← Verbs: action words lesson New set →

Verb Worksheet

English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 573 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) small (c) happily
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) Omkar (c) letter (d) wrote
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) kicks
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) happily (c) funny
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) quickly
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) long (c) letter (d) Aditya
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) ate (c) mango (d) Kavya
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera kicks a big ball every day.” (a) ball (b) big (c) Meera (d) kicks
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) Omkar (c) drew (d) colourful
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) big (c) bag (d) Dev
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) bought (c) Manav (d) toy
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) happily
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) kite (c) new (d) flew
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) ripe
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan writes a long letter every day.” (a) Ishaan (b) long (c) writes (d) letter
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) funny (c) reads
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) flies (c) new
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) quickly
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha kicks a red ball every day.” (a) Nisha (b) red (c) ball (d) kicks
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) song (c) Vivaan (d) sweet
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) new (c) happily
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) slowly
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) big (c) slowly
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) quickly (c) rides
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Omkar (b) big (c) drew (d) picture
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) drew (c) picture (d) Ira
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir buys a small toy every day.” (a) buys (b) small (c) toy (d) Kabir
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) Ira (c) song (d) sang
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) Arjun (c) wrote (d) long
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Riya (b) rode (c) new (d) bicycle
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) drew (c) Sneha (d) big
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Riya (b) bicycle (c) rides (d) new
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) happily
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul read a new book yesterday.” (a) Rahul (b) read (c) new (d) book
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) red (c) Ishaan (d) kicked
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sings (c) sweet
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha buys a small toy every day.” (a) toy (b) Sneha (c) small (d) buys
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash reads a new book every day.” (a) Yash (b) new (c) reads (d) book
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) slowly
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sang (c) sweet (d) Riya

Answer key

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

Free english grammar lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/english-grammar