Vivid Writing Practice Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 16: Practice: vivid writing · Set 739 · 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 strong verb could replace “drank” in this sentence?
   “After the race, Kabir drank a whole bottle of water.” (a) gulped (b) whispered (c) hurled
2. 2.Which describing word paints the clearest picture?
   “The ___ lake reflected the hills.” (a) okay (b) glassy (c) good
3. 3.Is this sentence showing or telling?
   “Aryan was really bored.” (a) showing (b) telling
4. 4.Which verb paints the clearest picture?
   “Rohan ___ crossly under his breath.” (a) spoke (b) got (c) muttered
5. 5.Which sentence SHOWS (without telling) that Sahil is tired? (a) Sahil threw down the pencil and shouted, “Not fair!” (b) Sahil was tired. (c) Sahil rubbed his eyes and nodded off on the sofa.
6. 6.Is this a simile, a metaphor or neither?
   “The elephant moved like a slow grey hill.” (a) metaphor (b) neither (c) simile
7. 7.Which verb paints the clearest picture?
   “The coach ___ to us from across the big field.” (a) spoke (b) shouted (c) came
8. 8.Complete the simile:
   “as ___ as a mouse” (a) quiet (b) huge (c) loud
9. 9.What makes the sound “ding-dong”? (a) a lion (b) a sparrow (c) a doorbell
10. 10.Which line uses the sense of sight? (a) The smell of frying onions floated out of the kitchen. (b) The jalebi tasted sweet and syrupy. (c) Colourful kites dotted the blue sky.
11. 11.Which line uses the sense of sight? (a) The wool blanket felt scratchy on my neck. (b) Fireflies glowed like tiny lamps in the dark. (c) The lemon pickle tasted salty and sour.
12. 12.Which sentence is punctuated correctly? (a) “I dropped my ice cream in the mud,” sobbed Vihaan. (b) “I dropped my ice cream in the mud” sobbed Vihaan. (c) I dropped my ice cream in the mud, sobbed Vihaan.
13. 13.Which sentence is punctuated correctly? (a) “Ha ha, your shoes are on the wrong feet,” giggled Simran. (b) “Ha ha, your shoes are on the wrong feet”, giggled Simran. (c) Ha ha, your shoes are on the wrong feet, giggled Simran.
14. 14.Which sense does this line use?
    “The old door creaked as it opened.” (a) hearing (b) taste (c) smell
15. 15.Which describing word paints the clearest picture?
    “The ___ soup filled our bowls.” (a) okay (b) steaming (c) good
16. 16.Which sense does this line use?
    “The cactus was prickly when I touched it.” (a) hearing (b) touch (c) taste
17. 17.Which sense does this line use?
    “The temple bells rang out loudly.” (a) smell (b) sight (c) hearing
18. 18.Which verb paints the clearest picture?
    “Diya ___ her mother’s hand in the crowd.” (a) clutched (b) held (c) went
19. 19.Which word is the adjective (describing word) in this sentence?
    “The sticky jalebis dripped with syrup.” (a) dripped (b) jalebis (c) sticky
20. 20.Which sentence is a metaphor? (a) Grandma’s garden is a rainbow of flowers. (b) The dog barked at the postman. (c) The puppy’s nose was as cold as ice.
21. 21.Which sentence SHOWS (without telling) that Saanvi is bored? (a) Saanvi was bored. (b) Saanvi kicked a pebble round and round the empty yard. (c) Saanvi’s teeth chattered, and she pulled her shawl tighter.
22. 22.Which sentence SHOWS (without telling) that Fatima is sad? (a) Fatima could barely keep her eyes open at dinner. (b) A tear rolled slowly down Fatima’s cheek. (c) Fatima was sad.
23. 23.Which strong verb could replace “ate” in this sentence?
    “The hungry boy ate all the samosas in a minute.” (a) gobbled (b) wandered (c) crawled
24. 24.Which describing word paints the clearest picture?
    “The ___ clouds floated across the sky.” (a) puffy (b) okay (c) nice
25. 25.Is this sentence showing or telling?
    “Tenzin rubbed his hands and blew on his fingers.” (a) telling (b) showing
26. 26.Which describing word paints the clearest picture?
    “The ___ kitten curled up on my lap.” (a) good (b) okay (c) fluffy
27. 27.Is this sentence showing or telling?
    “Tenzin was happy.” (a) showing (b) telling
28. 28.Which feeling does this sentence show?
    “Vihaan threw down the pencil and shouted, “Not fair!”” (a) tired (b) scared (c) angry
29. 29.Which word is the adjective (describing word) in this sentence?
    “The creaky stairs groaned under our feet.” (a) groaned (b) creaky (c) stairs
30. 30.Which sentence is punctuated correctly? (a) “Look out, the shelf is falling!” shouted Tara. (b) Look out, the shelf is falling! shouted Tara. (c) “Look out, the shelf is falling” shouted Tara.
31. 31.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “We heard a loud knock at the front door.” (a) knock (b) door (c) front
32. 32.Which verb paints the clearest picture?
    “After the race, Kabir ___ a whole bottle of water.” (a) came (b) drank (c) gulped
33. 33.Which verb paints the clearest picture?
    “Dev ___ past his sleeping baby sister.” (a) made (b) tiptoed (c) walked
34. 34.Which verb paints the clearest picture?
    “The girls ___ at the funny cartoon.” (a) laughed (b) giggled (c) came
35. 35.Which describing word paints the clearest picture?
    “The ___ rope scraped my hands.” (a) nice (b) okay (c) rough
36. 36.Is this sentence showing or telling?
    “Dev felt very sad.” (a) showing (b) telling
37. 37.Which describing word paints the clearest picture?
    “The ___ lion dozed in the shade.” (a) good (b) fine (c) sleepy
38. 38.Which sentence SHOWS (without telling) that Rohan is tired? (a) Tears filled Rohan’s eyes, and he stared at the floor. (b) Rohan was tired. (c) Rohan rubbed his eyes and nodded off on the sofa.
39. 39.Which describing word paints the clearest picture?
    “The ___ teddy bear sat on my bed.” (a) cuddly (b) nice (c) okay
40. 40.Is this sentence showing or telling?
    “Pooja was really scared.” (a) telling (b) showing

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