2. What do you call the people who play the following instruments?

piano guitar drums violin cello flute

3. What types of painting are these?

4. Fill in the gaps with the correct word.

1 Do you play a musical _________________?

2 A: Do you like _________________ music?

B: Yes, very much.

A: And who's your favourite _________________?

B: It's hard to say, but I love Bach and Vivaldi.

3 I sang in a _________________ for years. We performed in churches all over the country.

4 Their new CD is _________________ next week. I’m sure it’ll go to number _________________.

5 Their first single was very popular, but they haven’t _________________ an album yet.

6 I think their _________________ album is brilliant, and much better than their last one.

5. Use the context and your own knowledge to fill the gaps in these sentences and dialogues.

1 He used to be conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic _________________.

2 Robbie Williams was in a _________________ called Take That before he became a _________________.

3 Elton John _________________ piano, and writes and _________________ all his own songs.

4 I think ‘Hey Jude’ or ‘I want to hold your hand’ is the Beatles’ biggest selling hit _________________, but ‘Sergeant Pepper’ is probably their most famous _________________.

5 There's going to be an _________________ of his paintings at the new art _________________.

6 She used to _________________ her own songs but now she mainly _________________ material written by other people.

7 I haven't been to the _________________ since I saw The Marriage of Figaro last year.

8 I think The Great Gatsby is Scott Fitzgerald's best _________________.

9 His first _________________ was performed in a very small theatre.

10 Keith Richard has been _________________ guitarist of the Rolling Stones for over 30 years.

11 Duke Ellington is one of the greatest _________________ pianists ever.

12 ‘Waterloo’ was one of Abba’s most famous hit _________________.

13 Eric Clapton sings on his albums, but he first became famous as a _________________.

14 Before he became a solo artist, Sting was the _________________ singer with Police.

6. Complete this story of Craig David’s early years.

Craig David was born and grew up in Southampton, on the south coast of England. As a teenager he used to write his own (1)_________________ on a Dictaphone, and his (2)_________________ in music at that time ranged from Terence D’Arby to Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder. His first (3) _________________ was ‘Human’, a version of the song that was a (4) _________________ for the ‘Human League’. After that David became better known, and his first album was (5) _________________ in summer 2000.

7. Answer these questions. If possible, ask someone else the same questions.

1 What sort of music do you like best?

2 Who’s your favourite singer/group/composer?

3 What was the last record or album you bought?

4 Has your musical taste changed in the last few years?

/English Vocabulary in Use. Pre-intermediate & Intermediate. Stuart Redman/