Shabda Niyojanayakarana Kriyapada - ශබ්ද නියෝජනයකරන ක්රියාපද - Verbs Expressing Sounds.
Sanidarshana Podu Bhavitha - සනිදර්ශන පොදු භාවිතයන් - Common Usages in Examples.
[මෙම පාඩම පසුව සිංහලට පරිවර්තනය කර, පළ කරනු ඇත!]
{This Lesson would be translated into Sinhalese & published later!}
1. When you bang the door like that you make me jump (startle me).
2. Dogs bark at the moon.
3. A bull’s bellow is nothing to a tiger’s roar.
4. What is that booming noise, thunder or cannon?
5. There was a buzz of conversation coming from the meeting-hall.
6. A hen clucks and cackles when she has laid an egg.
7. A cheering crowd followed him along the road.
8. Do you hear the clang of big hammers at the factory?
9. The cooing of pigeons is a very comforting sound.
10. What a bad cough you have!
11. I heard the crackling of paper in the next room.
12. How that door does creak!
13. Sometimes a chorus of frogs’ croaking in a ricefield can be heard a mile away.
14. I lay awake listening to the drip-drip of the rain.
15. I could hear the drone of an aeroplane (airplane) far out of sight.
16. The candle was burning low with a fizzling sound.
17. As he climbed the steep path he was panting.
18. Up in the woods the other day I heard some animal grunting.
19. The audience hissed and hooted when he got up to speak.
20. A cow was lowing for her calf.
21. What are you muttering about? Speak up.
22. Silk dresses make a rustling sound.
23. My pony whinnied with joy at seeing me.
24. Do stop that puppy from yelping.
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