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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 630 · 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)? “Sneha sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) sweet (c) song (d) Sneha
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) slowly
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan sings a happy song every day.” (a) sings (b) song (c) Farhan (d) happy
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) painted (c) wall (d) Farhan
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) slowly
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) quickly
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) Diya (c) wall (d) tall
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) colourful (c) quickly
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) heavy (c) carries
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) quickly (c) draws
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) Dev (c) ball (d) big
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happily (c) sweet
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) opens (c) Neel (d) box
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) colourful (c) draws
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sweet (b) sings (c) Aarav (d) song
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) juicy (c) ate (d) Priya
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul buys a small toy every day.” (a) toy (b) buys (c) small (d) Rahul
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) red (c) flew (d) Aditya
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) happy (c) song (d) sang
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) Aisha (d) big
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) happily
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) long (c) writes
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) big (c) Kabir (d) picture
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) happily (c) big
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev read a new book yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) book (c) new (d) read
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) tall (c) paints
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) quickly
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun opened a big box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) Arjun (c) big (d) box
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) quickly (c) sings
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) red
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan opens a big box every day.” (a) box (b) Karan (c) opens (d) big
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha flies a red kite every day.” (a) flies (b) red (c) kite (d) Sneha
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) carries
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya writes a long letter every day.” (a) Zoya (b) long (c) letter (d) writes
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Kavya (b) carries (c) heavy (d) bag
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) heavy (c) bag (d) carried
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) book (c) Yash (d) read
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) carries (c) heavy
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) happy (c) song (d) sang

Answer key

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

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