Expert Proficiency Unit 2A Onomatopeia and animal idioms

Which word is used to mean a lot of activity, noise and excitment?

• chirp

• buzz

• growl

• hoot

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which word is used to describe a high-pitched voice or emit a high-pitched noise?

• hum

• croak

• roar

• chirp

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which word is used for a person who is speaking angrily?

• chatter

• growl

• howl

• croak

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

"Get back to your room!" Dad _______.

• screeched

• croaked

• chattered

• growled

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The coffee shop at Kew Gardens was_________ with activity last Saturday morning.

• buzzing

• howling

• croaking

• squeaking

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"I've got a really sore throat" he ________

• hooted

• bellowed

• squeaked

• croaked

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

He was so cold in the snow that his teeth were_______

• humming

• roaring

• squeaking

• chattering

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"Can you stop _______ in my ear, you are going to deafen me!"

• chirping

• squeaking

• screeching

• buzzing

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

The car _____ off down the road in a cloud of exhaust fumes

• roared

• chirped

• howled

• squawked

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Say something quickly in a loud sometimes angry voice.

• bark

• buzz

• bellow

• chatter

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A