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Related Word Groups

Sounds

1 Put each ot the tollowing words in its correct place in the sentences
below.
rumbie whistle crash roar
squeal
creak rustle datter
bang splash
(a) We heard a of tyres. It was a police-car turning a corner at top speed.
(b) The plates and glasses feli to the floor with a _
(c) We live near the airport and there's a terrible every time a piane goes
overhead.
(d) The day was very quiet and we could hear the of leaves in the wind.
(e) He feli into the water with a great _
(f) I heard a o It sounded like a gun-shot.
(g) It was an enormous, heavy, old, wooden door and it used to loudly
when anyone opened it.
(h) It was the best football match I've ever seen. Both teams played hard until the
final_
(i) The metal tray feli down the stane stairs with a o
(j) I could hear the of thunder in the distance.
2 Instructions as above.
tick
hum peal crack squeak pop pips jingle
(a) There was no sound except the quiet of the air-conditioning.
(b) At every hour on the radio there are six sa that people can check the
precise time.
(c) The champagne cork finally came out with a laud _
(d) Be careful. The ice is very thin and I think 1heard it _
(e) To celebrate the happy event, ali the church bells in the town began to _
(f) I must oil my bike. There's a somewhere in the back wheel.
(g) The engine of a RolIs Royce is sa quiet that even when the car is going fast you
can hear the c10ck o
(h) The animals had smali bells round their necks, which used to when
they moved.

TONGUE-TWISTERS

A tongue-twister is a phrase which isvery diffkult to pronounce. Sety.each of
the following repeatedly as quickly asyou can.

Good blood, bad blood.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper.
Sharon sells sea-shells on the sea-shore.

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