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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 943 · 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: Nisha ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) quickly
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sings (c) happy
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) painted (c) wall (d) Karan
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) happily
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) colourful (c) drew (d) Kabir
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) Vivaan (d) ripe
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) colourful (c) draws
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) carries (c) big
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira reads a new book every day.” (a) Ira (b) new (c) reads (d) book
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Saanvi (b) rode (c) blue (d) bicycle
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) happily
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) paints (c) long
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) happily (c) funny
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) happily (c) heavy
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) juicy
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) quickly (c) sweet
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) slowly (c) sings
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Manav (b) happy (c) sang (d) song
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Aditya (b) box (c) big (d) opened
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) Karan (c) drew (d) big
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) slowly (c) eats
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar buys a small toy every day.” (a) Omkar (b) toy (c) buys (d) small
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Sneha (c) ate (d) ripe
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) happily
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) big
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) quickly
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) rides
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash buys a small toy every day.” (a) buys (b) toy (c) small (d) Yash
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) Meera (c) funny (d) read
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) quickly
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) buys
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) long (c) Sneha (d) painted
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha paints a long wall every day.” (a) wall (b) long (c) Isha (d) paints
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) big (c) kicked (d) Arjun
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) ball (b) big (c) Diya (d) kicks
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) happily
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya flies a red kite every day.” (a) Aditya (b) flies (c) kite (d) red
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha writes a short letter every day.” (a) writes (b) Isha (c) letter (d) short
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) big (c) slowly
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara reads a new book every day.” (a) Tara (b) reads (c) new (d) book

Answer key

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

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