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Grammar
Defining relative clauses
1 Match the two halves of the sentences. Add a relative pronoun where necessary.
→ That’s the teacher who sings in a jazz band.
→ a That’s the teacher…
1 The cheetah is the animal…
2 The club…
3 This is the campsite…
4 We’re almost related; she’s the girl…
5 That’s the road…
6 Bob Marley was the man…
7 It’s the smallest computer…
8 He’s the artist…
9 Elizabeth I was the queen…
a sings in a jazz band.
b we’ll be staying.
c brother is going out with my sister!
d we went to, had a live band.
e Mark had his accident.
f you can buy.
g made reggae so popular.
h probably saw Shakespeare as an actor.
i runs the fastest.
j painting won the competition.
Non-defining relative clauses
2 Combine each pair of sentences using a non-defining relative clause.
→ The winner comes from Spain. She wants privacy.
The winner, who wants privacy, comes from Spain.
1 Frederick the Great died in 1786. He was born in Berlin.
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2 Stratford-upon-Avon is in central England. Shakespeare was born there.
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3 Oxford is a university town. It is on the Thames.
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4 The Great Barrier Reef is off the coast of Australia. It is the largest coral reef in the world.
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5 Penguins are excellent swimmers. They live in the Antarctic.
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6 Jack the Ripper murdered at least six women. He was active in the 19th century.
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7 The Rolling Stones are all British. They formed in 1962.
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Defining relative clauses vs non-defining relative clauses
3 Complete the sentences with a relative pronoun if one is necessary. If not, write N.
→ The train N we were taking was delayed.
1 David Bowie, __ died in 2016, was one of the most iconic rock musicians of all time.
2 Mozart was born in Salzburg, __ his father was a musician.
3 One of the first moving pictures, __ was made in 1878, was of a horse walking.
4 The photo __ you posted was really good!
5 The woman __ leg was broken is getting better.
6 Their car, __ they had left at the station, was stolen.
7 Angie and Pete, __ you met at our wedding, are coming to stay.
8 The teacher __ we had last year has retired.
9 The winning point, __ was won after two hours on court, went to Giorgi.
let, make, have, get
4 Underline the mistake in the sentences. Then write out the corrections. There is one mistake in each sentence.
→ Do your parents usually made you tidy up?
Do your parents usually make you tidy up?
1 They let their dog to run around in the road.
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2 Giulia make us wait for hours yesterday.
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3 The doctor had me to go for some tests.
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4 Try getting a friend to teaching you to ski.
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5 She makes us to study really hard.
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6 My parents let I stay out late at the weekend.
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7 Emilio got me give him a lift.
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8 Our teacher never let us leave early.
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9 They are making the children eating a lot of vegetables.
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10 The head teacher had everyone stayed late.
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Vocabulary
Talking about music
5 Complete the words in the definitions.
→ An a l b u m is a published collection of songs or pieces of music.
1 A large group of musicians is an o_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
2 A band which plays before the main band is called a s_ _ _ _ _ _ a_ _.
3 If you’re a famous singer, you’re w_ _ _ k_ _ _ _.
4 Someone who performs alone without a band is a s_ _ _ a_ _ _ _ _.
5 When tickets g_ o_ s_ _ _, it means they’re available.
6 The c_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ directs a group of musicians and tells them when and how to play.
7 A band that performs in front of an audience is giving a l_ _ _ p_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
8 The place where you go to watch a concert is called the concert v_ _ _ _.
9 If there are no tickets left to buy, it means they are s_ _ _ o_ _.
10 If there’s loud c_ _ _ _ _ _ _ from the audience, it means they like a song or a band.
11 This is the place where musicians record their music r_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
s_ _ _ _ _.
Easily confused words: music
6 Choose the correct alternative.
→ Sid and the Chickens have had four songs/music in the top ten in the last year.
1 I’ve backed up my whole music collection/files onto the cloud.
2 As an artist, unless your music’s pirated/copyrighted, it’s not protected.
3 Tom uploaded/downloaded a few of his own songs online. I hope he manages to sell them.
4 I’m going to audition for the backing lyrics/vocals for the Deckers’ next tour.
5 The organisers have changed the venue/local, the original one was too small.
6 Can you understand the music/lyrics? I can’t make them out at all!
7 Did you like the setting/local for the music video? I thought it was really original.
8 How many songs/music have you got in your collection?
9 I didn’t use to like listening to rap, but my style of/taste in music is different these days.
Prefixes for verbs
7 Write words formed from the verbs below and a prefix in the table. Some words can be used more than once. Then complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb.
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|re- |de- |mis- |pre- |
|revalue |devalue | | |
→ Izzy’s replayed that track four times in a row. She must really like it.
1 Do you have to __ this first, or can you cook it from frozen?
2 Do you know why they’ve __ Frenchay Road and called it Kennedy Road?
3 Bob’s in trouble with the German teacher again. He always __ in her class.
4 It makes me angry when people __ the contribution of young people in our community.
5 If you want be one of the first to get the Intruders album, you can __ it.
6 Susie completely __ the directions, so we had to stop and ask again.
7 Pizza Pazza is always packed on Saturday nights, so it’s probably a good idea to __.
8 The Deckers have __ a couple of the Rolling Stones’ songs, but I prefer the original versions.
Suffixes to form adjectives
8 Form adjectives from the words using a suffix below. Be careful with your spelling.
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→ attract attractive
1 style __ 8 please __
2 power __ 9 create __
3 power __ 10 red __
4 addict __ 11 disrupt __
5 depend __ 12 six __
6 differ __ 13 pain __
7 product __ 14 pain __
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name understand book record
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