Everyday Vocabulary Sounds Test

We heard a ______ of tires. It was a police-car turning a corner at top speed.

The plates and glasses fell to the floor with a ______.

We live near the airport and there’s a terrible ______ every time a plane goes overhead.

The day was very quiet and we could hear the ______ of leaves in the wind.

He fell into the water with a great ______.

I heard a ______. It sounded like a gun-shot.

It was an enormous, heavy, old, wooden door and it used to ______ loudly when anyone opened it.

It was the best football match I’ve ever seen. Both teams played hard until the final ______.

The metal tray fell down the stone stairs with a ______.

I could hear the ______ of thunder in the distance.

There was no sound except the quiet ______ of the airconditioning.

At every hour on the radio, there are six ______ so that people can check the precise time.

The champagne cork finally came out with a loud ______.

Be careful. The ice is very thin and I think I heard it ______.

To celebrate the happy event, all the church bells in the town began to ______.

I must oil my bike. There’s a ______ somewhere in the back wheel.

The engine of a Rolls Royce is so quiet that even when the car is going fast you can hear the clock ______.

The animals had small bells round their necks, which used to ______ when they moved.