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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 540 · 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: Kunal ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) quickly (c) writes
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) tall (c) Saanvi (d) painted
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav kicks a red ball every day.” (a) red (b) kicks (c) ball (d) Aarav
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) big (b) bag (c) carried (d) Aditya
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) quickly
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) tall (c) paints
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) mango (c) Rahul (d) ripe
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja flies a red kite every day.” (a) Pooja (b) flies (c) kite (d) red
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) long (c) happily
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) paints (c) long
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan opens a small box every day.” (a) box (b) Vivaan (c) opens (d) small
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul opens a small box every day.” (a) Rahul (b) opens (c) small (d) box
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) quickly
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir opens a big box every day.” (a) Kabir (b) big (c) opens (d) box
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) draws
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan buys a new toy every day.” (a) Rohan (b) new (c) toy (d) buys
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) draws
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) kicks (c) red
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) Myra (d) juicy
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha buys a small toy every day.” (a) buys (b) toy (c) small (d) Aisha
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) big (c) Zoya (d) box
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) colourful (c) Vivaan (d) drew
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) quickly
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya sings a sweet song every day.” (a) Riya (b) sweet (c) sings (d) song
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) carries
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) quickly
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja kicks a red ball every day.” (a) Pooja (b) red (c) kicks (d) ball
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan paints a long wall every day.” (a) Karan (b) wall (c) paints (d) long
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) kicks (c) red
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan buys a new toy every day.” (a) Vivaan (b) toy (c) buys (d) new
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) new
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sang (c) Aditya (d) happy
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Saanvi (b) red (c) kite (d) flew
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) happily (c) draws
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya reads a new book every day.” (a) reads (b) book (c) new (d) Zoya
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya sings a sweet song every day.” (a) song (b) sweet (c) Diya (d) sings
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) reads
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) new (c) read (d) Ira
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) Priya (b) bought (c) small (d) toy
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) buys

Answer key

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

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