English Vocabulary Exercises | Music

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Exercise 1

Classical music: Fill in the definitions with the following words:

• concerto | overture | movements | symphony | conductor | composer

1. The person who writes a piece of music is the ???concertooverturemovementssymphonyconductorcomposer – Beethoven, for example.

2. The person who directs the performance of an orchestra is the ???concertooverturemovementssymphonyconductorcomposer.

3. A long musical composition in several ???concertooverturemovementssymphonyconductorcomposer for the full orchestra is a ???concertooverturemovementssymphonyconductorcomposer.

4. A ???concertooverturemovementssymphonyconductorcomposer is usually played by a solo instrument such as the piano or violin and the full orchestra.

5. An ???concertooverturemovementssymphonyconductorcomposer is a piece of music written as an introduction to an opera or ballet.

 

English Vocabulary Exercises | Cinema & Movies

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Exercise 6

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ANSWERS

1. Where’s it on? → At the Odeon.
2. Who’s in it? → Sam Neill and Laura Dern.
3. What’s it about? → A theme park terrorised by dinosaurs.
4. Who directed it? → Steven Spielberg
5. What’s it like? → It’s brilliant! / It’s terrible!

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Exercise 5

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ANSWERS

shoot | rave reviews | give |  the scene | play | three Oscars | nominate | the role

1. Sean Connery played the role of James Bond for many years.

2. The film has been nominated for three oscars – best film, best actress and best original screenplay.

3. The director decided it would be better to shoot the scene in black and white.

4. I’ve heard it’s a fantastic film. The critics have all given it rave reviews.

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Exercise 4

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ANSWERS

1. The Beach was mainly filmed on location  in Thailand.
2. Jodie Foster won an Oscar for her performance  in Silence of the Lambs.
3. Cat Woman was one of the characters in Batman.
4. Anthony Hopkins heads the cast  in this moving costume drama.
5. I got a bit confused. The plot  was too complicated for me.
6. I’ll never forget the scene where they drive over the cliff at the end of Thelma and Louise.
7. The Age of Innocence won an award for the best costumes.
8. Most American films are dubbed when they’re shown in Europe but some countries prefer to show them in English with subtitles.
9. Have you heard the soundtrack for Trainspotting? It’s brilliant.
10. The special effects in Total Recall are amazing!

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Exercise 3

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ANSWERS

1. The Beach was set → d. in Thailand.
2. Schindler’s List was filmed in → c. black and white.
3. Psycho was directed by → e. Alfred Hitchcock.
4. Titanic starred → a. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.
5. Jurassic Park was based on → b. a novel by Michael Crichton.

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Exercise 2

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ANSWERS

1. Let’s sit at the back. I don’t like being too near the screen
2. I like to sit in the front row
3. I find trying to read subtitles very annoying. I prefer dubbed films.
4. I like seeing all the trailers for the new films that are coming out.
5. I usually stay at the end to read the credits because I like to know who some of the less important actors were.

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Exercise 1

Match the following words with their definitions:

star | director | scene | critic | review

1. somebody who reviews new films → —stardirectorscenecriticreview

2. a very famous actor or actress → —stardirectorscenecriticreview

3. what a critic writes about a new film → —stardirectorscenecriticreview

4. the person who tells the actors and actresses what to do → —stardirectorscenecriticreview

5. one small part of a film → —stardirectorscenecriticreview

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ANSWERS

1. somebody who reviews new films → critic
2. a very famous actor or actress → star
3. what a critic writes about a new film → review
4. the person who tells the actors and actresses what to do → director
5. one small part of a film → scene

English Vocabulary Exercises | Food

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Exercise 5

Negative comments about food: Match the food on the left with the most appropriate comments:

1. coffee or tea → ???too strong / weak / sweettoo many bonestoo rich / thick / blanda bit overdone / underdonetoo hot / spicya bit dry / stale
2. steak → ???too strong / weak / sweettoo many bonestoo rich / thick / blanda bit overdone / underdonetoo hot / spicya bit dry / stale
3. an Indian dish → ???too strong / weak / sweettoo many bonestoo rich / thick / blanda bit overdone / underdonetoo hot / spicya bit dry / stale
4. a sauce → ???too strong / weak / sweettoo many bonestoo rich / thick / blanda bit overdone / underdonetoo hot / spicya bit dry / stale
5. fish → ???too strong / weak / sweettoo many bonestoo rich / thick / blanda bit overdone / underdonetoo hot / spicya bit dry / stale
6. a cake → ???too strong / weak / sweettoo many bonestoo rich / thick / blanda bit overdone / underdonetoo hot / spicya bit dry / stale

 

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ANSWERS

1. coffee or tea → too strong / weak / sweet
2. steak → a bit overdone / underdone
3. an Indian dish → too hot / spicy
4. a sauce → too rich / thick / bland
5. fish → too many bones
6. a cake → a bit dry / stale

English Vocabulary Exercises | Food

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Exercise 6

Match the sentences with the following comments:

1. Is dinner nearly ready? → ???I’ve lost my appetite.It’s really given me an appetite.It’ll spoil my appetite.I’m starving.I’m full.
2. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. → ???I’ve lost my appetite.It’s really given me an appetite.It’ll spoil my appetite.I’m starving.I’m full.
3. No more for me, thanks. → ???I’ve lost my appetite.It’s really given me an appetite.It’ll spoil my appetite.I’m starving.I’m full.
4. I’m glad we went for that walk. → ???I’ve lost my appetite.It’s really given me an appetite.It’ll spoil my appetite.I’m starving.I’m full.
5. I shouldn’t really be eating this chocolate before dinner. → ???I’ve lost my appetite.It’s really given me an appetite.It’ll spoil my appetite.I’m starving.I’m full.

 

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ANSWERS

1. Is dinner nearly ready? → I’m starving.
2. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. → I’ve lost my appetite.
3. No more for me, thanks. → I’m full.
4. I’m glad we went for that walk. → lt’s really given me an appetite.
5. I shouldn’t really be eating this chocolate before dinner. → It’ll spoil my appetite.

English Vocabulary Exercises | Food

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Exercise 4

Delicious food | Complete the following dialogues with the word pairs below:

• tasty / delicious
• flavour / bland
• flavour / tender
• wonderful / revolting
• off / disgusting

1. Yuk! This salmon smells a bit
> Yes, it’s absolutely

2. Your chicken looks very
> Mm, it’s absolutely

3. This sauce hasn’t got much has it?
> No, it’s a bit , I’m afraid.

4. I’ve just discovered a blue cheese from Spain.
> Oh, how  ! I can’t stand blue cheese.

5. I’ve never tasted lamb with so much 
> Yes, and it was so , wasn’t it?

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ANSWERS

1. off / disgusting
2. tasty / delicious
3. flavour / bland
4. wonderful / revolting
5. flavour / tender