Wider World 1 Unit 5

Listen to a radio programme about the Reading Music Festival. Complete the notes with a word, a number or a short phrase.

Reading Festival Country: ¹        

Month: August

Music: No classical or ²      music

Biggest audience: 105,000

Year: ³     

Number of days: ⁴      

Tickets: Days you can go: ⁵                  

Choose the correct option.

0 Classical / Pop music is an old type of music.

1 Do you like        [folk, techno] music? I don’t – it isn’t very modern.

2 We all enjoy listening to         [jazz, country] music. It’s like folk music from the USA.

3 Noah plays the cello in               [an orchestra, a stage].

4 I think the newest type of music is                 [classical music, hip-hop].

5 Look! Some                  [street musicians, audiences] are playing in the town centre!

6 We sometimes     [see, go] to concerts in the park.

7 My friends think R&B is           [fantastic, alright], but they don’t like it very much.

Complete the words in the sentences.

0 The piano is a big instrument with black and white keys.

1 Safiya really likes hip-hop. She thinks it’s g       .

2 We enjoy watching l      music in the park.

3 Black Dog is my favourite rock b      . I want to see them at a festival this summer.

4 Carlos plays the s           in a jazz group. It’s a big instrument, but he can take it on the bus!

5 My sister plays the d       , but they’re very loud – louder than the flute.

6 You play the t         with your hands and mouth.

7 I haven’t got a piano at home, but I can play the k           to practise.

8 R     musicians don’t really sing – they say the words.