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

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

• hum

• croak

• roar

• chirp

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

• chatter

• growl

• howl

• croak

"Get back to your room!" Dad _______.

• screeched

• croaked

• chattered

• growled

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

• buzzing

• howling

• croaking

• squeaking

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

• hooted

• bellowed

• squeaked

• croaked

He was so cold in the snow that his teeth were_______

• humming

• roaring

• squeaking

• chattering

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

• chirping

• squeaking

• screeching

• buzzing

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

• roared

• chirped

• howled

• squawked

Say something quickly in a loud sometimes angry voice.

• bark

• buzz

• bellow

• chatter