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Real Exam English Episode Seven - MusicUse Of English Exercises(answers at the end):1. What is the missing word?I wish I ___ learned to play an instrument that was portable, something you could travel with. 2. Phrasal Verbs: Match the phrasal verb to the definition1. move ona. Like2. make upb. Start something new3. keep up to datec. stay informed4. grow up ond. gain strength frome. do or have as a child5. be into6. feed off f. Create or invent Transcript:Hello and welcome to Real Exam English, my name is Trevor and today we?re talking about music.I think more or less everybody loves music, right! In this episode we hear about a wide variety of different music genres, we learn about the difference between classic and classical music and we also have some great phrasal verbs.We have a super mix of accents for you today and in case you can?t follow everything the speakers say then you can request the transcripts on Facebook or Instagram, and they include some excellent grammar and vocabulary exercises to help improve your English.Ok then, let?s go with the questions.Trevor: What kind of music do you enjoy most?Karen: Well, it?s easier for me to tell you what I don?t like. I don?t like country music, at all. But other than that I like all kinds of music but mostly, in general, I would say I listen to folk music. But just depending on my mood I can listen to jazz, and anything…am…pop..whatever….so I?m pretty openminded but I know I don?t like country music.Trevor: What kind of music do you enjoy most?Adrian: I like a lot of music, there?s things that I don?t like, y?know I don?t like hard metal and I don?t like punk. I like things that are easy to listen to. So I like classic music like Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac and y?know, sort of older things but I?ve also moved with the times so I check the internet every week and I go on websites and I find new music from new bands and that?s usually chillout, trip hop, sort of electronic dance music. So yea, I like a bit of everything I guess, there?s just one or two things I don?t like.Trevor: What?s your favourite kind of music?Mary: Good question….I like a lot of indie music, I like electronic music as well, I like dance music, drum ?n?bass, big fan of drum n?bass, but mostly like during the day I would listen to indie, kind of folk rock, that kind of thing.Trevor: Have you ever tried to play a musical instrument?Mary: Yea I studied music at school. I used to sing in the choir all through, actually all through school I sang in the choir from the age of six through to 18 and then I also learned to play the piano and the recorder. They kind of used to teach us to start playing on the recorder. Then I moved on to the piano, then I did exams kind of all the way through but I don?t have a piano now so all those years are kind of wasted. I wish I had learned to play an instrument that was portable, y?know something you could travel with. Maybe a guitar or a fiddle even, that would be awesome.Trevor: Do you ever go to concerts?Emma: I would more call what i do going to see live music. Yes, I have been to concerts but concerts per se wouldn?t be my favourite thing to go to. They?re more crowded, too difficult to get into, too….aaaa…you don?t get to see the stage very well, it?s a little bit impersonal. I more like to go to kind of live music, gigs, that are small and intimate and perhaps even bands that aren?t well known, as much, but you feed off of the intimacy of having a small venue and a more relaxed environment.Trevor: Can you sing or play an instrument?Emma: Unfortunately no. I don?t…..I?m not talented in that area but I would love to be. Trevor: Can you sing or play an instrument?Diarmuid: Yes, some would say I can. I used to play a lot when I was younger and I played professionally in a band for many years, throughout my twenties. Had a great time, loved every minute of it but had to move on eventually.Trevor: And what did you play?Diarmuid: I played guitar and I sang.Trevor: Do you ever listen to the radio? Roxane: Yea pretty much every day, I always listen. I listen to Radio One, BBC Radio One. I think I like it because it reminds me of home. I don?t always like every song but the talking always kind of keeps me up to date and reminds me of home a little bit.Trevor: Yea I do the same, I listen to some Irish programs just because it?s someone Irish talking about Irish stuff like.Trevor: Do you ever go to concerts?Adrian: Not at the moment because of Covid 19. I?m not a big concertgoer, no, I?m not. My girlfriend takes me to concerts. She?s a bit like me, she goes on these websites and she?ll look for new artists and she?ll drag me along to these things. And I?ll usually enjoy it when I get there. I went to watch an artist called Marc Ribellet and he makes music live, so he shouts out to the audience and he?ll say “gimme a theme” and people will say “eating pizza” and then he?ll just make a song up about eating pizza and he was brilliant, so funny, so that?s the last concert I went to. Trevor: What kind of music do you like?Mike: I like all kinds of music. When I was younger I grew up on, like, a lot of funk, and heavy metal and punk rock, and as I was a teenager I was more into hip hop and djing and things like that. But if I have to choose right now, in my days right now, I don?t like anything too loud or too crazy so I prefer something a bit more mellow like jazz or classical which really helps me to, like, concentrate sometimes.That?s it for the questions today folks. You?ll notice that in every answer we heard a few different genres of music. Have a think about what different types of music you would mention in an exam if asked, and how you would structure your answer with some nice connectors. If you?re not really a music lover or a concert goer then you could always make up an answer!Ok then, I?d really appreciate it if you can like and subscribe to the podcast on apple podcasts, spotify, ivoox or whatever podcast player you use. And don?t be shy about getting in contact on Facebook or Instagram, I?d love to hear from you.Bye for now, TrevorFancy LanguageMusic genres: Indie, classic rock, electronic, dance music, chillout, folk, country, jazz, classical, pop, trip hop, hard metal, punk, drum n?bass, rock Express past regrets: I wish I had studied more when I was younger.Phrasal verbs: move on, make up, grow up on, be into, drag along, keep up to date, feed off ofUse of English Answers:1. had2. 1 b, 2 f, 3 c, 4 e, 5 a, 6 d ................
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