Lesson 18Comparing - 100-yen Shop -

What sound is this?

• ・When something hard hits something else continuously, it makes this sound. It is a light and reverberant sound.

for example

• ・I knocked at the door lightly.
• ・The teacher rapped on the blackboard lightly.
• ・When I tapped a watermelon, it made a hollow sound.

What sound is this?

• ・This sound is made when you knock loudly on a door or beat a drum. It is a heavy and hollow sound.

for example

• ・I can hear someone banging on the door.
• ・I beat the drum loudly to cheer my team at the sports festival.