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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 576 · 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: Arjun ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) long (c) writes
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya buys a small toy every day.” (a) Priya (b) small (c) toy (d) buys
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) big (b) bag (c) carried (d) Nisha
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) new (c) happily
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi writes a long letter every day.” (a) Saanvi (b) long (c) writes (d) letter
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira flies a new kite every day.” (a) new (b) kite (c) flies (d) Ira
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) flies (c) new
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) ripe (c) Ananya (d) eats
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) happily
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) writes (c) long (d) Ira
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) long (c) Aarav (d) writes
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) happily (c) small
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) heavy (c) carries
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) kicks (c) red
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) slowly
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) Aditya (c) drew (d) picture
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) quickly (c) sings
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) ate (c) mango (d) Rahul
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Ishaan (b) sang (c) song (d) sweet
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) long (c) painted (d) Yash
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya flies a new kite every day.” (a) new (b) kite (c) flies (d) Priya
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) kicks
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) quickly (c) carries
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) slowly (c) big
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) kicks (c) red
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) slowly (c) paints
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) happily (c) big
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) Dev (c) tall (d) painted
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) slowly
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) tall (c) wall (d) painted
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) quickly (c) red
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) paints (c) wall (d) Ananya
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) buys (c) small
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) reads (c) new (d) Sneha
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) Rohan (c) letter (d) wrote
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) flies (c) new
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) draws
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Tara (b) big (c) box (d) opened
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) quickly (c) rides
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) draws (b) Dev (c) colourful (d) picture

Answer key

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

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