VOCABULARY NOISE AND SOUND

1- Look at the following sentences. What type of noise is indicated by all three underlined
words?

a) The din was unbearable

b) it would start at five this awful racket and itd wake up the baby

c) Night after night hed have it blaring out at full volume

2- Each of the adjectives collocates with the noun in capital letters at the end of the line.
Underline the adjective in each group of three which has a very different meaning to the other
two.

a) Squeaky / high-pitched / deep voice

b) loud / booming / hushed voice

c) distant / unmistakable / muffled sound

d) excessive / incessant / constant noise

3- Cross out the word which does not normally collocate with the noun or adjective in capital
letters at the beginning of each line

Dogs: Growl, roar, whine

Noise: Dies down, fades away, goes off

Doors: slam shut, rustle open, creak open

Bells: hoot, tinkle, chime

Rowdy: behaviour, fans, engine, party

Piercing: groan, cry, scream, shriek

Deafening: applause, cheer, silence, ear

2- Match each of the sentence beginnings with an appropriate ending.

The words of the new President were drowned out by the deafening

I sat in the shade of a tree and listened to the sound of the rustling

The former headmaster was an imposing figure, with a big booming

He moved nervously towards the door, with one eye on the growling

They walked through a landscape of fast-flowing rivers and roaring

Irritated by the noise of other campers and the din of their blaring
 The full moon lit up his monstrous face, and Edna let out a piercing

She quickly fell asleep, only to be woken soon after by the chiming

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radios, we moved on to another, quieter site

voice which struck fear into the children

cheers of some 3000 jubilant supporters

waterfalls, fed by the recent torrential rains

clock in the hallway as it struck midnight

leaves being blown by the breeze in the branches above

dog that was chained to a post in the garden

scream, which cut through the silence of the night