For
each of the six questions choose the one
correct answer.
1.
I love
watching bees lazily __________ around the summer
flowers in the garden.
a.
growling
b.
roaring
c.
buzzing
d.
hissing
2.
I couldn't
get to sleep because of my husband's loud ________.
a.
snoring
b.
beeping
c.
buzzing
d.
crashing
3.
She was so
fed-up with everything and everybody, she let out a
loud ________.
a. sigh
b.
rattle
c.
cough
d.
sniff
4.
Every time I
go in the garden, the dog next door starts
___________.
a.
miaowing
b.
chirping
c.
shouting
d.
barking
5.
I love the
sound of autumn, the red and brown leaves _________
in the trees when
the
wind blows.
a.
gasping
b.
rustling
c.
rumbling
d.
clattering
6.
I was so
cold, you could hear my teeth __________.
a.
chattering
b.
talking
c.
chatting
d.
clattering
a. A
dog might growl if it was angry.
b. A
lion or tiger might roar.
c.
Correct - Bees make a buzzing sound.
d.
Snakes hiss.
2:
a.
Correct - Snoring is the heavy breathing sound
people make when they are
asleep
- very annoying!
b. A
beeping sound is high pitched and electronic - e.g.
a video game
c. A
bee makes a buzzing sound.
d. A
crashing sound is made when something breaks e.g. if
you drop something
made of
glass.
3:
a.
Correct - If you are fed-up or bored, you might
breathe out heavily and suddenly,
making
a sighing sound.
b. You
can make a rattling sound by shaking something;
think of a rattle-snake or a
baby's
rattle.
c. You
might cough if you have a cold with a bad chest.
d. You
might sniff if you have a cold and a runny nose.
4:
a. Cats
miaow.
b.
Birds chirp.
c.
People shout.
d.
Correct -
Dogs bark.
5:
a. You
might gasp if you are surprised - you breathe in
quickly.
b.
Correct -
The leaves were rustling in the wind.
c. You
might hear a rumble of thunder in a storm - a deep
continuous sound.
d. A
loud metallic rattling sound e.g. the clatter of
pots of pans.
6:
a.
Correct - If you are really cold, your teeth
might chatter - your jaw moves very
quickly
and your teeth click together.
b.
Talking is not correct.
c.
Chatting is another way of saying making small talk.
d. This
is a loud metallic rattling sound e.g. the clatter
of pots of pans.
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