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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 715 · 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 sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) sweet (c) song (d) sang
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) buys (c) new
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) paints (c) long
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) happily
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Sneha (b) ripe (c) eats (d) mango
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Pooja (b) rides (c) bicycle (d) new
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) draws (b) picture (c) Sneha (d) colourful
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) reads (c) new (d) Ira
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) tall (c) wall (d) Meera
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) slowly (c) writes
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) slowly (c) draws
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) slowly (c) funny
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) Arjun (d) eats
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) reads
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) eats (c) ripe (d) Aisha
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Tara (b) wrote (c) letter (d) long
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) big (c) carried (d) Arjun
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) Neel (c) new (d) flew
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Karan (b) mango (c) ate (d) ripe
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir flies a red kite every day.” (a) Kabir (b) kite (c) red (d) flies
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) big
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) happily (c) small
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) slowly (c) colourful
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) ripe (c) eats
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) Sneha (c) bicycle (d) blue
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun paints a long wall every day.” (a) wall (b) paints (c) Arjun (d) long
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) happily (c) funny
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) new (c) kite (d) Ishaan
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) happily
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) song (c) sweet (d) Neel
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Pooja (b) big (c) ball (d) kicked
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) blue (b) Pooja (c) bicycle (d) rides
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) kicks
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) kicked (c) ball (d) Diya
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) quickly
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) quickly (c) red
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) Ishaan (c) flies (d) red
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) happily (c) juicy
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) Rahul (c) mango (d) eats
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) paints (c) long

Answer key

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

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