WorksheetsVivid and Precise Verbs
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 13mins
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.
Which choice is the most precise phrase to use in the passage?
Becca Gordon lives in Gary, Indiana. She celebrates nature through art. She ________________ of trees. Some of her paintings are displayed at art museums. She also owns a company that sells art and frames. People pay a lot of money for her work.
paints pictures
paints watercolor pictures
draws pictures
makes watercolor art
Diana is giving directions to her friends. Which of the following sentences is most precise?
Drive one block past the flower shop, and turn left on Spring Street.
Turn after that one sign by the shop.
Find my street, and keep going until you see my car in a driveway.
Drive a ways down the road, up a hill, and look for the street by the mall.
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
Which of the following describes the way something feels?
Invisible ropes of baked apple cobbler tugged my nose toward the kitchen.
His head was like a helium balloon with a thin string dangling from it.
The chair springs squeaked like a pack of wild mice when Granny Jean sat down.
The warm milk comforted my stomach like a warm blanket covering a child.
Look at this sentence.
I had a busy weekend.
Which rewrite is most descriptive?
Last weekend, I did many things that were fun.
I like the weekends more than the weekdays.
I was busy all weekend because I was doing a lot of stuff.
My busy weekend included a bike ride and lunch with my friends.
True or False: Vivid verbs help readers see what you are saying in your writing
True
False
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.
