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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 873 · 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)? “Yash sings a happy song every day.” (a) happy (b) sings (c) song (d) Yash
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan sings a happy song every day.” (a) sings (b) song (c) Karan (d) happy
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) tall (c) Priya (d) paints
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) flies (c) kite (d) Aditya
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) flies
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) long (c) Aarav (d) wrote
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) happily (c) sings
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) happily (c) small
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) mango (c) Kabir (d) juicy
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) colourful
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) reads (c) funny
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) quickly
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) sings (c) sweet
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) red (b) flew (c) kite (d) Priya
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya buys a new toy every day.” (a) buys (b) new (c) toy (d) Kavya
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) quickly
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) writes (c) long
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) ball (c) big (d) kicked
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) Neel (c) long (d) wrote
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) book (c) Aisha (d) read
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) happily (c) sings
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) happily
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) quickly
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) rides (c) slowly
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) small (c) opens
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) rides (c) new
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Rohan (b) rides (c) blue (d) bicycle
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) eats (c) ripe
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) slowly
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) song (c) Omkar (d) sang
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) rode (c) bicycle (d) blue
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya carries a big bag every day.” (a) bag (b) big (c) Ananya (d) carries
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) new (c) read (d) Omkar
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Priya (b) new (c) rides (d) bicycle
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan flies a red kite every day.” (a) Rohan (b) kite (c) flies (d) red
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) quickly
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) quickly
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) quickly (c) new
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) happily (c) flies
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) red (d) Yash

Answer key

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

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