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Practice Time 1
Fill in the blanks with suitable doing verbs given in the help box.
opens washes drinks bought writes
1. Shreya _______________ her hands before ea� ng meals.
2. My brother _______________ a le� er.
3. My father _______________ books for me.
4. A baby _______________ milk.
5. The shopkeeper _______________ the shop.
Let’s Learn Being Verbs
A being verb tells what a person or thing is.
Read the following sentences.
Present: He is a doctor. I am a milkman. We are students.
Past: He was in a medical I was in village to sell We were in class III.
college. milk.
In the above sentences, the words is, am, are, was and were tell us what someone is.
These words are forms of the verb be and are also called be verbs.
Practice Time 2
Verbs Fill in the blanks with suitable being verbs.
1. I _______________ in New Delhi.
2. You _______________ late yesterday.
3. They _______________ my friends.
4. Ria _______________ a brilliant student.
5. My pet _______________ very naughty.
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