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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 505 · 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 wall every day. (a) paints (b) quickly (c) long
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Nisha (b) long (c) letter (d) wrote
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) Nisha (c) letter (d) writes
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi sings a happy song every day.” (a) happy (b) Saanvi (c) sings (d) song
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) Myra (c) wrote (d) long
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel sings a happy song every day.” (a) happy (b) sings (c) song (d) Neel
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) Meera (c) long (d) painted
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan buys a new toy every day.” (a) Ishaan (b) new (c) toy (d) buys
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) writes
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha opened a big box yesterday.” (a) big (b) Isha (c) opened (d) box
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) quickly
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) happily (c) long
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja sings a happy song every day.” (a) Pooja (b) sings (c) song (d) happy
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) buys (c) new
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) quickly
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) book (c) read (d) Kabir
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) writes
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) big (c) opened (d) Yash
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) quickly
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) slowly (c) small
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) sweet (c) sings
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) carries (c) happily
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) Aditya (d) new
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) slowly (c) buys
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) quickly (c) buys
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) slowly (c) rides
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) happily
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) reads
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Tara (b) bicycle (c) rode (d) blue
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav paints a long wall every day.” (a) wall (b) long (c) Aarav (d) paints
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) paints
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) red (c) quickly
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) letter (c) short (d) Meera
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) reads (c) new
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) short (c) Omkar (d) wrote
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya read a funny book yesterday.” (a) read (b) funny (c) Priya (d) book
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha paints a long wall every day.” (a) wall (b) paints (c) long (d) Aisha
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) Meera (c) ball (d) kicks
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) writes
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) mango (c) eats (d) Kavya

Answer key

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

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