Difference between yawning and calling

[Jordano]

Synonyms Lesson, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #124 "Synonyms for speak and shout", question 3

Did you hear somebody ......... from the kitchen? I think they want us to come.

(a) saying
(b) crying
(c) calling
(d) yawning

Synonyms Lesson, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #124 "Synonyms for speak and shout", answer 3

Did you hear somebody calling from the kitchen? I think they want us to come.

Correct answer: (c) calling

Your answer was: incorrect
Did you hear somebody yawning from the kitchen? I think they want us to come.
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ı just wanna ask for difference between yawning and calling

Jordano

[Pamela]

Hi,English Learner!
Yawn is a gape.People usually yawn when they want to sleep.
But call here is the synonym of shout

[Tom]

Hi

I don't think the sentence tells clearly who was in the kitchen. For example:

I heard him calling from the kitchen. (he could be in the kitchen--I could be in the kitchen)

Please shed some light on this one too.

Tom

[Mister Micawber]

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'Come' is rather left hanging if the call did not come from the kitchen, Tom-- we don't know where they might 'come to'. Although semantically you are right that either is possible, common sense tells us the caller is in the kitchen and the hearer is elsewhere.
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[arrjeeli_001]

why should i come if you are yawning..... I didn't find any relationship with the sentense...

[tortoise]

You see, someone is yawning in the kitchen because he/she is tired and maybe wanna sleep (or is feeling bored because we don't help his/her), so we should come to help them. To yawn is to open the mouth wide and inhale, when sleepy or bored.

[Conchita]