Shout vs. chant

[hiroko]

Test No. errors/advan-8 "Admire his Achievement", question 8

When the president appeared on the balcony a large crowd started singing 'Go home! Go home!' until the poor man had to leave.

(a) When
(b) singing
(c) until
(d) had to

Test No. errors/advan-8 "Admire his Achievement", answer 8

When the president appeared on the balcony a large crowd started chanting 'Go home! Go home!' until the poor man had to leave.

Correct entry: chanting
The error was: (b) singing

You have found the error but your entry is incorrect.
When the president appeared on the balcony a large crowd started shouting 'Go home! Go home!' until the poor man had to leave.
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Can you say "shouting" instead of the "chanting"?
Are there any differences between "shout" and "chant"? I hope your help. Thank you.

[Alan]

Hi Hiroko,

If you use shouting, yu change the meaning of the sentence. The people are saying the same thing over and over again and that is the idea of chanting.
Alan
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