You could hear him rattling

[Wilbo]

Test No. incompl/advan-90 "GMAT Verbal Quiz (13)", question 10

He didn't really give speeches because he used to scream and shout and you could hear him ......... a hundred meters down the road.

(a) reigning
(b) raining
(c) ruling
(d) rattling

Test No. incompl/advan-90 "GMAT Verbal Quiz (13)", answer 10

He didn't really give speeches because he used to scream and shout and you could hear him raining a hundred meters down the road.

Correct answer: (b) raining

Your answer was: incorrect
He didn't really give speeches because he used to scream and shout and you could hear him rattling a hundred meters down the road.
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I don't understand that idiom and what is the exact form? Maybe "to hear so. raining"?

Wilbo

[Torsten]

Well, the correct answer should be 'rattling' - we'll put that right. Thanks for lettting us know.

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[Poker del partito]

Great site! Keep it running!

[Austin Williams]

brilliant site! happy to be here.

[Yankee]

http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ai090/esl-test.php

'Raining' is still given as the "correct" answer here.

Although 'rattling' would be better, that option doesn't seem terribly appropriate, either. As Diane mentioned in another thread, the word 'ranting' would be a good option, but it wasn't included.
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[Alan]

[Molly]

[Yankee]

I see that the "correct" answer has now been changed to rattling.
To me, however, that word manages to pretty much delete the image of a person screaming and shouting.

I agree that's it's brilliant that this site provides tests and forums for ESL students. But wouldn't it be even more brilliant if the tests were adequately edited in advance, and if input from others wasn't so often met with automatic resistance and a dogged refusal to discuss anything? :wink:
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[Alan]

Hi,

Another accolade!!

[Yankee]

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What was that I said about 'input from others being met with automatic resistance and a dogged refusal to discuss anything'. I guess I should have included 'selective reading' in my list. :wink:
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EDIT:
Since you have chosen to simply not discuss whether one of the other words suggested might possibly be much better than 'rattling', I guess you might as well have the last defensive word in this thread, Alan. :wink:
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[Alan]

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Please see Last Word.

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