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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 806 · 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: Arjun ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) slowly (c) funny
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) ripe
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) painted (c) tall (d) wall
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) kite (c) Zoya (d) flew
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) quickly
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) tall (c) paints
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) paints
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) ripe (c) eats
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) kicks
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) paints (c) Kavya (d) wall
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) reads
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) happily
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) long (c) quickly
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) paints (c) long
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) picture (c) drew (d) Priya
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya sings a sweet song every day.” (a) Aditya (b) sings (c) sweet (d) song
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) quickly (c) tall
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Karan (b) box (c) big (d) opened
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) slowly (c) draws
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) opens
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) Tara (c) sweet (d) sang
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) happy (c) sings
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) big
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) Yash (c) reads (d) new
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) happily
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) paints (c) Kabir (d) wall
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) Rahul (c) drew (d) big
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra writes a short letter every day.” (a) letter (b) Myra (c) writes (d) short
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) red (c) Kunal (d) flies
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) opens
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) draws
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) new (b) Aarav (c) toy (d) bought
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) quickly
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Zoya (b) letter (c) wrote (d) short
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) Farhan (d) colourful
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) opens
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) slowly (c) new
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) rides
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) big (d) Vivaan
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) big (b) carried (c) bag (d) Dev

Answer key

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

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