Descriptive verbs

It was pouring with rain and thunder _____ in the distance.

• crackle

• rumbled

• growl

The tyres _____ as she tried to stop the car in time.

• screeched

• whir

• smashed

The floorboards _____ under his weight as he tried to tiptoe down the stairs.

• crackle

• creaked

• rumble

They sat around the _____ fire, wondering what to do next.

• crackleing

• screeching

• slamming

He stormed out of the room, _____ the door behind him.

• smashing

• creaking

• slamming

Shining his torch through the chain link fence, Todd was greeted by an angry _____ dog.

• growling

• rumbling

• whiring

The figure _____ the window and reached inside.

• slammed

• smashed

• crackled

The fan was _____ in the corner of the room.

• whirring

• screeching

• growling