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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 975 · 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)? “Tara drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) drew (c) colourful (d) Tara
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sweet (b) Aditya (c) song (d) sings
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) big
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel writes a long letter every day.” (a) Neel (b) letter (c) writes (d) long
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) paints (c) long
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) flies
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha paints a long wall every day.” (a) paints (b) Sneha (c) long (d) wall
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) opens
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) Diya (c) wall (d) painted
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) draws (c) colourful
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) new (c) Zoya (d) book
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) long
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) blue (b) rides (c) Aditya (d) bicycle
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) kicks (c) red
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) buys
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) quickly (c) red
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) reads (c) Saanvi (d) new
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) Rohan (c) ball (d) kicked
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) quickly
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) ripe
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) ripe (c) eats
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan paints a long wall every day.” (a) paints (b) wall (c) long (d) Karan
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha reads a funny book every day.” (a) Nisha (b) book (c) reads (d) funny
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) carried (c) bag (d) big
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) happily
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) tall (c) paints
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) quickly
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) slowly (c) long
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) happily
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Ishaan (b) eats (c) juicy (d) mango
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) kicks
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) box (c) big (d) opened
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) carries
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) happily
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) eats (b) mango (c) juicy (d) Kabir
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) Vivaan (c) new (d) flew
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) happily (c) new
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Aditya (b) juicy (c) mango (d) eats
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) slowly
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) ripe (c) eats

Answer key

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

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