Lesson 3 of 4
Doing words (verbs)
Step 1
🏃 run · 🍽️ eat · 📖 read · 💃 dance
A doing word (verb) tells what someone does.
Step 2
Sita sings. Ravi jumps.
In 'Sita sings', the doing word is sings. In 'Ravi jumps', the doing word is jumps.
Step 3
I play ➜ I played
For things that already happened, we often add -ed: play becomes played.
🤝 Let's do one together
Find the doing word: The dog barks.
💡 barks tells what the dog does. barks is the doing word.
⭐ Quick quiz
Tap the right answer.
1
Which one is a doing word?
✅ swim is something we do.
2
🍚
Find the doing word: Amma cooks rice.
✅ cooks tells what Amma does.
3
✍️
Which word fits? I ___ a letter.
✅ I write a letter.
4
🏏
Which word fits? Yesterday I ___ cricket.
✅ Yesterday is in the past, so we say played.