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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 87 · 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)? “Rohan carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) carried (c) bag (d) Rohan
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan sings a happy song every day.” (a) song (b) Farhan (c) sings (d) happy
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) Vivaan (c) big (d) draws
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) small (c) slowly
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) happily (c) new
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) big (b) bag (c) Farhan (d) carried
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) quickly
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) carries
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya flies a red kite every day.” (a) Zoya (b) flies (c) kite (d) red
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) slowly
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) slowly (c) big
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) writes (c) short
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) happily (c) opens
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Rohan (b) eats (c) mango (d) ripe
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) new (b) rides (c) bicycle (d) Arjun
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev paints a long wall every day.” (a) wall (b) Dev (c) paints (d) long
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan reads a funny book every day.” (a) Rohan (b) funny (c) book (d) reads
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) carries (c) big
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) ate (d) Diya
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) slowly
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) colourful (c) Tara (d) picture
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Kabir (b) carries (c) bag (d) heavy
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) blue (c) rides
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) picture (c) Kavya (d) big
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) juicy
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) ripe (c) eats
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) quickly (c) eats
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sweet (c) sings
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) happily
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) slowly (c) eats
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) paints (c) wall (d) Tara
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) buys (c) new
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) Zoya (c) song (d) sang
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan reads a funny book every day.” (a) book (b) Vivaan (c) funny (d) reads
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) paints (b) Kavya (c) tall (d) wall
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Nisha (b) flew (c) kite (d) red
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Saanvi (b) sang (c) happy (d) song
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) carried (c) Sneha (d) heavy
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) short (c) writes
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav buys a small toy every day.” (a) small (b) toy (c) Aarav (d) buys

Answer key

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

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