9 OPTIMISE YOUR VOCABULARY | Higher B1+

7 There’s a music competition. Why don’t you

Idioms connected with music it?
1 Read the sentences and choose the best 8 With the summer , we need to
meaning. think about booking a holiday.
1 I think I’ve met him before.
a) He’s making a song and dance about it. Nouns with -ant / -ist
b) His name rings a bell.
4 Complete the sentences with the correct
2 We haven’t sold many tickets.
noun form of the words in the box.
a) We need to drum up some support.
b) It’s time to change our tune. assist | consult | contest | guitar
3 I have no idea what I’m doing. journal | optimism | perfect
a) I’m just going to have to play it by ear.
1 There were only three left in the
b) I’ll just have to blow my own trumpet. competition – and one of them was me!
4 My dad is very healthy for his age. 2 David went to see his GP, who sent him to see a
a) In fact, he’s as fit as a fiddle. .
b) He makes a song and dance about it. 3 Nadine is an – she always thinks
5 The exam is in five minutes. things will be OK.
a) It definitely rings a bell. 4 It would be interesting to work as a
with a newspaper.
b) Students who didn’t study will have to face
the music. 5 Simon is a . Everything he does has
to be exactly right.
6 We all know you’re very talented.
6 Victor is a professional . When he’s
a) Now stop changing your tune.
on tour, his always manages his
b) Now stop blowing your own trumpet. hotels and transport.

Phrasal verbs Unit round-up

2 Match to make phrasal verbs. 5 Complete the text with one word in each gap.
1 to give a) to do something else
2 to be coming b) on responsibilities | Arrchive

3 to take c) out of something

4 to be/get d) away a secret Posted 22/09/17 11.10

5 to drop e) for a competition or Glastonbury festival

6 to put on activity
If the name Glastonbury (1) a bell, it
7 to go on f) up (to a new year) is because of the festival that takes place there. It
8 to go in g) a show/performance/ dates back to the 1970s, and an early performer was
play David Bowie, who (2) on to become an
h) knocked out of a international superstar. The festival grew every year
competition until 1988, when a tradition of taking a year off every
few years began. This is to give the land a chance to
3 Use the phrasal verbs in Exercise 2 to recover and to give organisers and local people a break.
complete the sentences. The (3) for Glastonbury festival is a
working farm and, when he’s not thinking about music,
1 He only became famous when his play was
the organiser, Michael Eavis, has to deal with the
in New York.
animals. A festival this size is a lot of work and it is too
2 Shh! Don’t say anything! I don’t want you to much responsibility for one man to (4) on,
our secret. so Eavis needs help. His main (5) is
3 My dad school and that’s why his daughter, Emily, who has played an active role in
he wants me to study hard. running the festival over recent years.
4 Jim was an engineer who teach Many of the big names in rock have played at the
engineering at university. festival, including U2, the Rolling Stones, Muse and
Coldplay. Registration for tickets takes place a year in
5 We got the competition at an
advance – before the performers have been announced.
early stage.
Then there is a long wait before the (6)
6 Are you sure you’re ready to find out if they have been lucky enough to get tickets.
such a big responsibility?

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