UNIT 7, 7A Vocabulary, Talking about the arts, page 74,75
Exercise 1
A ballet
B cartoon
C play
D musical
E sitcom
F drawing
G dance
H opera Students’ own answers
Exercise 2
A novel, play, poem
B classical music, musical, opera, pop music
C ballet, classical music, dance, mime, musical, opera, play, pop music, sitcom
D cartoon, drawing, painting, sculpture
Exercise 3
1 playwright
2 poet
3 novelist
4 painter
5 sculptor
6 singer
7 director
8 composer
9 actor
10 dancer / choreographer
11 opera singer
Exercise 4
John Steinbeck wrote Of Mice and Men.
Picasso painted Guernica.
Adele sang Someone like you.
Vivaldi composed La Notte.
Jennifer Aniston appeared in Friends.
Luciano Pavarotti sang Nessun dorma.
Exercise 5
1 painted
2 composer
3 ballet
4 directed
5 play
6 musical
7 painter
8 pop singer
9 actor
10 novelist
11 appear in
12 sculpture
Exercise 7
1 A
2 C
3 B
4 E
Exercise 8
1 –
2 the
3 the
4 The; a
5 the
6 a; –
7 –; a
8 the; an
UNIT 7, 7B Grammar, The passive, page 76
Exercise 2
1 are not signed
2 are being examined
3 was he finally caught
4 wasn’t being used
5 have been identified
6 had been bought
7 will be returned
8 might never be discovered
9 had been bought by a company, are being examined by
Exercise 4
1 the verb be
2 infinitive
3 subject
4 action
5 by
Exercise 5
2 A ballet is being performed at the concert hall this evening.
3 Are the costumes designed by Lady Gaga?
4 How many Hobbit films have been made?
5 The painting ought to be signed by the artist.
6 The gallery will be visited by thousands of people this year.
Exercise 6
1 aren’t sold
2 are painted
3 is written
4 forged
5 was caught
6 (was) sent
7 has been
8 have been bought
9 is
Exercise 7
Who was the opera Fidelio composed by? (Beethoven)
Who was A Theory of Everything directed by? (James Marsh)
What year was Guernica painted? (1937)
Where was Don Giovanni performed for the first time? (Prague)
Who was the role of Susanna in Mozart’s opera The Marriage of Figaro first sung by? (Nancy Storace)
Who was Don Quixote written by? (Miguel De Cervantes)