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Level Advanced Match the sentences with the verb Some, but not many, are interchangeable.
Sentence Answers at the page bottom, or click here	he...she...it.. .etc
He was proud and self-important in front of spectators	slithered
It was a racehorse in a race	hobbled
It was an old tractor struggling up a hill	cantered
She was a ballet dancer	jolted
It was a graceful swan on the river	galloped
She was a happy little girl on the way to school	crept
He was crossing the park slowly in a relaxed mood	stomped
It was a horse between fences in a competition	prowled
He entered the bedroom late - his wife was asleep	stole
She got out of the bedroom without waking her husband (this and the one above are interchangeable)	crawled
The soldiers were on the parade in front of spectators	strolled
He was in no hurry and had his hands in his pockets	strutted
He was going home after a long day's work on the farm	skipped
He was heavy and tired, going home from work	wobbled
It was just a baby and couldn't yet walk	limped
She was only 4 years old and didn't walk too well yet	marched
He had twisted his ankle	rumbled
His feet were very painful	zoomed
He was a young man on a fast motorbike	pirouetted
The schoolgirl held the rope at both ends, and swung it repeatedly over her head and under her feet	glided
He went furiously out of the room	sped
The planet was travelling at a high velocity through space	toddled
The bus passengers were thrown from side to side	stormed
He was old and had a wooden leg, but he moved quickly	waggled
He was on a bicycle going fast	hurtled
A heavy army tank moved along the road	chugged
She was old, and couldn't lift her feet properly	trudged
She was training for the 100 metres race	somersaulted
It was a lion in the tall grass, looking for food	loitered
The policemen checked the area to see if all was ok.	shuffled
He was an acrobat in a circus	sprinted
The girl made the pony go faster, after it had been walking	sauntered
The mugger was in a dark alley, waiting to attack someone	trotted
Her huge bottom was like jelly when she walked	patrolled
The golfer's bottom moved from side to side as he prepared to hit the ball	leaped
James Bond was able to reach the other side of the wide abyss	lurked
The young boy kept dropping behind and his mother kept telling him to go faster	skipped
The snake moved quickly through the grass	plodded

These are the answers	Level:Advanced
Sentence	He... She... It... etc.
He was proud and self-important in front of spectators	strutted
It was a racehorse in a race	galloped
It was an old tractor struggling up a hill	chugged
She was a ballet dancer	pirouetted
It was a graceful swan on the river	glided
She was a happy little girl on the way to school	skipped
He was crossing the park slowly in a relaxed mood	strolled
It was a horse between fences in a competition	cantered
He was drunk, entering the bedroom late - his wife was asleep	crept
She wanted to get out of the bedroom without waking her husband (this and the one above are interchangeable)	stole
The soldiers were on the parade ground in front of spectators	marched
He was in no hurry and had his hands in his pockets	sauntered
He was going home after a long day's work on the farm	trudged
He was heavy and tired, going home from work	plodded
It was just a baby and couldn't yet walk	crawled
She was only 4 years old and didn't walk too well yet	toddled
He had hurt his leg playing football	limped
His feet were very painful	hobbled
He was a young man on a fast motorbike	zoomed
The schoolgirl held the rope at both ends, and swung it repeatedly over her head and under her feet	skipped
He went furiously out of the room	stormed
The planet was travelling at a high velocity through space	hurtled
The bus had very bad springs and passengers were thrown from one side to the other	jolted
He was old and had a wooden leg, but he moved quickly	stomped
He was on a bicycle going fast	sped
A heavy army tank moved along the road	rumbled
She was old, and couldn't lift her feet properly	shuffled
She was training for the 100 metres race	sprinted
It was a lion in the tall grass, looking for food	prowled
He was a policemen in his own area, checking if everything was ok	patrolled
He was an acrobat in a circus	somersaulted
The girl made the pony go faster, after it had been walking	trotted
He was a mugger in a dark alley, waiting to attack someone	lurked
Her huge bottom was like jelly when she walked	wobbled
The golfer's bottom moved from side to side as he got ready to hit the ball	waggled
James Bond was able to reach the other side of the wide abyss	leaped
The young boy kept dropping behind and his mother kept telling him to go faster	loitered
The snake moved quickly through the grass	slithered

Level Advanced

Match the sentences with the verb Some, but not many, are interchangeable.

Sentence

Answers at the page bottom, or click here

he...she...it.. .etc

He was proud and self-important in front of spectators

slithered

It was a racehorse in a race

hobbled

It was an old tractor struggling up a hill

cantered

She was a ballet dancer

jolted

It was a graceful swan on the river

galloped

She was a happy little girl on the way to school

crept

He was crossing the park slowly in a relaxed mood

stomped

It was a horse between fences in a competition

prowled

He entered the bedroom late - his wife was asleep

stole

She got out of the bedroom without waking her husband (this and the one above are interchangeable)

crawled

The soldiers were on the parade in front of spectators

strolled

He was in no hurry and had his hands in his pockets

strutted

He was going home after a long day's work on the farm

skipped

He was heavy and tired, going home from work

wobbled

It was just a baby and couldn't yet walk

limped

She was only 4 years old and didn't walk too well yet

marched

He had twisted his ankle

rumbled

His feet were very painful

zoomed

He was a young man on a fast motorbike

pirouetted

The schoolgirl held the rope at both ends, and swung it repeatedly over her head and under her feet

glided

He went furiously out of the room

sped

The planet was travelling at a high velocity through space

toddled

The bus passengers were thrown from side to side

stormed

He was old and had a wooden leg, but he moved quickly

waggled

He was on a bicycle going fast

hurtled

A heavy army tank moved along the road

chugged

She was old, and couldn't lift her feet properly

trudged

She was training for the 100 metres race

somersaulted

It was a lion in the tall grass, looking for food

loitered

The policemen checked the area to see if all was ok.

shuffled

He was an acrobat in a circus

sprinted

The girl made the pony go faster, after it had been walking

sauntered

The mugger was in a dark alley, waiting to attack someone

trotted

Her huge bottom was like jelly when she walked

patrolled

The golfer's bottom moved from side to side as he prepared to hit the ball

leaped

James Bond was able to reach the other side of the wide abyss

lurked

The young boy kept dropping behind and his mother kept telling him to go faster

skipped

The snake moved quickly through the grass