Vinny and the Tiptoe Thief
A thief is loose in the museum, and the guards wrote it up with the flattest verbs in town: he went, he took, he moved. Vinny can't stand a limp verb. Fill in the missing action verbs, and make every one of them strong.
Vinny is waiting by the display case. When you finish, he'll act the whole rescue out and read it back to you.
Your story is ready. Here is what Vinny read.
Tap or hover over any red word to see what kind of word you chose.
The alarm screamed through the Grammaropolis Museum at midnight, and Vinny was already in motion. A thief in soft shoes had slipped past three guards, and the report described him with the dullest verbs in town: "He went to the case. He took the gem. He moved to the door."
Vinny read it once and winced. Then he across the marble floor and over the velvet rope in a single bound. The thief for the exit, but Vinny the heavy door shut first.
"You tiptoed," Vinny said. "I prefer to ." He the chandelier, to the balcony, and the gem clean out of the burglar's glove.
The thief tried to away. Vinny only between him and the window. Cornered, the burglar to his knees.
By sunrise the report with life. Every weak verb was gone. Vinny it with a flourish.
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