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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 562 · 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: Tara ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) happily (c) buys
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) happily (c) long
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) mango (c) Rahul (d) juicy
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) box (c) Aarav (d) opened
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) draws
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) ripe
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sang (c) happy (d) Vivaan
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) slowly (c) colourful
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) Karan (c) kicks (d) red
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) kicks
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) happily (c) new
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) big
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) small (c) buys
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) drew (c) big (d) Nisha
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) kicks (c) red
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) slowly (c) big
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) paints (c) long
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) kicks
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya writes a short letter every day.” (a) writes (b) letter (c) short (d) Diya
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) rode (c) new (d) bicycle
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) quickly (c) sings
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) ball (c) kicked (d) Yash
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya sings a sweet song every day.” (a) song (b) Aditya (c) sweet (d) sings
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) happily
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) happily
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) big
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) new (c) quickly
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) flies
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) ripe (c) eats (d) Saanvi
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) Vivaan (c) wrote (d) short
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) happily
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sings (c) happy
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) paints
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) tall (c) paints
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) new (c) reads (d) Arjun
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) box (c) Pooja (d) opens
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) quickly
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) heavy (b) bag (c) carries (d) Tara
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) colourful (c) draws

Answer key

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

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