English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook Vocabulary Reference and Practice 3rd Edition

Some fixed expressions connected with noise and silence
Everyone was so shocked and silent, 
you could have heard a pin drop. 
[there was total silence]
Hey, you kids! Be quiet! 
I can’t hear myself think! 
[said when people are making too much noise]
I need 
peace and quiet after a busy day at work. 
[calm and quiet period, after a noisy time]
You’re 
as quiet as a mouse! I didn’t hear you come in at all. 
[very quiet indeed]
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Exercises
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English Vocabulary in Use Advanced
Fill the gaps with appropriate forms, adjectives or adverbs, of the words 
silent
, 
quiet
, 
noiseless
 or 
soundless
. Only 
silent
 may be used more than once.
1 This luxury car prides itself on its almost 
engine.
2 It’s very difficult to find a 
place to live nowadays, even in the countryside.
3 Charlie Chaplin’s 
films are as funny today as they were in the 1920s.
4 The great bird flapped its wings and rose 
into the evening sky.
5 The women kept up a 
protest in front of the laboratories.
Write a sentence which could come immediately before the following sentences, using 
verbs from the box and the word(s) in brackets, as shown.
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1 (door) 
The door slammed loudly. 
The wind must have blown it shut.
2 (shot) 
Somebody was firing at the birds on the lake.
3 (door) 
It was very old, made of oak and difficult to open.
4 (music, walls) 
It was as if the musicians were playing in our bedroom.
5 (chicken, frying pan) 
The sound and the smell made me even more hungry.
6 (rusty door hinges) 
I think they need some oil.
7 (horn) 
I looked out of the window and saw her car parked outside.
8 (waves) 
It was wonderful to be so near the sea.
9 (police sirens) 
There must have been an accident, or perhaps a robbery.