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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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value order behave play frost

name understand book record

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