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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 823 · 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: Pooja ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) happy (c) sings
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) flies (c) red
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) long (c) slowly
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) big (c) Ananya (d) ball
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) sang (c) song (d) Ishaan
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Aditya (b) paints (c) tall (d) wall
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) slowly
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan writes a short letter every day.” (a) short (b) letter (c) Rohan (d) writes
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) writes (c) short
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya buys a new toy every day.” (a) buys (b) new (c) toy (d) Zoya
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) Ishaan (c) small (d) opened
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) quickly (c) big
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar buys a new toy every day.” (a) Omkar (b) new (c) buys (d) toy
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan paints a long wall every day.” (a) paints (b) Rohan (c) wall (d) long
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul opened a big box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) box (c) Rahul (d) big
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) new (c) read (d) Priya
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) book (c) Zoya (d) read
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sang (c) sweet (d) Aarav
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) happily
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) happily
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) Myra (c) happy (d) sang
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) quickly (c) rides
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) buys (c) small
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan flies a red kite every day.” (a) flies (b) Rohan (c) kite (d) red
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) colourful (b) Sneha (c) draws (d) picture
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) quickly
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sings (c) happy
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) eats (b) Farhan (c) ripe (d) mango
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) reads
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Vivaan (b) bicycle (c) rides (d) blue
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) carries
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) Meera (c) box (d) opened
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav buys a small toy every day.” (a) buys (b) toy (c) Manav (d) small
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) colourful (c) happily
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) Kabir (c) book (d) read
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) reads
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) slowly
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) Ananya (c) new (d) read
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) wrote (c) long (d) Kavya
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) Manav (c) sweet (d) sang

Answer key

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

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