Form 8. Music + Lifestyle

Tick off the names of stringed instruments

Tick off the names of keyboard instruments

Tick off the names of wind instruments

Name the composer.

He was born in Germany. At the age of 13 he published his first composition. At the age of 17 he went to Vienna to study under Mozart. In 1790 he began to lose his hearing and in 1819 he was completely deaf. It was during this period that he wrote some of his most famous compositions -The Moonlight Sonata and Ninth Symphony. He continued composing. His music was joy and optimistic.

The music of Bach, Beethhoven, and Mozart is called ____ music.

If you have a toothache, you ____ go to the dentist.

You ____ speak during the lessons!

He ____ speak Italian very well.

I go to a music school and one day I ____ be a famous musician.

Freddie Mercury Farrokh Bulsara is the real name of one of the most (1)            [popular, relaxing, musician, teenagers]singers and songwriters of the 20th century Freddie Mercury. Freddie was also a talented pianist and (2)            [composed, guitarist, jazz, band], and one of the co-founders of the rock (3)           [musician, composed, band, concerts] «Queen». As a songwriter he (4)            [composed, relaxing, popular, guitarist] many international hits, including «We Are the Champions», «Don’t Stop Me Now», «Somebody to Love» and others. In addition to his work with «Queen» he also led a solo career and was occasionally a producer and guest (5)           [relaxing, teenagers, musician, famous]for other artists. Over the course of his career, Mercury performed 700 (6)           [famous, bands, concerts, musicians] in countries around the world with «Queen». He died on 24 November, 1991. In 2005 MTV2 named Mercury the greatest singer in the history of (7)            [jazz, relaxing, popular, guitarist]music and in 2006 «Time Asia» named him one of the most influential Asian heroes of the past 60 years.

Complete the sentence:

I’m interested in __________ English.

Complete the sentence:

I ______________ in a music festival last month.

Complete the sentence:

I’m fond of ____________________ .

Make the questions. Use the prompts and the correct auxiliary verbs: is, are, do, have.

Where / you / to come from / ?

Make the questions. Use the prompts and the correct auxiliary verbs: is, are, do, have.

How big / to be / your family / ?

Make the questions. Use the prompts and the correct auxiliary verbs: is, are, do, have. What school / you / to study at / ?

Make the questions. Use the prompts and the correct auxiliary verbs: is, are, do, have.

What / to be / your favourite school subjects / ?

Choose the most suitable heading to the paragraph:

Playing computer games ranks the fi rst place in the list of the favourite activities among the teenagers. The second most common leisure activity in the UK is watching television. The average viewing time is 25 hours per person per week. Many television programmes are about wildlife, animals, holidays, cooking and gardening. Teenagers watch TV before and after school.

Choose the most suitable heading to the paragraph:

Visiting or entertaining friends or relatives and going to the cinema are also very popular activities in Britain.

Choose the most suitable heading to the paragraph:

Teenagers go to McDonalds or King’s Burger at least once a week. Sometimes they have a pizza delivered to their houses or go to a restaurant with their family at the weekend.