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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 609 · 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.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) Isha (c) wall (d) paints
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) mango (b) Omkar (c) eats (d) juicy
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) paints (c) long
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) heavy (c) carries
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) tall (c) paints
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) Arjun (c) big (d) drew
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) carries
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) happily
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) reads
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) bought (c) Zoya (d) small
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ripe (c) Tara (d) ate
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Meera (b) big (c) ball (d) kicks
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) blue (b) bicycle (c) rides (d) Karan
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Isha (b) blue (c) bicycle (d) rides
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) Rohan (c) picture (d) drew
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara flies a new kite every day.” (a) Tara (b) new (c) flies (d) kite
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) big (c) Riya (d) drew
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) slowly (c) sings
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) carries
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) slowly (c) ripe
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) buys
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) new (c) quickly
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) colourful (d) Dev
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) Omkar (c) draws (d) big
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) kicks
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) painted (c) tall (d) wall
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) Saanvi (c) mango (d) ripe
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) wrote (c) long (d) Aisha
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya writes a long letter every day.” (a) Ananya (b) long (c) writes (d) letter
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera opens a small box every day.” (a) box (b) opens (c) Meera (d) small
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Zoya (b) picture (c) big (d) drew
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) drew (c) picture (d) colourful
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) funny (c) reads
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) slowly
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan reads a funny book every day.” (a) Ishaan (b) funny (c) reads (d) book
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) carries
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) Ishaan (c) painted (d) wall
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) funny (c) reads
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) ball (c) red (d) kicked
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) reads (c) new (d) Pooja

Answer key

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

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