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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 616 · 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: Meera ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) happily
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) happily
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) eats (c) Aarav (d) ripe
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) kicks (c) red (d) Meera
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) juicy
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra flies a new kite every day.” (a) new (b) kite (c) Myra (d) flies
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) happily (c) big
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) short (c) writes
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) book (c) Nisha (d) reads
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) ball (c) red (d) kicked
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) draws
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) draws
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) paints (c) Farhan (d) wall
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) new (c) bought (d) toy
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Rahul (b) ripe (c) eats (d) mango
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Isha (b) carries (c) heavy (d) bag
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) quickly
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) colourful (d) Dev
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) quickly (c) small
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) ball (c) Tara (d) kicks
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) big (b) box (c) opened (d) Riya
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) toy (c) bought (d) Kabir
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) reads
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) opened (c) box (d) Karan
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) quickly
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) happily
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash buys a small toy every day.” (a) small (b) buys (c) Yash (d) toy
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel reads a new book every day.” (a) Neel (b) new (c) book (d) reads
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Arjun (b) wall (c) paints (d) tall
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya sings a sweet song every day.” (a) Diya (b) sings (c) sweet (d) song
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) Kavya (c) sweet (d) song
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) quickly
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) Manav (c) draws (d) picture
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) happily
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) quickly (c) sings
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Ira (b) draws (c) picture (d) colourful
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) slowly
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) Myra (c) letter (d) short
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) long (c) quickly

Answer key

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

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