Everyday Vocabulary: Sounds

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Everyday Vocabulary: Sounds

SOUNDS

We heard a ______ of tires. It was a police-car turning a corner at top speed.
- A) squeal
- B) clatter
- C) roar
- D) splash
The plates and glasses fell to the floor with a ______.
- A) whistle
- B) rustle
- C) crash
- D) bang
We live near the airport and there's a terrible ______ every time a plane goes overhead.
- A) squeal
- B) clatter
- C) roar
- D) splash
The day was very quiet and we could hear the ______ of leaves in the wind.
- A) whistle
- B) rustle
- C) crash
- D) bang
He fell into the water with a great ______.
- A) squeal
- B) clatter
- C) roar
- D) splash
I heard a ______. It sounded like a gun-shot.
- A) whistle
- B) rustle
- C) crash
- D) bang
It was an enormous, heavy, old, wooden door and it used to ______ loudly when anyone opened it.
- A) rumble
- B) creak
- C) whistle
- D) rustle
It was the best football match I've ever seen. Both teams played hard until the final ______.
- A) rumble
- B) creak
- C) whistle
- D) rustle
The metal tray fell down the stone stairs with a ______.
- A) squeal
- B) clatter
- C) roar
- D) splash
I could hear the ______ of thunder in the distance.
- A) rumble
- B) creak
- C) whistle
- D) rustle
There was no sound except the quiet ______ of the airconditioning.
- A) hum
- B) peal
- C) crack
- D) tick
At every hour on the radio there are six ______ so that people can check the precise time.
- A) squeaks
- B) pops
- C) pips
- D) cracks
The champagne cork finally came out with a loud ______.
- A) squeak
- B) pop
- C) pips
- D) jingle
Be careful. The ice is very thin and I think I heard it ______.
- A) hum
- B) peal
- C) crack
- D) tick
To celebrate the happy event, all the church bells in the town began to ______.
- A) hum
- B) peal
- C) crack
- D) tick
I must oil my bike. There's a ______ somewhere in the back wheel.
- A) squeak
- B) pop
- C) pip
- D) jingle
The engine of a Rolls Royce is so quiet that even when the car is going fast you can hear the clock ______.
- A) hum
- B) peal
- C) crack
- D) tick
The animals had small bells round their necks, which used to ______ when they moved.
- A) squeak
- B) pop
- C) pips
- D) jingle

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