Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. I remember my mother telling my brother, when he was very young, not to ___, but to pick his feet up properly when he was walking.
1A Vocabulary and Speaking Verbs of movement, idioms related to movement, travel
On the move · Advanced English
Subunit questions
stride
shuffle
Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. When the Prime Minister got out of the car, the reporters suddenly ___ forward and nearly knocked over the security guards.
surged
shuffled
Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. Since the operation on my knee, I find it much easier to drive my car to the shops rather than ___ down the road.
lurch
hobble
Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. The famous author confidently ___ into the room to meet the children waiting for her to sign their books.
wobbled
strode
Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. It’s a wonderful moment when a young child takes its first steps and ___ precariously across the room.
hobbles
wobbles
Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. As the wind became stronger, the boat started to ___ from side to side and we nearly capsized.
lurch
stride
Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. When the hockey ball hit her on the leg, she had to ___ off the pitch to sit down for a while.
shuffle
stagger
Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. The train guard ___ over a bag in the aisle and nearly fell.
stumbled
surged
A preview of “1A Vocabulary and Speaking Verbs of movement, idioms related to movement, travel” from the unit “On the move” in Advanced English: 3 lesson sections, 3 definitions, 8 worked questions.
Source: NCCD, 1A Vocabulary and Speaking: Verbs of movement, idioms related to movement, travel verbs (pp.16-17)