1. Saying that something is not real.

Look at these examples from the article in Reading, and then use the words to complete the sentences.

Some of these mimic the sounds we are used to hearing.
But there are areas where the creation of an artificial sound has a much more important role than re-creating the past.

2. Saying that something is not real.

The table below contains nouns that often follow the words false, fake, artificial and imitation. Choose the correct heading for each column.

3. What sound is that?

Listen to the different sounds and match them to the words. This exercise is in two parts.

Now match more examples.

4. What's that sound?

Use the words to complete the sentences. This exercise is in two parts.

Now complete more examples.

5. Practice: Sounds.

Can you remember? Type in the missing words to complete the sentences from the previous exercise.

6. Combinations and expressions with sound.

Listen to extracts from seven different situations. In each extract you will hear an expression with the word sound. Choose the context for each extract and the expression that you hear.

Listen again and read the transcripts for each extract.

7. The word sound.

Put the word on the left in the correct position in each sentence.

8. Ways of touching.

Tapping out a phone number on a touch screen or sliding your finger across to turn a page are, for all intents and purposes, silent activities. 

Pressing buttons, turning dials, even turning pages of a book in the non-digital world had all, inevitably, come equipped with their own sound.

Other words that describe ways of touching are:

clap
hit
knock
nudge
pat
rub
scratch
stroke
tap
touch

Now read an extract from a story and complete it typing in the verbs above in the correct form.

9. Practice: Ways of touching.

Choose the best option to complete each sentence.