“Strong” verbs and
adverbs strengthen your
writing and give it more
“punch”!
STRONG VERBS:
agonize
celebrate
worship
construct
skid
reveal
flee
halt
suffer
choke
leap
defend
STRONG ADVERBS:
swiftly
jubilantly
never
wildly
thoroughly
continuously
almost
often
clearly
forever
extremely
more
Wimpy Verbs:
be / are
am
is
has been
seem
will
may/might/can/should be
were / was
have
has
do / did
would
Wimpy Adverbs:
there
then
so
very
too
not
really
only