exercises 4a, c, d & e
4a Retell Nicholas’ story with the help of these clues. (Suggested)
At first Nicholas thought of becoming a chef, but then he heard a friend play Beethoven’s piano sonata and he fell in love with classical music. 2. Nicholas was born without a right hand, he couldn’t read music and he was already 14 when he realized he wanted to play the piano. 3. His parents got him a keyboard, which he played for hours every day. After a year he started taking piano lessons and learned how to read music. 4. Nicholas contacted the music school where his friend played, but the headmistress said that he couldn’t play because he only had one hand. 5. After some time, Nicholas contacted a more famous music school for an audition, but didn’t tell them in advance about his hand. He got a place to study from this school. 6. 7. Nicholas discovered that many famous composers had made music for the left hand. The left-hand-only compositions were very complicated and the idea was to make it sound like the music was played by two hands (at least). 8. Nicholas continued his studies in the famous Royal College of Music and he was the only person playing left hand music only to ever graduate from the school. 9. Nicholas is now a rising star, he is playing concerts in famous concert halls and he has released his first album.
4c Spot the phrase. How are these phrases expressed in the text? 1. a friend of mine 2. fell in love at the time 3. not taking into consideration 4. for hours and hours a day 5. a year into his new obsession 6. she hung up the phone 7. out of millions and millions of people in the world 8. I walked in the room 9. he went on to study 10. such an inspiration
Translate this story into English. Use the phrases from the previous exercise. 1. A few years ago, I fell in love with David Gilmour’s music / the music of David Gilmour.
2. At the time I didn’t believe in myself very much, so I only dreamt/dreamed about learning to play.
3. Then, a friend of mine finally told me to do something about it.
4. And like thousands of young people in the world, I picked up the guitar for the first time.
5. Now I practise for many hours / hours and hours a day and I love it!
4e Fill in with suitable words in their correct form. There are three extra words. 1. discouraged 2. keyboards 3. auditioned 4. label 5. debut album 6. released 7. composed 8. pieces 9. proceeded 10. major
At first Nicholas thought of becoming a chef, but then he heard a friend play Beethoven’s piano sonata and he fell in love with classical music. 2. Nicholas was born without a right hand, he couldn’t read music and he was already 14 when he realized he wanted to play the piano. 3. His parents got him a keyboard, which he played for hours every day. After a year he started taking piano lessons and learned how to read music. 4. Nicholas contacted the music school where his friend played, but the headmistress said that he couldn’t play because he only had one hand. 5. After some time, Nicholas contacted a more famous music school for an audition, but didn’t tell them in advance about his hand. He got a place to study from this school. 6. 7. Nicholas discovered that many famous composers had made music for the left hand. The left-hand-only compositions were very complicated and the idea was to make it sound like the music was played by two hands (at least). 8. Nicholas continued his studies in the famous Royal College of Music and he was the only person playing left hand music only to ever graduate from the school. 9. Nicholas is now a rising star, he is playing concerts in famous concert halls and he has released his first album.
4c Spot the phrase. How are these phrases expressed in the text? 1. a friend of mine 2. fell in love at the time 3. not taking into consideration 4. for hours and hours a day 5. a year into his new obsession 6. she hung up the phone 7. out of millions and millions of people in the world 8. I walked in the room 9. he went on to study 10. such an inspiration
Translate this story into English. Use the phrases from the previous exercise. 1. A few years ago, I fell in love with David Gilmour’s music / the music of David Gilmour.
2. At the time I didn’t believe in myself very much, so I only dreamt/dreamed about learning to play.
3. Then, a friend of mine finally told me to do something about it.
4. And like thousands of young people in the world, I picked up the guitar for the first time.
5. Now I practise for many hours / hours and hours a day and I love it!
4e Fill in with suitable words in their correct form. There are three extra words. 1. discouraged 2. keyboards 3. auditioned 4. label 5. debut album 6. released 7. composed 8. pieces 9. proceeded 10. major