Using Vivid Language

Identify the vivid verb in the sentence below.

Jimmy sprinted to the park to get on the swings first.

• sprinted

• to

• park

• swings

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Kim and Sam whispered to each other about the surprise.

• and

• whispered

• each

• surprise

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When we got to the parade, there were people shouting for candy.

• got

• were

• shouting

• for

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Jon and his friends gathered the food for the picnic.

• food

• picnic

• gathered

• friends

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The girls giggled at the silly movie.

• giggled

• movie

• silly

• girls

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The ballerina leaps across the stage in her routine.

• across

• stage

• leaps

• routine

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The boy tackled the other player to keep him from getting a touchdown.

• getting

• touchdown

• player

• tackled

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I picked up the dirty glasses and polished them until they were shiny.

• up

• polished

• were

• shiny

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Carrie wants to go to the fair so she can twirl on the rides.

• twirl

• wants

• can

• on

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He captured the victory when he got to the last level.

• captured

• victory

• got

• level