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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 500 · 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: Rohan ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) opens (c) big
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) quickly
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) ripe (c) ate (d) mango
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) happily
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) reads (c) funny
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) long (c) quickly
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel writes a short letter every day.” (a) Neel (b) writes (c) letter (d) short
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha flies a new kite every day.” (a) Isha (b) flies (c) kite (d) new
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun draws a big picture every day.” (a) Arjun (b) big (c) draws (d) picture
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) quickly
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) Ananya (c) bicycle (d) rode
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) paints (c) Zoya (d) wall
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) paints
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) quickly (c) happy
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happily (c) sweet
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) quickly
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara paints a long wall every day.” (a) Tara (b) paints (c) long (d) wall
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) reads (c) new
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) happily (c) writes
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) happy (c) song (d) Ira
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) slowly (c) writes
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) opens (c) small
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) slowly
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) slowly
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) happily
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) quickly
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha buys a small toy every day.” (a) Nisha (b) buys (c) toy (d) small
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) song (c) Zoya (d) sang
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) read (c) book (d) Kabir
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sweet (b) sings (c) song (d) Yash
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) Karan (c) bag (d) heavy
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) Farhan (c) big (d) bag
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) new (c) slowly
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) slowly
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) Meera (c) sang (d) happy
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) tall (c) Tara (d) wall
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) draws (c) big
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) happily
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) draws
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) quickly

Answer key

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

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