English

Doing Words (Verbs)

Class 2

🎯 Learning Objectives

📖 Let Us Begin!

Every day you do many things. You wake up, you eat breakfast, you walk to school, you read books, and you play with friends. All these action words — wake, eat, walk, read, play — are called doing words. We also call them verbs!

What Is a Doing Word?

A doing word is a word that shows an action. It tells us what a person or animal does.

Common doing words: run, jump, eat, sleep, play, read, write, sing, dance, cook, swim, fly, bark, sit, stand

Think: What are you doing right now? You are reading! "Reading" is a doing word.

Doing Words in Sentences

SentenceDoing Word
Ravi runs in the park.runs
Meena sings a song.sings
The dog barks loudly.barks
Mother cooks rice.cooks
Arjun reads a book.reads
The bird flies in the sky.flies
Sita dances at the festival.dances

More Doing Words

Doing WordUse in a Sentence
jumpThe frog jumps into the pond.
writeMeena writes in her notebook.
sleepThe baby sleeps in the cradle.
eatRavi eats a mango.
playThe children play cricket.
swimThe fish swims in the river.

📝 Key Words

WordMeaning
Doing wordA word that shows an action
VerbAnother name for a doing word
ActionSomething a person or animal does
SentenceA group of words that makes sense
⭐ Key Points to Remember

✏️ Practice Questions

A. Fill in the Blanks
1. A word that shows an action is called a .
2. In the sentence "Ravi runs fast", the doing word is .
3. Mother food in the kitchen. (cook / cooks)
4. The bird in the sky. (fly / flies)
5. Doing words are also called .
B. Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these is a doing word?
(a) mango(b) Ravi(c) jump(d) big
2. Find the doing word: "Meena sings a song."
(a) Meena(b) sings(c) song(d) a
3. Which sentence has a doing word?
(a) A big dog.(b) The dog barks.(c) Red ball.(d) My school.
C. Short Answer Questions
1. Write five doing words that you do every day.
2. Find the doing word in each sentence: (a) Arjun eats rice. (b) The cat sleeps.
3. Write a sentence using the doing word "play".
🎨 Fun Activity -- Action Charades

Act out these doing words and ask a friend to guess! Then write a sentence for each one.

Doing WordWrite a sentence
jump
sing
eat
sleep
dance

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English -- Class 2

Topic: Doing Words (Verbs)
Name: ____________________________Class: 2Date: ________________
Learning Objectives
Let Us Begin!

Every day you do many things. You wake up, you eat breakfast, you walk to school, you read books, and you play with friends. All these action words are called doing words. We also call them verbs!

What Is a Doing Word?

A doing word is a word that shows an action. It tells us what a person or animal does.

Common doing words: run, jump, eat, sleep, play, read, write, sing, dance, cook, swim, fly, bark, sit, stand

Think: What are you doing right now? You are reading! "Reading" is a doing word.

Doing Words in Sentences
SentenceDoing Word
Ravi runs in the park.runs
Meena sings a song.sings
The dog barks loudly.barks
Mother cooks rice.cooks
Arjun reads a book.reads
The bird flies in the sky.flies
Sita dances at the festival.dances
Key Words
WordMeaning
Doing wordA word that shows an action
VerbAnother name for a doing word
ActionSomething a person or animal does
SentenceA group of words that makes sense

English -- Class 2 (continued)

Topic: Doing Words (Verbs) -- Practice
Key Points to Remember
Examples
Example 1

"Ravi eats a mango." The doing word is eats. It tells us what Ravi does.

Example 2

"The frog jumps into the pond." The doing word is jumps. It tells us what the frog does.

Practice Questions

A. Fill in the Blanks

  1. A word that shows an action is called a .
  2. In the sentence "Ravi runs fast", the doing word is .
  3. Mother food in the kitchen. (cook / cooks)
  4. The bird in the sky. (fly / flies)
  5. Doing words are also called .

B. Multiple Choice Questions

  1. Which of these is a doing word?
    (a) mango(b) Ravi(c) jump(d) big
  2. Find the doing word: "Meena sings a song."
    (a) Meena(b) sings(c) song(d) a
  3. Which sentence has a doing word?
    (a) A big dog.(b) The dog barks.(c) Red ball.(d) My school.

C. Short Answer Questions

  1. Write five doing words that you do every day.
  2. Find the doing word in each sentence: (a) Arjun eats rice. (b) The cat sleeps.
  3. Write a sentence using the doing word "play".
Fun Activity -- Action Sentences

Write a sentence for each doing word below.

Doing WordWrite a sentence
jump
sing
eat
sleep
dance