CHECK YOUR ANSWERS ON THE COMMENTS SECTION:
A Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once. There are four extra words and phrases.
booming close to tears cry your eyes out deep high-pitched teeth
laugh out loud lips mouth muttering shaky shriek sigh whisper
a) I fell in love with him the first time I heard him speak. He had such a (1) _______ voice. It wasn’t (2) _______, just strong and powerful.
b) Her name is on everyone’s (3) _______ at the moment, but by next year they’ll have forgotten her.
c) When she won the award she was so emotional that her voice was really (4) _______ and she was (5) _______.
d) It wasn’t that funny. You really didn’t need to (6) _______.
e) Just (7) _______ his name to me. I promise I won’t tell anyone.
f) I wouldn’t believe a word he’s saying. He’s lying through his (8) _______.
g) She’s got such a young sounding, (9) _______ voice and when she laughs it’s more like a (10) _______.
B Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences.
(11) You really should be careful not to strain your mouth / voice / words.
(12) I roared / snapped / whined with laughter at his jokes.
(13) Your voice is really flat / gentle / hoarse. Have you been shouting?
(14) Try to keep your lips / mouth / teeth shut! I know he annoys you, but there’s no point arguing.
(15) I wish you’d stop booming / grunting / moaning about it. You can’t change anything now, so you may as well keep quiet.
(16) I’m sorry I muttered / snapped / stuttered at you. I was just very tired.
(17) He was trembling / scaring / frightening with anger at what had happened.
C Complete the text with the words from the box. Each word can only be used once. There are three extra words
cried lower shot raise shout moan soft speech voice word stuttered
As a singer my (18) _______ is really important to me and I have to take good care of it. Sometimes people are taken by surprise at how (19) _______ my voice is when I speak. I guess it’s because I have such a strong voice when I sing. I don’t like to (20) _______ my voice for obvious reasons, but if I need to (21) _______ I will. When I won my first singing contract I (22) _______ with joy, I was so happy. One reason for this was that as a child I (23) _______ a lot. My mother was really worried so she took me to a (24) _______ therapist and he helped me work on my voice. My mother also wanted me to be a singer. I didn’t think I’d ever be any good, but I decided to give it my best (25) _______. Now of course my voice is what has made me famous – amazing really when you think of it.
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A
1 deep
2 booming
3 lips
4 shaky
5 close to tears
6 laugh out loud
7 whisper
8 teeth
9 high-pitched
10 shriek
B
11 voice
12 roared
13 hoarse
14 mouth
15 moaning
16 snapped
17 trembling
C
18 voice
19 soft
20 raise
21 shout
22 cried
23 stuttered
24 speech
25 shot
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