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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 993 · 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)? “Aisha draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Aisha (b) draws (c) picture (d) colourful
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) opens
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira paints a long wall every day.” (a) Ira (b) paints (c) long (d) wall
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) colourful
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) draws
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Zoya (b) mango (c) eats (d) juicy
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) quickly (c) red
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) slowly (c) paints
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) slowly (c) sings
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha flies a red kite every day.” (a) Aisha (b) kite (c) red (d) flies
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) funny (c) read (d) Kabir
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir buys a new toy every day.” (a) toy (b) buys (c) new (d) Kabir
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) slowly (c) sweet
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) slowly
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) quickly
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Zoya (b) big (c) carried (d) bag
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) Manav (c) eats (d) mango
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya read a new book yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) new (c) book (d) read
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sweet (b) song (c) sang (d) Dev
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) happily (c) new
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya opens a big box every day.” (a) opens (b) big (c) box (d) Priya
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya opened a small box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) box (c) small (d) Riya
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) quickly (c) big
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) carries
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) song (c) sang (d) happy
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) letter (c) Ishaan (d) writes
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) slowly
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) quickly
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) slowly (c) carries
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) new (b) rides (c) bicycle (d) Meera
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) quickly
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) Zoya (c) kicked (d) big
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) Ishaan (c) wrote (d) long
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) quickly
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) carries (c) happily
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) new
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) slowly
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) new
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) painted (c) Arjun (d) wall
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Riya (b) letter (c) long (d) wrote

Answer key

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

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