(Copy and paste this page to an empty word file where you can solve the exercises. Then click here for the key.) 1. Match the sounds with their definitions.
sing use your voice to make musical sounds trill echo repeatedly reverberate sharp sound that air makes when its squeezed through a small hole whistle warbling sound (usually made by birds) staccato fast and short sounds played or sung separately from each other 2. Match the synonyms. mesmerizing hypnotizing mysterious strange or unknown memorable easy to remember impressive emotional soulful awesome
3. Complete the sentences with words from the first two exercises. Sometimes you will have to change the form of the words.
Nobody knows where he is, this is getting more and more ( mysterious ). His performance was very ( ). When it was over everybody started to clap. Everybody listened to the ( ) music in complete silence. It was very moving. The referee stopped the match with a loud ( ). The sound of the shot was ( ) from the walls.http://sites.google.com/site/lucidenglish74/exercises---nightingale/key_nightingale.doc?attredirects=0 It wasn't a fluent melody, it was more like a ( ) sound. She ( ) a song from her home land. Nobody understood the lyrics but it sounded beautiful.
4. Fill in the gaps with the words below.
Last night I was crossing a park on my way home when I heard a bird ( singing ) so loudly that I could hear it through the music going on in my mp3 player. It was a kind of ( ) birdsong with lots of high-pitched ( ) and it was simply ( ). Besides the beautiful and clear melody it was the element of surprise that made me stop: you just wouldn't expect a bird to sing like that at 1:30 am. I listened to it for a while and when I left there the bird was still ( ) and the sounds of the song were ( ) from the nearby houses. singing mesmerizing reverberating trills staccato performing |