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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 802 · 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)? “Meera ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) mango (c) ate (d) ripe
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) happily (c) draws
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha paints a long wall every day.” (a) wall (b) paints (c) long (d) Sneha
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) Kunal (c) flies (d) red
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) Riya (c) toy (d) new
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) buys
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) ate (c) mango (d) juicy
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) blue (c) rides
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) wrote (c) long (d) letter
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) short (c) Aditya (d) wrote
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) paints (c) tall
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) heavy (b) Meera (c) carries (d) bag
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) Zoya (c) letter (d) writes
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) slowly
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash reads a funny book every day.” (a) Yash (b) funny (c) reads (d) book
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) quickly (c) long
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) Aisha (c) bicycle (d) rode
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) picture (c) Manav (d) draws
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) read (c) Arjun (d) book
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) draws (c) colourful
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) slowly
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal carries a big bag every day.” (a) big (b) Kunal (c) bag (d) carries
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) kicks
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) kicks
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) quickly
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) sweet (c) sang (d) song
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) happily
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) slowly
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) Priya (c) ball (d) kicked
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) quickly (c) reads
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) Aarav (c) picture (d) drew
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav buys a small toy every day.” (a) toy (b) small (c) buys (d) Manav
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Zoya (c) ate (d) juicy
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) quickly (c) happy
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) kicked (c) red (d) Pooja
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) box (c) opened (d) big
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) happily
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) carries (c) big
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun carries a big bag every day.” (a) Arjun (b) big (c) carries (d) bag
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Aarav (b) ate (c) mango (d) juicy

Answer key

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

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