Vivid Writing Practice Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 16: Practice: vivid writing · Set 604 · 40 questions

Writer's tip (Make the reader see it): Decide which tool the question is about. Use that lesson’s tip: a sense, showing actions, like / as or IS, a sound word, a strong verb, an exact adjective, or speech marks. Read your choice aloud — does it paint a clear picture?

1. 1.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “Ravi drank his lassi with a ___.” (a) woof (b) oink (c) slurp
2. 2.Which sentence is punctuated correctly? (a) “What time does the train leave?” asked Kabir. (b) What time does the train leave? asked Kabir. (c) “What time does the train leave”? asked Kabir.
3. 3.Is this sentence showing or telling?
   “Saanvi felt very sad.” (a) telling (b) showing
4. 4.Which word is the adjective (describing word) in this sentence?
   “The golden sun rose over the hills.” (a) sun (b) golden (c) rose
5. 5.Which word is the adjective (describing word) in this sentence?
   “The enormous elephant stomped across the river.” (a) elephant (b) stomped (c) enormous
6. 6.Which feeling does this sentence show?
   “Vihaan rubbed his hands and blew on his fingers.” (a) cold (b) tired (c) happy
7. 7.Which strong verb could replace “wrote” in this sentence?
   “Ishaan wrote a phone number on his hand.” (a) soared (b) grabbed (c) scribbled
8. 8.Which describing word paints the clearest picture?
   “The ___ road twisted up the mountain.” (a) okay (b) narrow (c) nice
9. 9.Which sentence SHOWS (without telling) that Ishaan is hungry? (a) Ishaan’s teeth chattered, and he pulled his shawl tighter. (b) Ishaan kept peeping into the kitchen for lunch. (c) Ishaan was hungry.
10. 10.Which mark goes in the gap?
    “I have lost my favourite teddy___” sobbed Rohan. (a) a question mark (?) (b) a comma (,) (c) a full stop (.)
11. 11.Which sentence is punctuated correctly? (a) “Help, the boat is sinking” shouted Tara. (b) Help, the boat is sinking! shouted Tara. (c) “Help, the boat is sinking!” shouted Tara.
12. 12.Is this a simile, a metaphor or neither?
    “Meera watered the plants in the morning.” (a) simile (b) metaphor (c) neither
13. 13.Which line uses the sense of taste? (a) I sniffed the scent of jasmine in the garden. (b) The thunder crashed and roared. (c) The sea tasted very salty.
14. 14.Which describing word paints the clearest picture?
    “The ___ car zoomed past us.” (a) fine (b) sleek (c) okay
15. 15.Which word is the adjective (describing word) in this sentence?
    “The patchwork quilt covered the bed.” (a) patchwork (b) quilt (c) covered
16. 16.Is this a simile, a metaphor or neither?
    “It rained all night in our town.” (a) neither (b) simile (c) metaphor
17. 17.Which sentence SHOWS (without telling) that Tara is hungry? (a) Tara was hungry. (b) Tara licked her lips as the smell of dosas drifted in. (c) Tara rubbed her hands and blew on her fingers.
18. 18.Which sentence is a simile? (a) The fog was a grey curtain over the town. (b) We planted a mango tree in the garden. (c) The stars twinkled like tiny diamonds.
19. 19.Which sense does this line use?
    “I saw tall yellow sunflowers in a row.” (a) hearing (b) smell (c) sight
20. 20.Which sentence SHOWS (without telling) that Sahil is hungry? (a) Sahil was hungry. (b) Sahil gobbled the rice and asked for a second helping. (c) Sahil beamed and hugged everyone in sight.
21. 21.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) woof (b) tall (c) chair
22. 22.Which sentence is a simile? (a) Her smile was as bright as the sun. (b) My little brother is a chatterbox. (c) Meera watered the plants in the morning.
23. 23.Which sense does this line use?
    “The smell of fresh bread filled the kitchen.” (a) hearing (b) smell (c) touch
24. 24.Which verb paints the clearest picture?
    “The baby ___ across the carpet to her toy.” (a) moved (b) had (c) crawled
25. 25.Which line uses the sense of hearing? (a) The tamarind tasted sour on my tongue. (b) The thunder crashed and roared. (c) Lightning flashed across the night sky.
26. 26.Which word is the adjective (describing word) in this sentence?
    “The icy wind howled all night.” (a) wind (b) howled (c) icy
27. 27.Is this sentence showing or telling?
    “Sneha beamed and hugged everyone in sight.” (a) showing (b) telling
28. 28.Is this sentence showing or telling?
    “Meera kept peeping into the kitchen for lunch.” (a) telling (b) showing
29. 29.Which word is the adjective (describing word) in this sentence?
    “The glassy lake reflected the hills.” (a) lake (b) reflected (c) glassy
30. 30.Which sentence is a simile? (a) Kabir finished his homework early. (b) The playground was an oven in May. (c) The kitten’s fur felt like silk.
31. 31.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The raindrops went pitter-patter on the roof.” (a) pitter-patter (b) roof (c) raindrops
32. 32.Which sentence is a simile? (a) The classroom was a zoo after the bell rang. (b) The elephant moved like a slow grey hill. (c) Grandpa reads the newspaper every day.
33. 33.Which sense does this line use?
    “We heard the train whistle far away.” (a) hearing (b) sight (c) touch
34. 34.Which describing word paints the clearest picture?
    “The ___ peacock spread its tail.” (a) okay (b) shimmering (c) good
35. 35.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) kind (c) honk
36. 36.Which sentence is punctuated correctly? (a) “Help, the boat is sinking” shouted Fatima. (b) “Help, the boat is sinking!” shouted Fatima. (c) Help, the boat is sinking! shouted Fatima.
37. 37.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The scissors went snip as Mum cut the thread.” (a) thread (b) snip (c) scissors
38. 38.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) teacher (b) drip (c) kind
39. 39.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The sparrows chirp on my window sill.” (a) sparrows (b) chirp (c) window
40. 40.Which strong verb could replace “fell” in this sentence?
    “The oranges fell out of the bag and down the steps.” (a) tumbled (b) sipped (c) shouted

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