English Vocabulary Words Practice Quiz (2 questions)

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1. A person walks over dry leaves and hears a loud crackling sound. Which descriptions fit the sounds and birds vocabulary?

Crows are small birds recognized by brightly colored feathers.
Crows are large, intelligent birds with black feathers.
Crunched refers to crushing food without producing a sound.
Crunched describes a smooth, quiet sound made by soft fabric.
The leaves crunched as the person walked over them.

Crows are large, intelligent birds with black feathers. · The leaves crunched as the person walked over them.

Explanation

Crunched describes crushing or squashing with a loud, crackling sound, including walking on dry leaves. Crows are large, intelligent birds known for black feathers; crunched is noisy rather than quiet or silent, and crows are not characterized here as small or brightly colored.

2. A bird settles on a high branch and then makes its characteristic loud, harsh call. Which statements correctly describe these actions?

The branch served as a perch where the bird sat.
The branch was a perch only if it was a low place.
The bird cawed when it settled quietly on the branch.
The bird perched when it produced a loud, harsh call.
The bird cawed when it made its loud, harsh call.

The branch served as a perch where the bird sat. · The bird cawed when it made its loud, harsh call.

Explanation

Cawed means making the loud, harsh sound of a crow, while a perch can be a branch where a bird sits. Settling is perching, not cawing, and a perch may be a high place; producing a call is cawing, not perching.

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What does “crunched” mean when describing a sound?

Crushed or squashed with a loud, crackling sound.

Which birds are known for black feathers and loud cawing?

Crows.

What does “cawed” mean?

Made the loud, harsh sound of a crow.

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