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Unit 7: Artists 7A. Vocabulary • Art forms I. Complete the sentences with the art forms below. cartoon drawings classical music musicals mime ballet sitcom sculptures dance painting 1. A __________ is a funny television programme in which the same characters appear in different situations each week. 2. Carroll appeared in a number of Broadway __________ in which part of the stories are sung to music. 3. The waltz is an easy __________ to learn. 4. __________ is a performance in which dancing and music tell a story without any speaking. 5. There was a large __________ of his father on the wall. 6. He made detailed __________ of animals and flowers in his book. 7. The first scene of the play was performed in __________ in which actors use movements of their hands and bodies, and expressions on their faces, without speech. 8. Local artists were asked to create life-size bronze __________ for the garden. 9. Do you prefer __________ like Mozart and Haydn, or pop? 10. A __________ is a short film that is made by photographing a series of drawings. • Artists II. Match each word below with its definition. model conductor audience busker stage hand choreographer sound technician juggler 1. a person who combines movements into dances to be performed 2. a person who sits still for an artist to paint them 3. a person who performs on the street throwing and catching a set of balls 4. a person who helps move the scenery 5. the person who leads an orchestra 6. a person who makes sure the microphones are working properly 7. a person who plays music on the street 8. the people watching the show III. Choose the correct answers. 1. I always give money to composers/ buskers in the street. 2. We went to the opening night at the theatre last week and we met a playwright / cartoonist after the show. 3. The jugglers / sculptors are performing at the festival. 4. He’s at music college, training to be a composer / scriptwriter.

(TIRE) hours of rehearsals and some 10 __________ (DISAPPOINT) along the way. If you can do all that, you just might become a star. • Artistic activities VII. Complete the sentences with the verbs below in the correct form. conduct appear direct carve compose sing write act create perform 1. To Hoai often __________ very interesting stories about his native village and animals. 2. Someone had __________ their initials on the tree. 3. Picasso __________ a complete new style of painting. 4. She has already __________ in a numbers of films. 5. Before every concert, she worries about how well she will __________ . 6. Who will be __________ the orchestra? 7. Schumann was better at __________ music than playing it. 8. She is __________ the role of Lady Macbeth six evenings a week. 9. He wanted to give up acting and start __________ his own films. 10. I could hear the birds __________ outside my window. VIII. Complete the story with the correct form of the verbs below. rehearse practise test not work move look at forget change into The opening night was a complete disaster. The sound technician was late, so he didn’t have time to 1 __________ the microphones. That meant that we didn’t realise they 2 __________ until after the play had started. The lead actor 3 __________ his opening lines, so the lead actress had to say them for him. But the lead actress hadn’t had time to 4 __________ her costume, so she went through the entire first act with her jeans on. The stage hands wouldn’t stop 5 __________ at the audience when they 6 __________ the scenery. So they kept on dropping all the equipment. And then in the interval one of the dancers twisted her ankle while she 7 __________ the steps. Honestly, I don’t know why we spent so much time 8 __________ . • Cultural activities IX. Complete the sentences with the words below. musical sitcom art galleries theatre novels ballets opera concert 1. Last Sunday they went to watch ‘Swan Lake’, one of the greatest classical __________ 2. I’d far rather go to the __________ than watch a video. 3. Have you read any of Charles Dickens’ __________? 4. They also performed at a(n) __________ in Rome last month. 5. London is famous for its museums and __________, and they visited some during their trip in London last month.