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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

motion verbs

A cocroach ran away (???) when I walked into the room.

A lizard ran away when I walked into the room.

An alligator ran away (??)when it saw me walking into the garden.

A spider ran away (???)when I walked into the kitchen

Could you give me some more suitable motion verbs for insects and reptiles?
Thanks.
  

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Scampered, scurried, mosied, ambled, darted, fled, [all of these, of course, included different speeds].

  • Scampered, scurried, mosied, ambled, darted, fled, [all of these, of course, included different speeds].
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Scampered, scurried, mosied, ambled, darted, fled, [all of these, of course, included different speeds].
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New2grammarA cocroach ran away (???) when I walked into the room.

A lizard ran away when I walked into the room.

An alligator ran away (??)when it saw me walking into the garden.

A spider ran away (???)when I walked into the kitchen

Could you give me some more suitable motion verbs for insects and reptiles?
Thanks.

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How would you describe a spider moving up its string of web? crawl?
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New2grammarHow would you describe a spider moving up its string of web? crawl?

Climbing up its web.

Crawling up its web.
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either crawled or slithered would work

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