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

Answer key

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

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