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Dress-ups Practice: Strong Verbs
Part 1: Directions: Some action verbs are better than others. Use “A Word Write Now” or
a thesaurus to find 10 synonyms for each of the following boring verbs. You will receive 2
points for each strong verb.
go
like
see
Total: ___________
Part 2: Directions: Write four of your own sentences using one of the strong verbs from
above in each sentence. Remember, dress-ups go in the middle of the sentence. Be sure to
properly mark the strong verb in your sentence. Strong verbs should be underlined. All
sentences should start with a capital letter and end with an end mark.
1 point for each sentence with a capital letter at the beginning (C)
1 point for an end mark at the end of each sentence (E)
2 points for a strong verb dress-up (D)
2 points for a correct marking of the dress-up by underlining (M)
4 points for a complete sentence (S)
Example: The girl glared at her brother from across the room.
1.____________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
C /1
E /1
D /2
M /2
S /4
Total: _______
2.____________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
C /1
E /1
D /2
M /2
S /4
Total: _______
3.____________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
C /1
E /1
D /2
M /2
S /4
Total: _______
4.____________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
C /1
E /1
D /2
M /2
S /4
Total: _______