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Animal Language English Video Posted by 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…

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The Sounds That Animals Make in English Posted by 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…

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Noisy Animal Verbs (more onomatopoeia) Posted by 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…

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