Question

Classify the words given in the box on the next page into movement words in Column 1 and sound words in Column 2. One example has been done for you.

pottering	boomed	twirling	crouch
bustle	crawl	creeping	thudded
ducked	shrieks	zigzagging	whirr
evicted	briskly	sprinting	grunted
jumping	darted	trailing	snoring

 

Column 1	Column 2
pottering	boomed

Now, fill in the blanks with appropriate words from Column 1 or Column 2.

Detective Shankar, 1. ______ the mysterious suspect through the dimly lit side lanes, away from the 2. ______ of the city, quickened his pace 3. ______. The suspect’s heavy footsteps 4. ______ across the street, unaware of the pursuit. Shankar 5. ______ his magnifying glass had to 6. ______ behind the market stalls, 7. ______ through the lanes to avoid being seen. Shankar 8. ______ when he hit himself against a pole. This alarmed the suspect and he 9. ______ into the night leaving only the distant 10. ______ of the sleeping city behind.

Answer 1

Column 1	Column 2
pottering	boomed
twirling	thudded
crouch	shrieks
crawl	whirr
creeping	grunted
ducked	snoring
zigzagging
briskly
sprinting
jumping
darted
trailing
bustle
evicted

Detective Shankar, creeping the mysterious suspect through the dimly lit side lanes, away from the bustle of the city, quickened his pace briskly. The suspect’s heavy footsteps thudded across the street, unaware of the pursuit. Shankar crouched his magnifying glass had to crawl behind the market stalls, zigzagging through the lanes to avoid being seen. Shankar grunted when he hit himself against a pole. This alarmed the suspect and he darted into the night leaving only the distant snoring of the sleeping city behind.