Saturday, April 5, 2025

The World of Sound











Dryer






Do you like this sound? What words could you use to describe it?









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

Other?











What are the differences between a sound and a noise? 











Can you walk around your house without making a sound? 












Does your voice sound like one of your parents? 















Drip



Can you name three things that drip?















What can you slam?














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 ________






Learn some SOUND vocab




laugh
snigger
chuckle
chortle
cackle
giggle
titter

ha ha ha






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?











Can you imitate this sound?



 

a car screeching to a halt

 

bacon frying in a pan

 

the sound light-sabers make in Star Wars

 

a frog croaking

 

A guitar solo in a heavy metal song

 

a lion roaring

 

Donald Trump's voice

 

a lawn mower

 

the sound of basketball boots squeaking on the floor of the gym

 

A drum kit

 

cicadas

 

water going down the plughole when you drain the bath

 

a bird flapping its wings

 

the sound of a cigarette burning (up close)

 

a punch

 

breaking bones

 

birds chirping in the morning

 

rotating ceiling fan when

 

thunder crash

 

the wind whistling at night around the house

 

rain on the roof

 

balloons bursting

 

TV on in the next room

 

Fireworks going off

 

a fountain

 

opera

 

tennis ball going "pock" in a professional tennis matches

 

foreigner speaking your language very badly


Sound effects in film

Listen to the first few minutes.

In the movies, how do you make something that sounds authentically like...

rain?
a bird flapping its wings?
the sound of a cigarette burning (up close)?
a punch?
breaking bones?










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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