A quick and fun random activity about English onomatopoeias where students have a list of popular onomatopoeias to select their top 4 that they can draw in the provided boxes with examples on the backside to help give them an idea of what they can make. At the start of class I usually read all the sounds aloud for students to repeat then we have a short discussion comparing the English onomatopoeias to Japanese ones before I give them around 10mins to freely draw using their imagination. I had great success using this worksheet I made with my classes and found that students can get extremely creative with this handout so thought I'd share it.
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I've never heard of "lub-dub" for the sounds of a heartbeat, and "Vroom" is more the sound of an engine reving.
Oh! I'm going to use this idea for my English board, thanks for the translations!
I agree with @Gaijingaiden. I've only heard of it as "dub-dub" or "da-dum", something along those lines. This is a very cool idea, especially if you use it on an English Boards with comics or something!! Might use this in the future. Also, thanks for the Japanese translations!
Onomatopoeias are subjective anyway so you can change anything you disagree with if you want to use this activity @Gaijingaiden. "Lub-dub" is the official medical onomatopoeia used to describe heart sounds. You can check "Heart sounds" on Wiki. Also on Wiki, "Vroom" describes the act of operating a motor vehicle at high speeds to create loud engine noises. This is the onomatopoeia I always saw in comic books growing up to depict fast-driving cars. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Thanks for the idea and worksheet. This should be a fun activity for my JHS students.
I am from the UK and "lub-dub" for heart beat and "Vroom" for fast moving cars are the correct sounds/onomatopoeias we commonly use. Maybe different onomatopoeias are used in different English speaking countries.