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

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Identify the vivid verb in the sentence.

Kim and Sam whispered to each other about the surprise.

• and

• whispered

• each

• surprise

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Identify the vivid verb in the sentence.

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

• got

• were

• shouting

• for

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Identify the vivid verb in the sentence.

Jon and his friends gathered the food for the picnic.

• food

• picnic

• gathered

• friends

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Identify the vivid verb in the sentence.

The girls giggled at the silly movie.

• giggled

• movie

• silly

• girls

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Identify the vivid verb in the sentence.

The ballerina leaps across the stage in her routine.

• across

• stage

• leaps

• routine

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Identify the vivid verb in the sentence.

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

• getting

• touchdown

• player

• tackled

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Identify the vivid verb in the sentence.

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

• up

• polished

• were

• shiny

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Identify the vivid verb in the sentence.

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

• twirl

• wants

• can

• on

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Identify the vivid verb in the sentence.

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

• captured

• victory

• got

• level

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A