Vivid Verbs

1. Vivid Verbs Many verbs are over-used and boring. Vivid verbs are descriptive verbs substituted for those boring verbs.

2. Boring Verbs Action Verbs= Walk, Talk, Went, Said, Like, Run, Jump, Yell, ETC.. LINKING VERBS= Am, Is, Are, Was, Were, Be, Being, Been Helping Verbs= Has, Have, Had, Should, Could, Would, ETC.,

3. Commonly Overused Words • Anemic Adjectives – • good, pretty, nice, big • Substitute Awesome Adjectives – • excellent, lovely, kind, humongous • Vague Verbs – • said, walked • Substitute Vivid Verbs – • exclaimed, whispered, murmured, skipped, ambled • Napping Nouns – • house, dog, car • Substitute No-Nonsense Nouns – • mansion, canine, mini-van

4. Vivid Verbs to Replace “Wish” • Command, • desire, • aspire, • crave, • yearn, • ache, • long for, • hope, • seek

5. Don’t be a “Said” Head…(He said, she said, they said) Screamed Cried Whispered Supposed Snickered Exaggerated

6. Your Turn • Use a variety of interesting VIVID ACTION VERBS to make your 3 wishes response more lively. • Take a look at your 3 wishes written response. Go back and underline all the action verbs and circle the helping and linking verbs. • Directions: Trade with your table partner and revise his/her paper. On a separate sheet of loose-leaf, write vivid verbs they can use to get rid of all linking verbs.