Bands and fans About the exam: in the Speaking exam, Part 1, you 3 questions in which ou give personal information and opinions. Listen to the quest examiner asked. Strategy: Give Interesting answers but don't say somuch that you dominate the ure your answers are quite Vocabulary music and free time activities El Find eight words in the wordsearch connected with music, bands and fans. oltlkij[iln|s|t{rlulmleln|t plelriflolr kid qiule hliir ale aluldlile|n ilu lplililziple x im) [tlulglbiv|i o|m jalkin klyluiwliipiuimalule aixp ki cjolnicle ri tirinlr Ed Find and correct the mistakes with collocations in sentences 1-8 below. 1. Lreally think listening musics retaxing 2 iment? 3 try togoas many live concerts as you play at a musical in sible - they're great! rk 4 watch at television in the evenings after 5 It’s much easier iF can make the shopping at 6 tend stay at home on Sundays. weekends lems at work. Hove the strong beat. 7 Making yoga helps me switch off from px 8 Tin really in rock music Speaking Listening to and answering questions (Part 1) > CB page 7 EB © 01 Listen to the questions an examiner asks. Match questions 1-7 to answers A-I. There are two answers you do not need to use. ‘A. Myolder brother actually. can talk to him about alo anything, B_ tshard to say but hope ll be working as a doctor, Ive just started ying medicine. _Allkinds realy. Hip hop, rock, azz telly ke classical music play the violin E Yes.a ny sister F We usually goto the seaside, but this year were going to visit my brother in Madrid. He's studyin G The people. The town itself very beautiful witha cathedral and a wonderful square, but its the people that make Has studying sister. My brother is fother and year younge! ree years older than me and special 1 English liked the science subjects too but English is my favourite.Reading Gapped text (Part 6) » CB page 8 \ the sentences below to the functions 50x. You can use two of the functions aS an once. ¥ _ About the exes rm witing refusing an invitation In the Reading exam, Pert 6, you read a & & as. snaking ofers sentences. After the text you find the é eee meres fers, jumbled order You decide where y se sem pes eames SOS SE Apennines Strategy: eo & & &s + Read the whole text first DP HL? SS ce SO PS + Lookat the words like pronouns EES demensatves (69. a ond oe adjectives (her, their) in the sentences b. removed from the text and decide what t, + When you have chosen the missing sentences, s the whole text through again with the sentences place to make sure thatt all makes sense, Ei You are going to read a newspaper article about musicians raising money for charity. hs Read the article and decide which of titles their. 1-3 summarises the article best. es Where did all the money go? The concert that changed what it means to be a musician The first charity concert BD Sixsentences have been removed from the article. Choose from sentences A-G the one which fits each gap (1-6). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. What is isthe benefits they have for the musicians themselves, They ended up making over a thousand times that rnuch tt was recorded in just under twenty-four hours in a studio in London. it was this that gave Geldof the idea of recording a song for the African famine In fact t was ciffculties with transporting the aid ‘once in Aftica that led to the next phase of the ef and the famous Live Aid concert itself F The result was one of the biggest-selling singles of all time, G Live Aid was not the first concert aimed at raising the musie ana popular Wish ara musician in the grou. sang a ine ofthe song Dx The success ofthe song prob. ofthe performers than the qualty en ireediate eect on the Bish pu en hour The singer who was number on to buy the Band Aid single instead of is Ure had hoped to make £70,000. [Ea] Even then not everyone was convinced that it had goed idea. There were criticise of Geldof and Ure « ‘musicians and the lyics ofthe song and doubts about whet. ‘money raised would reach its target. Tho journalist who had fi the report which had inspired Gedo's wile was very suspic ofthe perfrmers' motives. But when he returned to Ethiopia an ‘saw alght huge planes with the Band Ald logo at the azpor. he as Impressed, Z|} Te foos ena supplies wore els uo because the local ruckg Gompenios would not move the goods ar alow anyon 52 to move them. Gekiof realised he had to do someting to protest about this so he set about organising the Live Ald concer. Geldof not only managed to gat the tuck drivers to cooperate, he alo started a new trend that continued over tho next three decades. [IE] —] There ha been ‘benefit concerts’ belore ‘The difference was that pop stars wers now expressing opinions bout world events, Doubs ae often raised about the contibution these concerts make. Some even argue that they have @ negative mac. [EEE] These incu taro and colt, but surely, ar never Bo a bad thing to ty and raise maney for those in need.Look at words 1-3 from the article in Activity 2 and cross out the word that cannot be used with i ind 1 raise money/your hand/doubts/your mt 2. record a song/your answers dish/a message 3 file ajacker/a reporv/a complaint/a document Choose the definition, A or B, that matches the meaning of words 1-5 in the context of the article in Activity 2. 1 stuck Aput —B glued 2 line A agroup of words B along thin mark 3. clea: Afieedom — B availability 4 heldup A stolen 5 target A aboard with circles that you try to hit when you are shooting B an amount you are tying to achieve Find words in the article to match definitions 1-4. 1. wena large number of people become ill or die because they do not have enough food the words ofa song found new people to work ’@ new situation with changes or development Look at sentences 1-3 from the article. Choose the sentence, A or B, that is closest in meaning to the original. Look at the article again and use the whole context to help you. uccess of the song probably had more to do with the status of the performers than the quality ofthe music. ‘A The success of the song was due to the status of the performers rather than the quality of the music B The success of the song was based on a combination of the status of the performers and the quality of the music, 2. They ended up making over a thousand times that much. A Eventually they made more than they had expected, B By the time it was over they had made more than they expected, 3. Itcannever those in need A It's always good to try to raise money. a bad thing to ty and raise money for B It can sometimes be wrong to try to raise money, Read the complete article again. Which of the opinions below do you agree with? Think of three reasons you would give for your opinions. Concerts ike Le Aid are a good thing. Ratsing money to help others should be done by politicians not musicians, Grammar simple and continuous forms in the present 10 > CB page 10 Underline the correct alternative in sentences 1-10. Unavefam having a ticket for the concert on Friday | and | gev/am getting really excited! The group come/are coming from the same school as went to, which makes it even more exciting, They perform/are performing all over Europe now, or atleast that’s what my friend tells telling me, They become/are becoming more popular now as. more people know/are knowing about them and download/are downloading thelr music. | understand/am understanding that the concert is sold out, sot just can't wait to hear/be hearing them play! know/arn kt works wor here in the UK. He says saying that the band are eally looking forward/really ook forward to coming back to their home town to play on Friday, Their fans love/are loving them wherever they play/ laying, but we're special for them. They've changed their style of playing a bit over the years. On their latest record they sound/are sounding more like Coldplay but |ike/am liking ita lot. wring one of the roadies and he ig backstage on some oftheir gigs Some people criticise/are ertcising them for that, but I disagree/am disagreeing. tm still their biggest fan.Use of English Multiple-choice cloze (Part 1) > CB page |! —_—_—____ About the exar In Part 1, you ead a text with eight gaps and choose the best word from four options to fit ach 2p. The contect word may be: + part ofa xed phrase or collocation, + part ofa phrasal verb + the only word that makes sense in the sentence (e9.aconnecton + the word that fits with the worl) before or after the gap. Strategy: + Read the tle and the wile text without worrying about the gaps so that you understand what tis about Go through the text stopping at each gap. Read the four options, CCheck the words before and aftr the gop. Then ctroose the best option IDI For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which word (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). Music on your mind You know the fesing ~ you'te listening fo music and cidenly your whole (0) 4. mused. changes from to happy. This ming-atering pov ‘amazing, andintemet music sites ara using sop ways of (1) search our dovinioadad fles oF o Us in touch with ne ino istering habits (2)... pattems, and the results are often surpris - would you believe that ACI enjoy Beethoven? C fans Musicians have been (3) Ceonturies, using accepted id Unforgettable muste for the emotional 15 ab ‘apnea! of certain combinations of musical sounds. I's @)..._.. knowledge that major chords sound upbeat (8)....... minor chords sound mournful — in tests, feven chicren as young es three connect music in maior keys to happy faces. S subject have been (6)... various experiments euch as Scanning the brains of people while they isten to music One thing they (7)... ac triggers ‘activity in the motor regions of the brain, which ¢: tists investigating the is that musi ‘explain why we often need to @)....our feet to musi. ‘The possibiltios for medicine and business are exci A mood Didea Apiacing A looking o Aconst Aareat Awhile Ae Acame Arp temper Cmaking — doing Dlookinc looking up after C inventing Common Dw Csince so Cdoing having brought Chit it Blooking fo ting B forming Decomposing Busual B during ing B making Bwent Bbang Drook D strike two phrasal verb: three collocations, ° 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 a Ed Read the complete text again. Underline: 1 2 3 phrase. Listening Multiple matching (Part 3) > CB page 12 ———<—<____ About the exam: In the Listening paper Part3, you ead eight statements or questions and hear five clfferent people speaking about the same topic You match each speaker to the appropriate statement or question There are thee ext statements or questions you do net need to use. You hear athe speakers twice Strategy: + Read the instructions and the questions or statements careful Underline the key words inthe statements Then listen for these key ideas when you hear the speakers the fst ime. + When you hear the speakers the second time, decide on the comrect answer AA the end, check that you have only sed each statement or question once. HB © 02 You will hear five different people talking abouta live pop concert they have been to. Choose from the list (A-H) what each speaker disliked most about the concert. Use each letter only once. There are three extra letters which you do not need to use. The type of music played _ pay pecker [ 7 Tho rena and he stage 2 Speaker 2 Tne location ofthe : = Speakers [ Tho aucionce ; Speake he qualty ofthe muse = Speaker § The price ofthe ZTa™monw> The quous to ge inUse of English Grammar would and used to for past habit Key word transformations (Part 4) ———— > CB page 3 7 About the exam: extracts about music and In the Use of English paper, Part 4, there are six unconnected ee ontne yeorrect verb form in sentences, For each one you complete a new sentence so that it has cross out the each sentence. a similar meaning, using a word given in bold. You must not change this word “Throughout history, parents This part tests a range of grammatical structures and vocabulary. dolused to do this because they — | thought it was good for mental + Don't change the key word. + Only write between two and five words, including the given word. Contractions (eg, won') count as two words. discipline, Others believedlused El complete the second sentence so that it has a similar to believelwould believe that meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Knowledge of important works Do not change the word given. You must use between ‘of classical music was part of a two and five words, including the word given. good general education Here is an example (0). © decided not to learn to play the piano asi seemed very difcul Classical music has regulary featured in up Pop culture, and has often been used as ‘background music for movies, television programmes and advertisements. As a decided not fe, take iy earming.t0 play the piano because it med very difficul result many people ae used to/would/ 1 ved in London when | was a child, But now live in Pars have got used to regulary and often UseD unknowingly listening to classical music. Hive in Paris now, but London when I was a child This means that people who didn't use to/wouldn’t/hadn’t used to buy classical ‘music have actualy been enjoying it 2 When Ilived in Lond ft to the music shop on the comer y Saturday Without realising wouLp Every Saturday the music shop on the comer ED Sentences 1-6 below each have when |Ivedin London, a word missing. Complete the 3 Its become easy for me to sing live as I doit so much sentences with the words in Gor the box. Ive 2-188 1 doit so much, — = 4 would . to(x2) used got get watching TV quite elaxing in the the hate classical 5 to live concerts very often, HARDLY music, but Iloved 2. Every time | went to a concert I buy a ive concerts, Tshitt to remind me of it 6 only found your messa 3. My brothers to go to football matches something else, instead of coming to rock concerts ‘ACROSS 4 Aftera while | used 0 going to music 5 My mother could not used to me doing different things from my brothers 6 Now! think shes got used itWriting EX match the sentences below to the functions e in the box. You can use two of the functions Informal email (Part 2) > CB page 14 aa hao About the exam: explaining inviting refusing an invitation In Part 2 of the Writing paper you may have the stating preferences making offers ‘opportunity to write a letter or email You willbe given making suggestions part of a letter or email to renly to, and you should write 140-190 words. The letter or email may be semi-formal 11 What fd rather do's go to the evening performance. or informal 2. Imafraid | wont be able to make it in November. Strategy: 3. Maybe we could meet outside the box office at seven, Read the instructions and the whole task very carefully 4 The thing I, the venue’ a dificult place to find so its identify better to go toget ee gay 5 Im going to the gig in the park tonight - do you fancy + why you are writing + what you have to write about + whether you need to use a semi-formal or informal ning along? 6 July's the best month for festivals so that would be a a really good time to come. You will probably need to use functions such as 7 Would you like me to buy the tickets? explaining giving information, suggesting, Make sure 8 Unfortunately, that's when | have some of my exams. you cover al the points mentioned in the email or letter inthe task Look at the task below, Then read the em: the student has written. Look at the task and decide if statements 1-5 below are true (T) or false (F). Identity any mr Underline any sing informatioy tences that are too formal You have received an email from your English speaking friend, Julia, orrect any language mista You have received this emall from yo speaking friend, Jo. English From: Julia ‘Subject: Musie Chib I'm going to start a music club here! | want to play music fom all over the world, and ike to visit your country to get ideas. When's the best ime to come? What's the best way to find fut what kind of music young peopl ike? ‘Can you recommend some local music clubs | could visit? Reply soon, Julia From: Jo Subject: Next weok Hilnga — im really looking forward lo coming to stay wth you next wook. Ifyou cant maet me at the station at 3, Il get a tax. Toll me about the music festival wo'e going tol Do need to bring anything special? See you soon! You should write in a forrnal style, r Your eply should provide various kinds of information, You have to ask some questions as well {macing fousad to ee you to msn to fom you am You can use abbreviations and smileys in your answer, | ncbtetomeet you ct he soon az mesg thn gre eos ms _ Tocause ve go exo sone oe bad ous be You should write 140-190 words ‘cl oxracton there avery good seri ve 10 ‘cn estate baci ts at Cape! Ga te br 18 oro Write your email for the task. You must use fico you rowheuto ual omy ase grammatically correct sentences with ood of erect bonds end ul have ote fun Is the ball accurate spelling and punctuation in an belts of peopl there. appropriate style. Mevsune Sle nou ~ see yun! week Yours sincerely ne u