Tag Archives: animal sounds
Animal Language English Video Posted by Gabriele on Feb 23, 2016
This post offers a listening comprehension exercise for ESL learners of all levels. The questions I list below, for listening and comprehension get harder the higher the number goes up, so if you are a beginner you may just want to focus on the first few questions; advanced learners should try to answer all the…
The Sounds That Animals Make in English Posted by Gabriele on May 22, 2012
It is amazing how different people around the world hear the sounds of the same animals. I always find this fascinating at least. Since I have been talking about onomatopoeia in the last few posts I thought I would share with you the way the sounds of some different animals are heard and written…
Noisy Animal Verbs (more onomatopoeia) Posted by Gabriele on May 21, 2012
I introduced the topic of onomatopoeia yesterday with a number of “noisy verbs” found in English. Remember onomatopoeia is a word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes. Today I am going to focus on the verbs used to describe the sounds that animals make. Keep in mind these…