What are your favourite sounds?
The sound of....
What are your least favourite sounds?
The sound of....
Buddhist koan: What is the sound of one hand clapping?
What’s the most annoying sound to wake up to?
Construction tools
Alarm clock
An argument in the next room
Someone snoring in the next room
Your mum calling you?
Morning traffic
A television
The radio
Bird song
Mosquitoes
A toddler screaming his lungs out
1. What sounds can you hear right
now?
2. What are some sounds you hear
in the city?
3. What is your favourite sound?
4. Can you hear sounds in your
dreams?
5. What are the differences
between a sound and a noise?
6. Can you walk around your house
without making a sound?
7. Does your voice sound like one
of your parents?
8. Can you name three things that
drip?
9. What can you slam?
10. What things can hum?
Put these ten things in order from loudest to quietest:
bacon frying
a cat purring
a jumbo jet
a Harley Davidson
a Tesla
bees
a worm in the ground
someone breathing
a little stream
people playing table tennis
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Put these adjectives in order from loudest to
quietest:
deafening
inaudible
audible
noisy
quiet
loud
explosive
booming
soundless
faint
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Can you use the adjectives to describe a sound?
"The faint sound of someone breathing."
1. The ______ sound of ________
2. The ______ sound of ________
3. The ______ sound of bees____
4. The ______ sound of ________
5. The ______ sound of ________
6. The ______ sound of ________
7. The ______ sound of ________
8. The ______ sound of ________
9. The ______ sound of ________
10. The _____ sound of ________
Finally, let's change the word "sound" to
another word for "sound"
1. The pleasant tone of her lovely voice_
2. The ______ roar of a ________
3. The ______ buzz of
________
4. The ______ noise of a _______
5. The _______ hum of a _______
6. The _______ purr of a ________
7. The ______ rumble
of th_____er
8. The ______ boom of an ex_______n
9. The distant echo of ________
10. The ______ tinkle of ________
insects • cave • lion
• church bell • refrigerator • thunder • cat • gun • waterfall • airplane •
wasp • motorcycle • drum • canyon • helicopter • police siren • broken window •
river • factory machine • champagne cork • bulldozer • tiger • train • wind •
vacuum cleaner • ocean waves • door • beehive • speaker • china plates • jet
engine • clock • diesel truck • tunnel • a factory • glass bottle • crowd •
sausages • a child’s voice
Roar tone hum
pop whisper noise
rumble
purr echo sizzle
buzz scream
tinkle
boom crash
Learn some SOUND vocab
· Which sound do you think has the greatest
emotional impact on people?
- Think
about sounds that boom, roar, or echo.
- Why do
some sounds create excitement while others create fear?
· Describe the soundtrack of your hometown.
- Which
sounds buzz, rumble, or hum throughout the day?
- How
does it change between day and night?
· Is modern life becoming too noisy?
- Which
sounds are part of everyday life?
- Which
sounds would you happily live without?
· Think about a memorable moment when a
sound surprised you.
- Was it
a sudden bang, crash, or boom?
- How
did you react?
· Some sounds are comforting, while others
are stressful.
- Give
examples of each.
- Why do
people react differently to the same sound?
· Imagine a world without one type of sound.
- What
would disappear?
- How
would everyday life change?
· How do films and video games use sound to
influence our emotions?
- Think
about music that builds, explosions that boom, or voices
that echo.
- Can
you remember a particularly effective example?
· Which natural sounds do you enjoy the
most?
- Think
about waves that roar, thunder that rumbles, or birds that tinkle
(or sing).
- Why
are these sounds appealing?
· Technology has changed the sounds around
us.
- Which
machines hum or buzz all day?
- Do you
think our environment is noisier than it was fifty years ago?
· Describe a place that has a unique
soundscape.
- What
sounds dominate the space?
- Why do
they make the place memorable?
· Do you think silence is becoming rare?
- Where
can people still experience true silence?
- Why do
some people find silence uncomfortable?
· What sound immediately reminds you of
childhood?
- Describe
it vividly.
- Why
has it stayed in your memory?
· Some cities are famous for their
atmosphere. How much of that atmosphere comes from sound?
- Which
sounds define a great city?
- Which
ones ruin the experience?
· Animals communicate through sound. Humans
do too.
- Compare
how people and animals use sound to express emotions or warn others.
- Which
sounds are universal?
· If you were a sound designer for a film,
how would you create suspense using sound?
- Which
sounds would hum, echo, rumble, or suddenly crash?
- Why
would they be effective?
· Choose one sound word—boom, crash,
bang, tinkle, rumble, buzz, purr, roar, hum, or echo.
- Explain
the difference between that word and similar sound words.
- Give
several real-life examples and describe the effect the sound has on
people.
laugh
snigger
chuckle
chortle
cackle
giggle
titter
Fun task in pairs - go out of the room for five minutes and record three interesting sounds on your phone. Bring them back and see if another pair can guess what they are.
Onomatopoeia Kahoot
What things can creak?
What can tick that isn't a clock or watch?
a car screeching to a halt
bacon frying in a pan
a frog croaking
A guitar solo in a heavy metal song
a lion roaring
Donald Trump's voice
a lawn mower
basketball boots
squeaking on the floor of the gym
water going down the plughole when you drain the bath
Sound effects in film
Listen to the first few minutes.
Road to Perdition
Listen and write down how many sounds you hear.
In groups, discuss:
Love, like, don't care, hate?
birds chirping in the morning
rotating ceiling fan when you're trying to go to sleep
thunder crash when you're safe inside
the wind whistling at night around the house
rain on the roof as you go to sleep
balloons bursting at a party
TV on in the next room while you're doing homework
Fireworks going off
insect noise in summer
a fountain
someone sniffing next to you on the bus
opera
scissors snipping near your ear when you're getting a haircut
dog barking next door for hours
walking on the coast by a stormy sea
on the bus or train: music heard through someone else's tinny headphones
tennis ball going "pock" in a professional tennis matches
foreigner speaking your language very badly
children playing in a playground
World of the Senses kahoot
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