WORDS OF COMPARISION

· As black as coal
· As black as pitch.
· As black as midnight
· As bold as a lion
· As brave as a lion
· As bright as day
· As bright as silver.
· As brittle as glass
· As busy as a bee
· As cheerful as a lark
· As busy as a bee.
· As clear as days
· As clear as crystal.
· As cunning as a fox
· As dark as midnight
· As deaf as a post
· As deep as a well
· As dry as dust
· As dumb as a statue.
· As firm as a rock
· As faithful as a dog.
· As gay as a lark
· As gentle as a lamb.
· As gentle as a dove
· As good as gold
· As greedy as a wolf
· As green as grass
· As happy as a king
· As hard as a stone.
· As hard as iron
· As heavy as lead
· As hot as fire
· As innocent as a child
· As light as a feather
· As loud as thunder
· As merry as a cricket
· As pale as death.
· As pale as a ghost
· As proud as a peacock
· As quick as lightning
· As quiet as a lamb
· As red as blood/rose
· As sharp as a needle
· As sharp as a razor.
· As silent as the dead
· As silent as the grave
· As smooth as velvet
· As soft as butter.
· As soft as silk
· As stubborn as a mule
· As stupid as an ass
· As sure as death.
· As sure as fate
· As sweet as honey
· As swift as lightning
· As white as snow

Words Indicating young ones of animals
· Ass– foal
· Bear– cub
· Boar – pork ling
· Cat– kitten
· Cow– calf
· Deer– fawn
· Dog – puppy
· Duck– duckling
· Eagle– eaglet
· Elephant– calf
· Fox–cub
· Frog–tadpole
· Goat–kid
· Horse–colt (masculine)
· Horse–filly (feminine)
· Lion– whelp
· Sheep– lamb
· Stag – Fawn
· wolf– cub
· Tiger– cub

Movement of lower creatures
· Ants – crawl
· Bears–lumber
· Beer–flit
· Birds–fly
· Bulls–run
· Cats––run
· Grasshoppers––hop
· Dear––Cope
· Dogs–– run
· Dogs––scamper
· Donkeys––trot
· Ducks––waddle
· Eagles––fly/waddle
· Elephants–amble
· Frog hop
· cock - strut
· Hens––strut
· Horses––jog
· Horses––trot/gallop
· Kittens––frisk
· Lamb––frisk
· Larks ––soar
· owls––flit
· Rabbits––leap
· Snakes––crawl
· snail––crawl
· sparrows––flit
· vulture––flap / hobble
· vermin–– crawl
· wolves––stalk

Words expressing the cries of Lower Creatures
· Apes –– gibber
· Asses––bray
· Bears––growl
· Bees––hum
· Birds––twitter/chirp
· Bulls––bellow
· Calves––low
· Camels––grunt
· Canaries ––whistle
· Cats–mew/purr/cartel wall
· Cocks––crow
· Cows––cow
· Crows ––caw
· Cricket––chirp
· Dogs––yelp/ bark/ whine / how/growl
· Doves––coo
· Ducks––quack
· Eagles––sream
· Elephants––trumpet
· Flies––buzz
· Foxes–– yelp/bark
· Frogs ––crack
· Geese––cackle
· Goats––bleat
· Hawks––scream
· Hens––cackle/cluck
· Horses––neigh/snort
· Hounds––bay
· Hyenas––laugh
· Jackals––howl
· Kittens––mew
· Lambs––bleat
· Larks––sing/warble
· Lions–– roar
· Magpies––chatter
· Mice––squeak
· Monkeys––chatter/gibber
· Night agales––sing/ warble
· Owls––hoot/scream/ screech
· Oxen––low/bellow
· Parrots ––screech/talk
· Peacocks––scream
· Pigs––grunt/squeal
· Puppies–– yelp
· Ravens–– crock
· Red––breasts– whistle
· Rooks––caw
· seagulls––scream
· Sheep––bleat
· Small birds––chirp/ twitter/ pipe
· Snakes–– hiss
· Sparrows––chirp/twitter
· Swallows––twitter
· Swans ––cry
· Thrushes––whistle
· Tigers–– growll roar
· Turkeys ––gobble
· Vultures ––Scream.
· Wolves–– howl/ yell

Sounds made by objects
· Aero planes –– zoom
· Anvils––slink/clang
· Bells––jingle/tinkle
· Babies––lisp
· Bells––ring
· Bells––clang
· Bows ––twang
· Brakes––screech
· Bugles ––Call
· Bugles––blow
· Carts ––rumble
· Chains ––clank
· Clocks––tick
· Clouds––thunder
· Acorn––rings
· coins––coins
· Doors––bang
· Doors––slam
· Drum–– beat
· Fingers ––crack
· Fire––crackles
· Fireballs––clang
· Fireworks––bung
· Flags––flutter
· Foot–steps––patter
· Glass––flutter
· Glass––clinks
· Guitar––twangs
· Gunfire––rumbles
· Hail––patters
· Hail–stones––rattle
· Hans––clank
· Hinges (door)––creak
· Hoofs––screech
· Horns––toot
· Jet–planes planes ––screech
· Keys– clink
· Knives–clank
· Leave– rustle
· machinery–clatter
· Machinery – buzz
· Metals–ring
· Nuts– crack
· Plates–rattle
· Pots & pans–clatter
· Rain –patters
· Rifles–report
· Sails–flutter
· Shoes–creak
· silk–rustles
· Small–bells –jingle
· Streams–purl
· Telephones–buzz
· Teeth–chatter
· Thunder–rumble
· Trumpets–blare
· watches –tick
· Water–laps
· Waves– lap
· Waves–ripple
· Weapons-chank
· Wheat–ripples
· Wheat– laps
· Whips –crack
· Whistles–shriek
· Wings–sigh
· Wings–flutter
· Wire–twangs
· Woods– crackle

Words Denoting Collection
· An army of ants.
· A nest of ants
· A stage of officials
· An army of soldiers.
· An army of workmen.
· An assembly of listeners
· A band of sobers
· A band of dacoits
· A band of fugitives.
· A band of musicians
· A band of travellers
· A band of thieves
· A bevy of ladies
· A bevy of girls
· A bevy of quails
· A brace of pigeons
· A brace of dogs
· A flock of partridges
· A bunch of flowers.
· A bunch of keys
· A nosegay of flowers
· A posy of flowers
· A bundle of firewood
· A bundle of sticks
· A faggot of sticks
· A bundle of straw
· A stack of straw
· A bundle of hay
· A stack of hay
· A chain of mountain peaks
· A chain of ideas
· A range of mountains.
· A chain of proofs
· A chain of events
· A could of locusts
· A flight of locusts
· A swarm of locusts
· A clutch of eggs
· A clump of trees
· A grove of eggs
· A culture of stars
· A galaxy of stars
· A collection of letters
· A collection of swords
· A collection of paintings
· A collection of postage satmps
· A stock of goods
· A consignment of goods
· A course of lectures
· A crowd of people
· A flotilla of boats
· A flight of stairs.
· A flock of geese
· A gang of labourers
· A gang of thieves
· A gang of dacoits
· A gang of robbers
· A gang of pirates
· A gang of criminals.
· A hive of bees
· A swarm of bees.
· A herd or swine
· A heap of ruins
· A mass of ruins
· A heap of dust
· A pile of rubbish
· A heap of rubbish
· A pile of dust
· A heap of stones
· A heap of books
· A pile of books
· A heap of sand
· A litter of puppies
· A litter of pigs
· A lock of hair
· A mob of rioters
· A museum of art pieces and relics
· A pack of liars
· A pack of lies
· A string of lies
· A packet of cigarettes
· A pack of hounds
· A pack of wolves.
· A pack of playing–cards
· A pack of thieves
· A peal of bells
· A peal of thunder
· A peal of laughter
· A quiver of arrows
· A sheaf of arrows
· A raft of logs
· A series of events
· A pile of logs
· A sheaf of grain
· A squadron of cavalary
· A good stock of inform action
· A good stock of jokes
· A stock of coal & coke
· A string of beads
· A string of pearls
· A string of onions
· A string of horses
· A string of abuses
· A string of curses
· A suit of armour
· A swarm of flies
· A team of horses
· A torrent of abuse
· A torrent of insults
· A torrent of words
· A troop of children
· A troop of antelope (s)
· A volley of shots
· A volley of bullets.
· A volley of arrows.
· A volley of stones
· A volley of missiles.

A. Place to live in:
· Convict : prison
· King : palace
· Lunatic : Asylum
· Monk : monastery
· Nun : Convent/Nunnery
· Solider : Barracks/ Quarters
· Bee : hive
· Bird : Nest
· Cow : Shed
· Dog : kennel
· Fowl : Coop
· Horse : Stable
· Lion : Den
· Mouse : Hole
· Owl : Barn/tree
· Pigeon : Dove/cote
· Rabbit :Burrow
· Sheep : pen
· Spider : Web
· Tiger : Lair
· Priest : Presbyey
· Red Indian : wig-wam
· Eskimo : Igloo
· Swiss : Chalet
· Arab : Dowar

Specific words for certain places:
· Wine made in the brewery.
· Wine kept in a cellar.
· Bread is made in a studio.
· Films are made in studio.
· Good are made in a factory.
· Leather is made in a factory.
· Coins are made in a mint.
· Ships are made in a dockyard.
· Airplanes are kept in a hanger.
· Bess are kept in an apiary.
· Birds are kept in a cage, an aviary.
· Birds and animals are kept in zoo.
· Clothes are kept in a wardrobe, close.
· Fishes are kept in an aquarium.
· Curios are kept in a museum.
· Luggage at a railway station is kept in a cloak room.
· Motor cars are kept in a garage.
· Weapons are kept in an arsenal, armory.
· Ships are kept in a harbor.
· Archives are kept in a government building

Gathering of the people
· at a lecture or concert: audience
· at a match: spectators
· in the street: crowd
· in a riot: mob
· in a church, mosque, temple: congregation
· in a rowdy scene: rabble
· watching a TV programme: viewers
· attending a funeral: mourners
· listening to a broadcast programme: listeners


Sounds:
· Beating of drums.
· Blowing of bugles
· Banging of doors, guns.
· Clattering of weapons or hoofs.
· Chattering of teeth.
· Clapping of hands.
· Flapping of wings.
· Jingling of coins.
· Lisping of babies.
· Moaning of people in agony.
· Ratting of wheels.
· Ringing of bells.
· Roaring of lions, guns.
· Rustling of leaves.
· Thundering of clouds.
· Tinkling of bells.
· Whizzing of bullets
· Creaking of shoes, doors.
· Rippling of water.
· Pattering of rain.
· Blaring of trumpets.

Also, Read our other Notes of English for Entrance Exams:

1. Article
2. Connectives
3. Number
4. Concord
5. Tense Use
6. Causative Verbs
7. Conditional Sentence
8. Voice
9. Reported Speech
10. Transformation
11. Gerund / To-Infinitive
12. Sentence Pattern
13. Agreement & Disagreement
14. Inversion
15. Adjectives
16. Embedded Question
17. Illogical participle Modifiers
18. Preposition
19. Question Tag
20. Pronouns
21. Commonly Confused Words
22. One Word Substitution
23. Words of Comparision
24. Specialists
25. Phobias
26. Killing & Killers
27. Graphy Words