya reads a funny book every day.” (a) book (b) reads (c) funny (d) Riya
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Zoya (b) happy (c) song (d) sang
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) new
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) kicks (c) Vivaan (d) red
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) Tara (c) rides (d) new
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) paints
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) quickly
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) happily (c) rides
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) happily (c) tall
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) slowly (c) reads
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel opens a small box every day.” (a) box (b) Neel (c) opens (d) small
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) wall (c) paints (d) Sneha
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) big (c) Rahul (d) drew
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Rahul (b) paints (c) tall (d) wall
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul carries a big bag every day.” (a) bag (b) carries (c) Rahul (d) big
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) bag (c) heavy (d) Priya
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Sneha (b) letter (c) long (d) wrote
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) bought (c) new (d) Aarav
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) draws
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) happily
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) Arjun (c) happy (d) sang
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya sings a happy song every day.” (a) sings (b) happy (c) Ananya (d) song
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel paints a long wall every day.” (a) paints (b) wall (c) long (d) Neel
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happily (c) happy
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) big (c) Karan (d) ball
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Manav (b) picture (c) colourful (d) drew
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja paints a long wall every day.” (a) wall (b) paints (c) long (d) Pooja
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) happily (c) new
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan buys a new toy every day.” (a) new (b) buys (c) toy (d) Karan
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) quickly
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) kicks
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) reads (c) Saanvi (d) book
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) big (c) bag (d) carried
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) happily (c) flies

Answer key

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

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