What other things do you think could be described by each verb apart from the contexts
given opposite? Use a dictionary, if necessary.
- sway: a tree, someone dancing, someone walking on a ship in a rough sea, someone who's drunk
- crawl: traffic,
- shoot: a car,
- flutter: a flag,
- drift: a cloud,
Possible Answer
- an insect crawls; a baby does too before it can walk; there is a fast over-arm swimming style called ‘crawl’
- anything moving extremely fast, e.g. a bird or animal can shoot by, a plane can shoot overhead, a fish can shoot through the water
- a bird’s or butterfly’s wings; a piece of washing on the line in the wind; a person’s eyelashes; a curtain in the wind
- anything moving slowly on water, e.g. a boat, a piece of wood; a person can drift through life (moving without any sense of purpose or direction); your thoughts can drift to something or someone (it happens unintentionally); you can drift off to sleep (go to sleep slowly)
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