Adjectives for class 5 English

 

Concept : Sound Adjective

Using sound adjectives in English while writing a story or paragraph is vital as that makes it more interesting and engages the readers. In this chapter, students will know the words related to sound, usage , common mistakes and exceptions that occur while using it.

From this learning concept, students will study:

• Usage of sound adjective words.
• To form a sentence with different sound words and relevant examples.
• Some different sound words in English with instances.
• Onomatopoeia words with examples.
• All sound words list with examples which includes loud sounds examples, soft sounds examples and animal sounds.

All the learning concepts covered in Class 4 using mind maps, illustrations, and examples. Students can resolve the two PDF sound worksheets given at the end of the chapter. The solutions to these worksheets are also available in PDF format.

Definition:

• Words that describe different types of sound are known as descriptive sounds. There are several words in the English Language that help us describe various sounds like soft sounds or loud noises.
• Sound is the sensation that is experienced through hearing. It uses one of the five senses that is our ears to transfer the sounds to our brain.

Examples:

1. I could hear the bees buzzing in the garden.

How to Form a Sentence with Sound Words?

Let us have a look at how to use sound words and how it can bring about a difference in a sentence.

Adjectives come usually before the noun they describe. For better description , the adjectives and words are known as adjective phrases.

Common Descriptive Sound Words

Let us have a look at some of the common descriptive sound words used in English.

Words That Show and not Tell

We hear various sounds all the time. But how do we say or pronounce them as words? There are many words that show and not tell. These words can be categorized as Onomatopoeia. These words phonetically which resembles the sound it describes. This makes the description more interesting.

Let us have a look at some of the Onomatopoeic words in the table below.

Few More Words to Describe Various Sounds

Here’s a convenient list of descriptive sound words.

A. To show 'piercing' or 'abrupt' or even 'loud' noise have a look at the following words:

B. To indicate gentle sounds use the following words:

C. To indicate animal sounds use the following words:

Common Mistakes

1. Use descriptive sounds depending on the purpose. While writing a story or a sentence consider who will read it and use descriptive sound accordingly. Knowing the purpose of the passage and its readers will help to make the usage of descriptive sounds more effective.
2. Do not forget to use Onomatopoeia. If you want to have sound specific descriptions in your passage or text, make use of onomatopoeic words and animal sounds like “bark” or “meow.”
3. There is no doubt in the fact that sometimes less is more. Using too many descriptive sound adjectives can confuse the readers.

Exceptions

1. Sometimes some words can be used in general to describe more than one sound source.

    Examples:

1. The ‘whispering wind’ narrated a story.

   In this expression, the word whispering has been used for wind, though usually it is used for soft human voice. In fact it can be used for any soft sound.

2. She howled in pain.

   Here howled indicates crying loudly in pain.

3. Last night I heard a wolf howling.

   The sound of a wolf is known as howling.

2. Sometimes one sound source can have more than one sound.

    Examples:

1. The pattering of the rain is audible since morning.
2. The rain kept drumming on the roof the whole day.

   Here the sound of the rain can change depending on what surface it falls on.

3. To describe sounds, verbs can also be used for an affective description. For example, saying, “She was loud” is precise and descriptive, while “She screamed” suggests a stronger sound        sense.

Have a quick look at the mind map below.