Other words to use besides "is"?

[Remix]

I'm writing a report for my english class and the teacher wants us to use better verbs.

Ex sentence - Basketball is played with five players.

[StroShow4]

how the hell do you possibly replace "is"? it's kind of a necessary word, i can't come up with anything.

[L.Kizzle]

Basketball be played with five people.

[StroShow4]

Basketball be played with five people.

[FashionIssues]

you gotz 2 have five dudez to get yo ball on, feel me? A+

[reppy]

"Basketball requires"

"The game of basketball employs"

"Basketball, played on the hardwood by teams of five players on the court at once"

etc.. I dunno man.

[ILballa]

you gotz 2 have five dudez to get yo ball on, feel me? A+

[Cannonball]

you gotz 2 have five dudez to get yo ball on, feel me? A+

[gts]

you can use isn't, but i don't think you'll get your point across

[aahhsin]

there are 8 different versions of "is"

is
be
are
were
was
had
have
has

[intrinsic]

I'm writing a report for my english class and the teacher wants us to use better verbs.

Ex sentence - Basketball is played with five players.

reconstruct the sentence instead of trying to swap verbs

invest five or ten dollars in an older edition collegiate writing handbook. there are several to be had for next to nothing off amazon and b&n online.

that should solve any problem u will encounter in highschool and set u up for success in college

u could also ask ish everytime u have to write a paper.

decision is urs

[NotWorthy]

I'm writing a report for my english class and the teacher wants us to use better verbs.

Ex sentence - Basketball is played with five players.

The teacher wants you to omit the "is" and write things like, "Five players play basketball".