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    The document discusses vocabulary related to noise and sound. It provides examples of words that describe different types of noise, such as din, racket, and blaring. It also gives examples of adjectives that collocate with nouns describing sound, such as loud voice, distant sound, and excessive noise. Finally, it asks the reader to identify words that do not normally collocate with given nouns or adjectives related to sound, and to match sentence beginnings with appropriate endings discussing noises.

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    C1 - Vocabulary - Sounds

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    The document discusses vocabulary related to noise and sound. It provides examples of words that describe different types of noise, such as din, racket, and blaring. It also gives examples of adjectives that collocate with nouns describing sound, such as loud voice, distant sound, and excessive noise. Finally, it asks the reader to identify words that do not normally collocate with given nouns or adjectives related to sound, and to match sentence beginnings with appropriate endings discussing noises.

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    The document discusses vocabulary related to noise and sound. It provides examples of words that describe different types of noise, such as din, racket, and blaring. It also gives examples of adjectives that collocate with nouns describing sound, such as loud voice, distant sound, and excessive noise. Finally, it asks the reader to identify words that do not normally collocate with given nouns or adjectives related to sound, and to match sentence beginnings with appropriate endings discussing noises.

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    C1 - Vocabulary - Sounds

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    The document discusses vocabulary related to noise and sound. It provides examples of words that describe different types of noise, such as din, racket, and blaring. It also gives examples of adjectives that collocate with nouns describing sound, such as loud voice, distant sound, and excessive noise. Finally, it asks the reader to identify words that do not normally collocate with given nouns or adjectives related to sound, and to match sentence beginnings with appropriate endings discussing noises.

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    VOCABULARY NOISE AND SOUND

    1- Look at the following sentences. What type of noise is indicated by all three underlined
    words?

    a) The din was unbearable

    b) it would start at five this awful racket and itd wake up the baby

    c) Night after night hed have it blaring out at full volume

    2- Each of the adjectives collocates with the noun in capital letters at the end of the line.
    Underline the adjective in each group of three which has a very different meaning to the other
    two.

    a) Squeaky / high-pitched / deep voice

    b) loud / booming / hushed voice

    c) distant / unmistakable / muffled sound

    d) excessive / incessant / constant noise

    3- Cross out the word which does not normally collocate with the noun or adjective in capital
    letters at the beginning of each line

    Dogs: Growl, roar, whine

    Noise: Dies down, fades away, goes off

    Doors: slam shut, rustle open, creak open

    Bells: hoot, tinkle, chime

    Rowdy: behaviour, fans, engine, party

    Piercing: groan, cry, scream, shriek

    Deafening: applause, cheer, silence, ear

    2- Match each of the sentence beginnings with an appropriate ending.

    The words of the new President were drowned out by the deafening

    I sat in the shade of a tree and listened to the sound of the rustling

    The former headmaster was an imposing figure, with a big booming

    He moved nervously towards the door, with one eye on the growling

    They walked through a landscape of fast-flowing rivers and roaring

    Irritated by the noise of other campers and the din of their blaring
    The full moon lit up his monstrous face, and Edna let out a piercing

    She quickly fell asleep, only to be woken soon after by the chiming

    ___

    radios, we moved on to another, quieter site

    voice which struck fear into the children

    cheers of some 3000 jubilant supporters

    waterfalls, fed by the recent torrential rains

    clock in the hallway as it struck midnight

    leaves being blown by the breeze in the branches above

    dog that was chained to a post in the garden

    scream, which cut through the silence of the night

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