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

Answer key

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

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