In October I gave my students the following list of verbs as they wrote a new story (see sample worksheet):
| adjust | dig | jiggle | ride | sweat |
| ask | divulge | jog | roam | swim |
| assist | draw | jump | roll | swoop |
| bake | drive | leap | romp | talk |
| banish | eat | leave | run | tear |
| beg | enter | magnetize | rush | throw |
| bite | exit | march | scamper | tiptoe |
| blink | explore | meddle | search | toddle |
| bounce | extinguish | mow | share | touch |
| bound | fall | navigate | shuffle | trample |
| break | flap | nestle | sigh | tremble |
| capture | fly | nod | sing | trip |
| chew | frighten | ooze | skip | tumble |
| clench | gallop | pace | slide | type |
| conceal | giggle | pat | slip | walk |
| cook | glide | peek | soar | wash |
| crawl | grab | pet | somersault | wave |
| creep | grow | play | spread | whisper |
| cringe | growl | plead | stare | wiggle |
| crush | hire | point | stir | wink |
| cry | hit | polish | stomp | wreck |
| dance | hop | prance | stretch | wring |
| dash | hug | prowl | stroke | wrinkle |
| desert | invite | quake | stroll | write |
| detain | jerk | race | stutter | yawn |
After they finished their first drafts, I asked them to replace as many of their passive verbs with the active verbs on this list. Their writings sparkled!
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