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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 509 · 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)? “Manav reads a new book every day.” (a) reads (b) new (c) Manav (d) book
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) heavy (c) carries
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) draws (c) big
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) quickly
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) happily
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) reads (c) funny
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) colourful (b) picture (c) Isha (d) draws
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel kicks a big ball every day.” (a) ball (b) kicks (c) big (d) Neel
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) quickly
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) slowly
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) quickly (c) reads
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) juicy (c) eats
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) Aditya (c) picture (d) draws
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) carries
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) rides (c) slowly
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) quickly (c) new
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) quickly
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan paints a tall wall every day.” (a) paints (b) Karan (c) wall (d) tall
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) eats (c) juicy
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) reads
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) mango (c) Omkar (d) eats
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) quickly (c) new
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) juicy
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) tall (c) paints
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) paints (c) long
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sweet (c) sings
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) big (c) ball (d) Ira
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) quickly
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) draws (b) colourful (c) Farhan (d) picture
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) Riya (c) tall (d) painted
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) quickly
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) colourful (c) draws
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) rides (c) Nisha (d) new
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) new (c) kite (d) Neel
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) happily
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) sings (c) happy
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) song (c) sang (d) Manav
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha carries a big bag every day.” (a) big (b) Nisha (c) bag (d) carries
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) carries (c) heavy
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) quickly

Answer key

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

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