Welcome to the last part of the series entitled "Ways of walking". Today we are going to look at the expressions you can use when describing "walking with difficulty".
-trudge or plod- to walk with effort because you are tired, fed up or carrying something heavy:
I'd had to trudge through the snow to get there.
Despite the wind and the rain, they plodded on until they reached the cottage.
-limp or hobble- to walk unevenly because your legs or feet hurt:
Three minutes into the match, Jackson limped off the pitch with a serious ankle injury.
The last time I saw Rachel she was hobbling around with a stick.
-stagger- to walk in an uncontrolled way as if you were about to fall:
After he was attacked, he managed to stagger to the phone and call for help.
-wade- to walk with effort, often through water, snow or mud:
The river was full but we managed to wade across.
Before I forget, as the best method to learn something is by doing, I have three exercises for you from "Spotlight" so that you can put what you have learnt on "ways of walking" to use:
1. Which verb would you use to say that you.....
a) had nothing better to do and walked around a shopping centre all morning?......
b)walked around your local park, looking at the flowers in your lunch break?......
c) were in a hurry to get to a dental appointment on time?.....
2. Replace "walk" with a verb which is featured in this series.....
a) She walked up and down the living room, waiting for him to come back.
b) Why does he have to walk around here as if he owns the place? Who does he think he is?
c) Two guards walked the prisoner into the yard where the firing squad was waiting.
3. Which verbs from the series best complete the sentences below?
a) He........ to the door, his hands bleeding.
b) Each day they would .......... back to the campsite, cold and exhausted.
c) It was obvious he had injured his foot because he was ...........badly.
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