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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 815 · 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: Meera ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) ripe
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Aisha (b) flew (c) kite (d) new
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) quickly
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Kabir (b) draws (c) picture (d) colourful
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) carried (c) bag (d) Aarav
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) big (c) Farhan (d) ball
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav paints a long wall every day.” (a) wall (b) paints (c) Aarav (d) long
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera writes a long letter every day.” (a) Meera (b) writes (c) letter (d) long
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) long (c) Farhan (d) painted
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev sings a happy song every day.” (a) song (b) Dev (c) sings (d) happy
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) song (c) sweet (d) sang
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) quickly (c) opens
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha carries a big bag every day.” (a) bag (b) Nisha (c) big (d) carries
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya flies a new kite every day.” (a) Aditya (b) new (c) kite (d) flies
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) happily
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) blue (c) rides (d) Arjun
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) bought (c) toy (d) Meera
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) carried (c) bag (d) Rohan
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) ripe (c) eats
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) happily
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) wrote (c) Aisha (d) long
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) happily
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) happily
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) slowly (c) red
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) slowly
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) blue (c) rode (d) Neel
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) opens
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) bicycle (c) Ananya (d) blue
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Neel (b) paints (c) tall (d) wall
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) quickly
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) flies
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) kicks
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav opens a big box every day.” (a) Manav (b) opens (c) box (d) big
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) new (c) Zoya (d) kite
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Neel (c) ripe (d) ate
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Kavya (b) red (c) ball (d) kicked
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) happily
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) happily (c) rides
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) tall (c) paints
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) juicy (b) Ananya (c) eats (d) mango

Answer key

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

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