Exercise 1

Fill in the correct musical instrument

1. 2. 3. 4.

Exercise 2

What do you call the people who play the following instruments

1. piano _________________________
2. guitar _________________________
3. drums _________________________
4. violin _________________________
5. cello _________________________
6. flute _________________________
7. harp _________________________
8. oboe _________________________

Exercise 3

Choose the correct word: music, musical or musician

1. What are your favourite types of _______________ ?

2. My brother thinks he’s a good _______________, but he’s very bad!
3. Joe’s family all play instruments - they’re very _______________ .
4. I love different types of _______________, for example, jazz, rock and classical.
5. Which _______________ instrument would you like to learn?
6. Are there any _______________ I your family?
7. My sister’s band plays rock _______________ .
8. As a child she had sung in amateur _______________ and taken dancing lessons.

Exercise 4

Analogies. Fill in the missing word

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 1. poem to stanza as song to
2. song to as story to to tell
3. violin to drum as soft to
4. piano to key as guitar to
5. music to as poem to poet
6. waltz to rock-music as old-fashioned to
7. word to sentence as note to
8. drum to as violin to bow
9. cello to as trumpet to wind instrument

Exercise 5

What do you call…

1. A person who writes symphonies or concertos?

____________________________
2. The very large group of musicians that includes string and wind instruments?
____________________________
3. The person who stands in front of and leads this large groups of musicians?
____________________________
4. Music played by people such as Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis?
____________________________
5. Music played by people such as The Spice Girls or Robbie Williams?
____________________________
6. A pop star who is not part of a group?
____________________________
7. A group of people singing together in a church
____________________________
8. Someone who write songs and performs them too
____________________________
9. A commercially successful song
____________________________

Exercise 6

Fill in the missing word from the list to complete the idiom and match with the definition.

* whistle * note * tune * horns * music * song * dance * fiddle * bell * drum *

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 Be unable to decide which of two things to
1. Give sb a ________________
do because either could have bad results

2. ________________ to sb's tune Be suitable and have a good effect

Tell people publicly about something bad

3. Bang/beat the ________________
that someone is doing

4. Play second ________________ Very cheaply

Behave in a different way or to believe in

5. Be on the _____________ of a dilemma different things from the people around
you

6. Face the ________________ To phone someone

Be less important or in a weaker position

7. Hit/strike the right ________________
than sb else

8. For a ________________ To do what someone wants

Accept criticism or punishment for sth you

9. Blow the ________________ on sb/sth
have done
Speak enthusiastically about a belief or
10. March to a different ________________ idea in order to persuade other people to
support it too

Exercise 7

Stringed instrument: Match the nouns with the pictures.

* balalaika * banjo * cello * guitar * harp * lute * ukulele * violin *

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7. 8.

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Exercise 8

Unscramble the music styles and fill in the crossword.

1 2 3

5 6

8 9

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11 12

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19 20

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ACROSS DOWN
4. ploges 1. arope
6. kolf 2. scailclas
7. cokr 3. drowl, sumci
9. ulos 5. noctuyr, dan, nertsew
10. caned, cusim 8. sicod
13. vahye, lemat 11. zajz
17. deini 12. ewn, gea
18. hencto 14. kupn
19. gargee 15. iph, pho
20. opp 16. lebsu
21. pra

Exercise 9

Parts of a violin: Fill in the correct words from the list.

* bow * bridge * chin rest * neck * peg box * rib * scroll *

* sound hole * soundboard * string * tailpiece * waist *

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1. __________________
2. __________________
3. __________________
4. __________________
5. __________________
6. __________________
7. __________________
8. __________________
9. __________________
10. __________________
11. __________________
12. __________________

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Exercise 10

Types of dancing: Fill in the correct dance.

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

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 KEY
Exercise 1
1. piano 4. trumpet
2. drums 5. flute
3. saxophone
Exercise 2
1. pianist 5. cellist
2. guitarist 6. flautist
3. drummer 7. harpist
4. violinist 8. oboist
Exercise 3
1. music 5. musical
2. musician 6. musicians
3. musical 7. music
4. music 8. musicals
Exercise 4
1. verse 6. modern
2. to sing 7. melody
3. loud 8. stick
4. string 9. stringed instrument
5. composer
Exercise 5
1. composer 6. solo artist
2. orchestra 7. choir
3. conductor 8. singer-songwriter
4. jazz 9. hit
5. pop
Exercise 6
1. bell: To phone someone
2. Dance: To do what someone wants
3. drum: To speak enthusiastically about a belief or idea in order to persuade other people to
support it too
4. fiddle: To be less important or in a weaker position than sb else
5. horns: To be unable to decide which of two things to do because either could have bad results
6. music: To accept criticism or punishment for sth you have done
7. note: To be suitable and have a good effect
8. song: Very cheaply
9. whistle: To tell people publicly about something bad that someone is doing
10. tune: To behave in a different way or to believe in different things from the people around you

Exercise 7
1. cello 5. harp
2. violin 6. banjo
3. guitar 7. lute
4. ukulele 8. balalaika

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Exercise 8
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G O S P E L C W
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P F O L K O
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E R O C K A R
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R O S O U L
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D A N C E M U S I C S D
I N I M
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S T C U
C J R N A S
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O H E A V Y M E T A L I
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Z A W C
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Z N A P
D G U H
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W E I N D I E
B E K P
L S H
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U T E C H N O O
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R E G G A E P O P
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S R A P
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Exercise 9
1. bow 7. waist
2. scroll 8. rib
3. peg box 9. bridge
4. neck 10. sound hole
5. soundboard 11. tailpiece
6. string 12. chin rest
Exercise 10
1. ballet 4. break dance
2. rock ‘n’ roll 5. waltz
3. flamenco 6. tango

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