Ways of speaking

scream / speak / talk / yell / whisper / speak up /shout

When you speak you use your voice to produce words.

If you want someone to speak in a louder voice so that
you can hear, you ask him/her to speak up. When you
talk you produce words to have a chat. Sometimes you
whisper because you don’t want to disturb the baby.
Other times you have to shout when there are lots of
people speaking and you want to be heard. It is also
possible that you make a loud, high noise because you
are in pain, frightened, in danger or extremely angry; in
that case you scream or even yell.
stutter to speak or say something very quietly
mumble to pronounce "s" and "z" sounds like "th"
mutter to speak quietly and in a low voice that is not
easy to hear, often when you are worried or
complaining about something
lisp to speak or say something, especially the first
part of a word, with difficulty, for example
pausing before it or repeating it several times

murmur to speak or say something with unusual pauses

or repeated sounds, either because of speech
problems or because of fear or nervousness
stammer to speak quietly and in a way that is not clear
so that the words are difficult to understand
 murmur / lisp / mutter / stutter/ stammer / mumble

Complete these sentences with the appropriate verbs:

1) I started to lisp when I lost my front teeth in a car

crash.
2) Old people have the impression that people around
them all murmur; in fact, it is they who are hard of
hearing.
3) Is...is...the...the word stammer sy...synon..nonymous
with stutter?
4) Oh, no, not again! Another piece of homework? Does
she think we have noyhing else to do? He muttered.
5) “I love you”, she murmured.
 Memory Game

mutter speak stammer/stutter

talk murmur whisper mumble lisp
speak up shout scream yell
 grin chuckle snigger crow giggle cackle smirk

Ways of laughing/smiling:

1) cackle = to laugh or talk in a loud, high voice like the sound

of a chicken.
2) chuckle = to give a low or quiet laugh
3) crow = to make a very loud sharp cry or small cries of
happiness.
4) giggle = to laugh uncontrollably often in a childish way.
5) grin = a wide smile.
6) smirk = a smile that expresses satisfaction about having
done or knowing something unknown to the others.
7) snigger = to laugh at someone or something childishly and
often unkindly.
 Memory game

cackle chuckle snigger

grin crow smirk giggle