> Other English exercises on the same topics: Making portraits, describing | Idioms | Find the word [Change theme]
	> Similar tests: - Describing a face - Describing a picture - Adjectives: where to place them? - Vocabulary: sight - Vocabulary: room, place or space - Cause and consequence - Order of Adjectives - Vocabulary: idioms: emotions 1
	> Double-click on words you don't understand

Vocabulary: Noise or silence

We need words to recognize its nature, identify it, and possibly fight it... 

I) Making some noise...

                                                                    Muffled sounds can hardly be heard...

  Deaf=> deafening

In order to be able to remember the different ways of shouting and the noises assaulting us 

regularly, please, go to lesson test. 

II) Expressions and idioms: 

- To make a hue and cry: a confused racket

- To have a big mouth: to gossip, to talk

- To tell tales out of school: to spread gossip

- The gift of tongues (learning new languages easily) 

- To spread the word: to be passing on the message 

- To raise the devil: to cause a commotion or disturbance/ to celebrate wildly;

- Whoop it up: to celebrate noisily.

- A monkey business: a foolish, playful, or mischievous behaviour.

- To badmouth: to speak ill of somebody (to blether about)

- To blow one's horn/ one's trumpet: to boast

There you are! Ready for the test... Go for it! and thanks for working with me.

Twitter Share
English exercise "Vocabulary: Noise or silence" created by here4u with The test builder. [More lessons & exercises from here4u]
Click here to see the current stats of this English test

Please log in to save your progress.

1. Though her footsteps were quietdeafeningmuffledI don't know, I heard Pam come back at 2 in the morning.



2. The news is so good that it would be great if you could spread the wordmake a huemake a noiseI don't know ! Everyone should know about it!



3. Our partying neighbours were making such a dinjargossipI don't know last night that we had to use ear plugs to go to sleep.



4. In the factory, the sound of the machines was noisymuffleddeafeningI don't know. Such bad conditions of work were really unbearable.



5. 'Never jarmufflebadmouthI don't know your friends. They might resent it and give up on you.'



6. These are family secrets.Therefore, you shouldn’t raise the devilwhoop it uptell tales out of schoolI don't know and respect their traditions.



7. The customer started raising the devilblowing his horntelling talesI don't know about the hopeless customers’ service. He will complain to the manager.



8. After the lockdowns, people were eager to whoop it upspread the wordhave a big mouthI don't know and have fun at last!



9. The whole family burst into laughter when Sally let out a muffledslighthigh-pitchedI don't know squeal out of surprise. It was so unexpected!



10. It’s much less jarringnoisyshrillI don't know here than at home, and I like it much better.