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Vivid and Precise Verbs

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

6th Grade

CCSS covered

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Vivid and Precise Verbs
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Look at the sentence.

Someone drove a car down the street.

Which rewrite is MOST precise and descriptive?

There are a lot of cars that drive along my street.

Someone drove a convertible down Green Street.

A car roared down Green Street.

A silver convertible roared down Green Street.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which vivid verb should be used to replace the underlined verb in the sentence?

Shane walked down the hall to his class, unmotivated to to take his math test.

hiked

trudged

ran

skipped

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Identify a more vivid way to write the verb in the following sentence: The boy found a sick cat in the woods and touched its fur to comfort it. 

felt

caressed 

smelled

admired

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Identify a more vivid way to write the verb in the following sentence: The hungry student ate his lunch in 10 seconds because he was starving. 

protested

eating

drank

gobbled

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Identify a more vivid way to write the verb in the following sentence: Her brothers and sisters told her to study harder so she can be successful.

screamed

tell

encouraged

talk to 

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Vivid verbs help readers see what you are saying in your writing

True

False

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Choose the best revision for the following sentence.

Sunbathers have put up their colorful umbrellas and they look like a rainbow across the warm sand.

Sunbathers have popped up their colorful umbrellas, and they create a rainbow across the warm sand.

Sunbathers have opened their colorful umbrellas and they notice a rainbow across the warm sand.

Sunbathers have opened their colorful umbrellas and they observe a rainbow across the sand.

Sunbathers have popped up their colorful umbrellas, and they make a rainbow across the sand.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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