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G questions with and without auxiliaries V question words, pop music P /w/ and /h/ 1 VOCABULARY & SPEAKING a_In pairs or groups, answer the questions. 1 What music / song / album do you like listening to..2 when you're happy when you're in a car when you're sad when you're studying, when you're at a party when you're in love 2 What’ your favourite decade for pop mus [the 80s, 90s, etc.) 3 Who are your favourite bands/ singers of allt 4 Which was the last CD you bought? b Complete the quiz questions with a question word. How Howmany Where What How long Which (x2) Why Who (x2) Whose When ¢ In pairs, answer the questions. 2 GRAMMAR questions with and without auxiliaries a Cover the quiz and from memory complete the questions. 1 Which song Robbie Williams with Nicole Kidman? 2 Who Tean’t get you out of my head? b Ansiver these questions, 1 How is question 1 differnt from question 2? 2 What is the subject ofthe verb in question 1? 3. What is the subject of the verb in question 2¢ ¢ © p.i28 Grammar Bank 2C Read the rules and do the exercises. _____ id Freie Mevauy, the lead singer of Quen, i 21981 b 1991 2001 2 id the Eagles stayin their 1975 song? a Heartbreak Hotel b Hotel California Hilton Hotel _— did the Beatles stay together? For eight years For thirteen years cor seventeen years § husband isthe film director Guy Ritchie? aDide's » Barbra Strelsand’s c Madonna's 5 ____ happened to Mick Jagger in 2004? a He leftthe Rolng Stones. b He became Sir Mick Jogger. He divorced Jery Ha ¢ song did Robbie Wilkans sing with Nicole Kidman in 2002? a Angels» Something Stupid cLet me entertain you sang ! cant get you out of my head? a Britney Spears b Kylie Minogue Beyoncé i Nirvana stop playing in 19947 a Because they argued. Because Kurt Cobain left, Because Kurt Cobain died _ band included Phil Coins and Peter Gabriel? aire Straits b Genesis Pink Floyd _— Spice Gils were there? four bfive csc __— itis Presiey ie? a tna plane cash b He shot himself An accidental drugs overdose. 2 did Cris Martin, Jead singer of Coldplay, marry in 2003? @ Gwyneth Paltrow b Kate Winslet Drew Barrymore A 3 PRONUNCIATION /w/, /h/ Look at the two sound pictures. A {| [2 Whatare the wordsand sounds! “Wo | | A." a g 28 Listen and check. Practise saying the words, d_ © p.159 Sound Bank, Look at the typical spellings for these sounds. ¢ 29% Listen and write the questions. Say the questions. Copy the rhythm, 4 SPEAKING © Communication Music quiz A p.109 B p.113. First write the questions. Then ask them to your partner. 5 READING a Read the article once and mark the sentences T (true) or F (False). 1 Imagine was a hit three times. 2 Yoko Ono helped to write Jinagine. 3 Ono wrote poems for John Lennon. 4 Lennon never said that Yoko helped him with the song. 5 Imagine was written in two places. 6 John Lennon opened the new Liverpool Airport. b Read the article again. Number the sentences in the order that things happened, A John Lennon read Ono's poems. Oo B John Lennon wrote Imagine. Oo C Yoko Ono helped her little brother. a DJohn Lennon spoke about the song in an interview. Fi E Liverpool Airport was renamed John Lennon Airport. F Yoko Ono spoke about the songon a TV programme. [] G The song became a hit again when Lennon died: H The song became popular again after September 1 1th 2001. 6 «210) SONG 4 Imagine Who wrote Imagine? Imagine, John Lennon's most famous song, was recently voted ‘Britain’ favourite song of alltime’. It’s an idealistic song about peace and the hope for a better world. “Imagine all the people living life in peace.’ The song was ‘a big hit in 1971, and again in 1980 when Lennon was murdered in New York. It became a hit for a third time after the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001 But who really wiote the song? Until recently the answer to this question was always John Lennon. But on a TV programme this week Lennon's wie, Yoko Ono, spoke for the first time about how she, in fact, helped to write the song, (no sai thatthe idea and inspiration for Imagine came from some of her poems that john Lennon was eading at that time, The poems began withthe word Imagine’ tmagine a raindrop, Imagine a gots’ Ono said, When | was a chil in Japan during the Second World War my brother and I were teribly hungry | imagined delicious menus for him and he began to smile. If you think something is impossible, you ‘an imagine it and make it happen. In an interview just before he died, Lennon admitted that Yoko deserved ctecit for Imagine. He sad, ‘A ot of it the lyrics and the concept ~ came from her, from her book of poems, imagine this, imagine that’ Lennon said that he was toa macho’ to share the credit with her atthe time. i ‘Ono said that some of the song was written when they were flying across the Atlantic and the rest was written on the piano in their bedroom at their home in England. Ono said, “The song speaks about John’s dream for the world. It was something he really wanted to say’ Imagine became a £ popular song for peace activists everywhere. In March 2002 the airport in his home town of Liverpool ‘was re-named John Lennon Airport. A sign above the main © entrance hasa line from Imagine: ‘Above us only sky. LiverpoolJohn 73) aan ay nN above wu 2B Famous photos Student A TT WAS 1955, The photographer was living in Pais. He didn't have much money, and was living in a small room, and taking photos ofthe city every day. ‘One day he saw that some people were painting the Eifiel Tower, and he decided to take some photographs. He went up the tower and suddenly he saw the man in the photo. The man was painting. The photographer was very nervous becouse he was sure that the painter was going to fall. He took his photo and a few weeks later the photo was in Life magazine. The photo became very SS postcards and a poster with it Later the ‘company that paints the Eiffel Tower phoned him and invited him to lunch. They told him that the painter was an acrobat. His name wae Zazou a Look at the photos and read the text about The Fiffel Tower painter. Try to remember the information. b Tell B the story of The Eiffel Tower painter. Try to tell it from memory. ¢ Now B will tell you about Leaving for Newfoundland, 2C Musicquiz Student A a Write your questions. 11 Which singer (PLAY) football for Real Medi? Which singer played football for Real Madd A a iliollesas—bEnriqueigesas ¢ Pacdo Domingo 2 Which group Beyoncé (SING) in? a Destiys Child —b The Spice Girs Atomic Kiten 3 Who (SING) Philadelphia inthe film ofthe same name? aPhilColins b George Michael «| BRuGW Spingitea 4 What kind of music the Sex Pistols (INVENT)? afegae b Punk clip Hop 5 When MTV (BEGIN 2 ain b 9m W9t 6 Which of these groups (NOT HAVE) brothers or sisters init? aOasis bThe Cons ¢ /Red Hot Chil Poppe! 7. Whose daughter Michael Jackson (MARRY) in 19947 a EWSPIeSleyS’ Flank Sinatra's c Paul McCartney's 8 Who (SAY) “Eminem isthe biggest danger to young Americans since polio’? a Clint Eastwood. b Arnold Schwarzenegger (GéSigéW. BSH) 9 Which group (SING) Losing my Religion? Bix > REM) cOass 110 Which instrument Sting PLAY) on the song Every Breath you Take? aio baguitar ¢ “doublebais b Ask B your questions. Give your partner one mark for each correct answer. Answer B's questions. Who got the most right answers? 2B Famous photos Student B E TOOK THIS PHOTO in 1949 in France, He was working for a magazine. They wanted photos of fishermen. The people in the photo were a fisherman celled Marcel, his wife, and their litle baby boy. ‘Maxcel was leaving to go to Canada and the photographer wanted to take @ photo of him and his wife in front of the boat. He sei, ‘kiss your wife goodbye. Ineed a photo with a kis! But Marcel vas very shy and he gave his wife 2 very cold kiss. So the photographer scid, ‘ls that how you kiss your wife?’ So he kissed her again, very naturally This fime he forgot about the photographer. The photo became quite famous. Many years later Marcel saw his photo in my book and he wrote to the photographer. He said that his son (the baby inthe photo) was now 30 years old and was a fisherman too. a Look at the photos and read about Leaving for Newfoundland. b A will tell you about The Eiffel Tower painter. ¢ Now tell A about Leaving for Newfoundland, Try to tell it from memory. 2C Musicquic Student B a Write your que: 1 Which song (SING) Celin ‘im the film Titanic? Which song did Celine Dion sing inthe film Titanic: 2 21 wi alwys ove you 6 My heart wlio on ns. clove in the air 2. Who (SEND) A Message in a Botte in 19797 aTheBeach Boys bDreStrais « The Police 3 Who (WRITE) the song Nothing cempares 207 1 Prince Snead OConnor Bono 4 Which ‘boy band Robbie Wiliams (SING) with? aTekeThat b Westlfé New Kids on the Block 5 Which Beatle (DIE) in 20017 ‘Ringo Stab John Lennon ¢ George Harison 6 Who (BE) 2 Material Git? ‘Marah Carey Madonna) «Christina Aguilera 7 Which neavy metal band Ozzy Osbourne (SING) with inthe 197052 4 BlackSabbath Deep Puple ced Zeppelin {8 Which Spice Gir David Beckham (MARRY) in 2000? Posh Spee Sporty Spice Ginger Spice 9 How the reggae singer Bob Marley (DIEY? ahetookadnugs overdose bina caraccident ¢ \élad cancer 10 Which song Eton John (REWRITE) forthe funeral of Princess Diana in 19572 2 a Socitice b Candlein the Wind Your Sony b Answer A’s questions. Then ask A your questions. Give your partner one mark for each correct answer. Who got the most right answers? is

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