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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 537 · 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)? “Ananya sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sweet (b) sings (c) song (d) Ananya
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav read a funny book yesterday.” (a) read (b) funny (c) book (d) Aarav
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) quickly
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) slowly
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) mango (b) eats (c) Vivaan (d) juicy
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) drew (c) Dev (d) colourful
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sings (b) sweet (c) song (d) Rahul
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) buys (c) small
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) slowly
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) kicks
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) kicks
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) bag (c) heavy (d) Priya
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) Aisha (c) read (d) new
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) red (c) flies (d) Riya
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) Meera (c) wall (d) paints
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) sweet (c) sings
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) new (c) bought (d) Isha
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev buys a small toy every day.” (a) small (b) Dev (c) toy (d) buys
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) carries (c) heavy
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) colourful (c) draws
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) Dev (c) flew (d) new
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Myra (b) blue (c) bicycle (d) rides
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) kicks
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) song (c) sang (d) happy
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) colourful
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) short
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) slowly (c) big
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) quickly
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) reads
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) quickly (c) sings
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) happily (c) new
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) happily
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) slowly
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) big (c) Isha (d) drew
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha flies a red kite every day.” (a) Nisha (b) red (c) kite (d) flies
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) happily (c) carries
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) red
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) long (c) paints
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) flies
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) drew (c) picture (d) Priya

Answer key

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

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