7.10 Self-Check

Choose the correct words .

1 You're in a band, aren't you Jake? Have you ever          [appeared, done, played] a venue that holds more than fifty people?
2 In my opinion, the best way to         [gain, take up, improve] literacy rates is to promote reading and reduce children's time in front of the television.
3 I always listen to classical music when I read. I feel it somehow             [increases, enhances, exaggerates] the reading experience.
4 Quite a few actors have          [released, realised, reviewed] albums, you know. David Duchovny, Keifer Sutherland, Hugh Laurie, Scarlett Johansson ... Some of them are even pretty good!
5 In order to        [view, review, make] a video on this website, please click the green 'play' button at the bottom of the screen.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words from the box . There are two extra words.

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1 It's important not to      yourself up but rather look on a failure as something to learn from.
2 Lorna has        up for the local theatre group. She's always loved acting and can't wait to perform in a play.
3 Jack          a video of me dancing at his party. Luckily, he deleted it when I asked him to.
4 When I was a student I had trouble concentrating and often      distracted when I needed to work orstudy. It's better now, fortunately.
5 Hugo doesn't usually like folk music but these songs really         up emotions in him. I thought he was going to cry at one point.

Complete the sentences with the correct words. The first and last letters are given.

1 Most people agree that Agatha Christie's greatest c          n was Hercule Poirot, the fictional Belgian detective. His death was even announced on the front page of The New York Times!
2 I read some of my poetry in a cafe last week. There were only about fifteen people in the a          e but they seemed to like it.
3 Live music is my favourite form of e               t. I try to go to a concert at least once a month.
4 Adele is the s        r-s            r who wrote and sang the James Bond title tune Skyfall.
5 Ringo Starr from the Beatles is the only famous d         r I can name. They're not usually as wellknown as guitarists or singers.