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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 935 · 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: Manav ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) long
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) slowly
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) painted (c) Meera (d) long
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya flies a new kite every day.” (a) new (b) kite (c) Riya (d) flies
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) happily (c) ripe
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) carries (c) quickly
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) Riya (d) ripe
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) wrote (c) Kunal (d) long
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) opened (c) small (d) Aisha
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) red (c) ball (d) kicked
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) colourful (c) draws
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Kunal (b) picture (c) drew (d) big
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) writes (c) short
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) flies (c) red
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) happily
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan draws a big picture every day.” (a) Ishaan (b) big (c) draws (d) picture
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) big (c) draws (d) Yash
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) slowly (c) big
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan opens a small box every day.” (a) opens (b) small (c) box (d) Farhan
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) bag (b) heavy (c) Aarav (d) carries
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) blue (c) bicycle (d) Aisha
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sings (c) sweet
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel buys a new toy every day.” (a) Neel (b) buys (c) toy (d) new
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) quickly
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha writes a short letter every day.” (a) writes (b) letter (c) Aisha (d) short
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) flies
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) Arjun (c) song (d) sang
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya writes a short letter every day.” (a) letter (b) Diya (c) writes (d) short
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) carried (c) Aarav (d) bag
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) wrote (c) short (d) letter
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun paints a tall wall every day.” (a) paints (b) wall (c) Arjun (d) tall
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) happily
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) wall (c) long (d) painted
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) slowly
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) Aditya (c) reads (d) book
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) Meera (c) bag (d) carried
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) Neel (c) book (d) read
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Manav (b) kicked (c) red (d) ball
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) quickly

Answer key

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

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