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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 713 · 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: Nisha ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) paints
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) kite (c) red (d) flew
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) quickly
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) eats (b) Aditya (c) mango (d) juicy
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) happily
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) happily
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) slowly (c) red
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) Diya (c) box (d) opens
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) Priya (c) big (d) picture
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) quickly (c) heavy
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja kicks a red ball every day.” (a) Pooja (b) red (c) ball (d) kicks
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) kicks (c) red
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) slowly
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) long (c) letter (d) Dev
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) buys
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) juicy (c) Ira (d) mango
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) bag (c) big (d) Manav
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) bought (c) toy (d) Manav
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) writes
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) ripe (c) Aarav (d) mango
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya buys a new toy every day.” (a) toy (b) buys (c) new (d) Priya
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) big (c) picture (d) Saanvi
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) flies
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) kicks (c) red
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) Zoya (c) wrote (d) letter
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) draws
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) kicks
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) happily
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) new (b) bicycle (c) rides (d) Rahul
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) big (c) picture (d) drew
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) flies
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) heavy (c) carries
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) colourful
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir sings a sweet song every day.” (a) song (b) Kabir (c) sweet (d) sings
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) big (c) drew (d) picture
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun opened a small box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) Arjun (c) small (d) box
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) Karan (c) drew (d) colourful
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) sang (c) song (d) Farhan
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) carries
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) Yash (c) song (d) happy

Answer key

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

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