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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 549 · 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: Nisha ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) opens (c) big
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) juicy
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) slowly (c) sings
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) heavy (c) Neel (d) bag
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) red (c) quickly
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) flies
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi paints a long wall every day.” (a) wall (b) long (c) Saanvi (d) paints
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) eats (c) ripe (d) Ananya
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya reads a new book every day.” (a) Riya (b) book (c) reads (d) new
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal writes a short letter every day.” (a) letter (b) writes (c) short (d) Kunal
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) happily
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) new (c) slowly
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) slowly (c) happy
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash flies a new kite every day.” (a) new (b) Yash (c) flies (d) kite
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) happily (c) long
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) carries
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Kabir (b) eats (c) mango (d) juicy
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev paints a long wall every day.” (a) Dev (b) long (c) paints (d) wall
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya flies a new kite every day.” (a) kite (b) new (c) flies (d) Priya
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Aarav (b) wrote (c) long (d) letter
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) happily
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) ripe (d) Sneha
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) slowly
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) eats (c) ripe (d) Omkar
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Kavya (b) happy (c) sang (d) song
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) rides
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) blue (b) Diya (c) bicycle (d) rides
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) writes (c) long
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) writes
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) letter (c) Omkar (d) writes
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) carries
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) happily (c) carries
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) blue (c) rides
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav sings a happy song every day.” (a) song (b) happy (c) Aarav (d) sings
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha paints a long wall every day.” (a) Nisha (b) long (c) paints (d) wall
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) Dev (c) flew (d) new
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Zoya (b) rides (c) bicycle (d) new
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) drew (c) Meera (d) colourful
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) slowly (c) paints

Answer key

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

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