People and feelings
Ways of Speaking
Fourteen ways to make yourself heard, some quieter than others.
- Teens and up
- Medium · B1
- 14 words
The words
Every word in this set, with what it means. Tap a word to hear it.
- ring
- a circle of metal worn on a finger
- phone
- a machine you talk into to reach somebody far away
- call
- to speak to someone by telephone
- speak
- to say words out loud
- message
- words you send to someone who is not with you
- chat
- to talk in a friendly, relaxed way
- shout
- to call out very loudly
- bark
- the tough outer covering of a tree trunk
- slur
- to run words together so they are hard to make out
- gossip
- idle talk about other people's private lives
- scream
- to cry out loudly in fear or pain
- drone
- a small flying machine controlled from the ground
- murmur
- to speak in a soft low voice
- rasp
- to make a rough scraping sound
