Unit 3 | MUSIC AND ARTS

I/ PRONUNCIATION

A. Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

1. A. skips                   B. sets                         C. books                      D. plays

2. A. instrument          B. concert                   C. afternoon                D. electronic

B. Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.

3. A. listen                  B. guitar                      C. reggae                     D. concert

4. A. setting                B. traditional              C. happy                      D. boring

II/ VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following questions.

5. _______ is slow and sad music. It started as African-American folk songs.

A. Blues                      B. Reggae                   C. RnB                        D. Folk

6. John loves everything about the film, especially the ______. He thinks they're very good-looking.

A. plot                         B. setting                     C. stars                        D. conclusion

7. What's _______ name? He's a new student of this class.

A. my                          B. his                           C. your                        D. her

8. He was born ________ 15th , January.

A. at                            B. for                           C. in                            D. on

9. The children prefer hip hop, but their parents __________ it at all.

A. doesn’t love           B. like                         C. don’t like                D. love

10. There were bands from all over the world playing traditional music from their countries at the _________ festival. 

A. heavy metal           B. electronic                C. blues                       D. folk

11. Elvis Presley started his singing career __________ 1954. He sold millions of records all over the world.

A. on                           B. at                            C. in                            D. during

12. Trumpet and trombone are brass _________.

A. furniture                 B. machine                  C. instruments             D. paintings

III/ ERROR CORRECTION

Find the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

13. Sarah love action movies. She thinks that it's fun and exciting.

                  A                                      B            C                    D

14. The concert is in TV at 7 p.m.

        A       B         C        D

15. My brother's birthday is in this Sunday. We're having a party for him.

                  A                         B   C                              D         

16. The scenery is beautiful and all the characters are interested.

                  A               B                                C                   D

IV/ WORD FORM

Write the correct form of the given words.

17. I don't like classical music. I always feel _____________(BORING) when my mom plays some songs of this kind. 

18. Anh Tuyet is one of the most famous _______________(SING) in Vietnam.

19. She's ________________(INTERESTING) in sports. She spends hours playing sports with her friends every day.

20. Are you going to watch Michael Jackson's ______________ (PERFORM)?

V/ READING

Read the following passage. For each statement from 21 to 25, write Darren, Jackson or Ae Ri.

Darren from New York City

I used to listen to country music. My father has a huge collection, and when I was young, I listened to his records all the time. Now I find most of them boring. I prefer music with a strong beat and I’m a rapper now. I’m a big fan of hip hop and I rap everywhere, at school, on the bus or even in the shower. My favorite time is when I go to hip hop battles with my friends and perform with DJs. It’s out of this world!

Jackson from Australia

I play bass guitar in a band and we practice every day in my friend’s garage. I enjoy listening to different music genres, from pop to RnB. I learnt the accoustic guitar at school. I can compose music but I don’t write the lyrics for the songs. Doing gigs with the band is my biggest thrill. Next month, we’re going to a studio to record some of our songs. We’re very excited about it.

Ae Ri from Korea

I love pop from the bottom of my heart. It really brings out so many great emotions in me. It’s also a way for me to relax. Going to pop concerts is incredibly entertaining. You can see people singing along, cheering loud or dancing. And at the end of the show, you can rush to the singer and ask for an autograph. At the moment, I’m taking singing lessons, and I hope I can perform on stage one day.

33. This person practices in many places.                                                                                                                         ____

34. This person enjoys the atmosphere at concerts.                                                                                                                                     ____

35. This person has changed his opinion about a type of music.                                                                                                                          ____

36. This person had music lessons at school.                                                                                                                         ____

37. This person likes performing with his band.                                                                                                                            _______ ____

VI/ WRITING

A. Put the words in the correct order to make correct sentences.

26. all/ They/ music/ the / the / enjoy/ at/ performances/ festival/.

à _________________________________________________________________________

27. do/ your birthday/ going to/ anything/ Are you/ special/ on/?

à _________________________________________________________________________

28. album/ to/ February/ He’s/ release/ new/ his/ going/ in/.

à _________________________________________________________________________

B. Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meaning. Use the given word(s) if any.

29. I like blues more than reggae.

à I prefer __________________________________________________________________

27. do/ your birthday/ going to/ anything/ Are you/ special/ on/?

30. My friend really wants to see Justin at the concert. He's her favorite singer of all times. (BECAUSE)

à My friend ________________________________________________________________