Creative Writing - Describing Sounds

Want to help your child improve their creative writing?

One of the key challenges in the 11+ exam is making writing stand out. Examiners look for descriptive, engaging stories filled with powerful language. Some essential elements they expect include:
✅ Ambitious vocabulary
✅ Precise verbs
✅ Onomatopoeia
✅ Personification
✅ Description of the five senses

This Sound Verb Resource is designed to help your child master all of these – and more!

Watch their writing transform!

From this:(hand written font)

The door closed, and it was very loud. The wind was strong outside. The rain hit the windows.

To this:(hand written font)

The door groaned in protest before slamming shut with a furious bang, making the walls shudder. Outside, the wind shrieked through the trees, its icy fingers rattling the window panes. Rain hammered against the glass, demanding to be let in, while thunder grumbled in the distance, warning of the storm’s wrath.

What’s included?

📌 A poster of 72 sound verbs – organised into categories, making it an essential reference for creative writing.
📌 6 posters of categorised sound verbs – with simple definitions and suggestions on what each word can describe.
📌 6 worksheets with cloze sentences – designed to help your child practise using sound verbs naturally (answers included).
📌 A worksheet on using sound verbs for personification – showing how to bring writing to life (answers included).
📌 A guide on transforming sentences with sound verbs – including 16 sentence starters and example answers.
📌 5 scaffolded creative writing tasks – giving your child a chance to put everything into action, with example answers provided.

Give your child the tools to impress examiners and write creatively with confidence! 🚀