Grammar
Defining relative clauses
1Match the two halves of the sentences. Add a relative pronoun where necessary.
→That’s the teacher who sings in a jazz band.
→aThat’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…
asings in a jazz band.
bwe’ll be staying.
cbrother is going out with my sister!
dwe went to, had a live band.
eMark had his accident.
fyou can buy.
gmade reggae so popular.
hprobably saw Shakespeare as an actor.
iruns the fastest.
jpainting won the competition.
Non-defining relative clauses
2Combine 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.
1Frederick the Great died in 1786. He was born inBerlin.
______
2Stratford-upon-Avon is in central England.Shakespeare was born there.
______
3Oxford is a university town. It is on the Thames.
______
4The Great Barrier Reef is off the coast of Australia. Itis the largest coral reef in the world.
______
5Penguins are excellent swimmers. They live in theAntarctic.
______
6Jack the Ripper murdered at least six women. Hewas active in the 19th century.
______
7The Rolling Stones are all British. They formed in1962.
______
Defining relative clauses vs non-defining relative clauses
3Complete the sentences with a relative pronoun if one is necessary. If not, write N.
→The train Nwe were taking was delayed.
1David Bowie, __died in 2016, was one ofthe most iconic rock musicians of all time.
2Mozart was born in Salzburg, __ his fatherwas a musician.
3One of the first moving pictures, __ wasmade in 1878, was of a horse walking.
4The photo __ you posted was really good!
5The woman __ leg was broken is gettingbetter.
6Their car, __ they had left at the station, wasstolen.
7Angie and Pete, __ you met at our wedding,are coming to stay.
8The teacher __ we had last year has retired.
9The winning point, __ was won after twohours on court, went to Giorgi.
let, make, have, get
4Underline 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?
1They let their dog to run around in the road.
______
2Giulia make us wait for hours yesterday.
______
3The doctor had me to go for some tests.
______
4Try getting a friend to teaching you to ski.
______
5She makes us to study really hard.
______
6My parents let I stay out late at the weekend.
______
7Emilio got me give him a lift.
______
8Our teacher never let us leave early.
______
9They are making the children eating a lot ofvegetables.
______
10The head teacher had everyone stayed late.
______
Vocabulary
Talking about music
5Complete the words in the definitions.
→An albumis a published collection of songs orpieces of music.
1A large group of musicians is an o______.
2A band which plays before the main band is calleda s______a_ _.
3If you’re a famous singer, you’re w_ _ _ k_ _ _ _.
4Someone who performs alone without a band is as_ _ _ a_ _ _ _ _.
5When tickets g_ o_ s_ _ _, it means they’re available.
6The c______directs a group of musiciansand tells them when and how to play.
7A band that performs in front of an audience isgiving a l_ _ _ p______.
8The place where you go to watch a concert is calledthe concert v_ _ _ _.
9If there are no tickets left to buy, it means they ares_ _ _ o_ _.
10If there’s loud c______from the audience, itmeans they like a song or a band.
11This is the place where musicians record their musicr______
s_ _ _ _ _.
Easily confused words: music
6Choose the correct alternative.
→Sid and the Chickens have had four songs/music inthe top ten in the last year.
1I’ve backed up my whole music collection/files ontothe cloud.
2As an artist, unless your music’s pirated/copyrighted,it’s not protected.
3Tom uploaded/downloaded a few of his own songsonline. I hope he manages to sell them.
4I’m going to audition for the backing lyrics/vocals forthe Deckers’ next tour.
5The organisers have changed the venue/local, theoriginal one was too small.
6Can you understand the music/lyrics? I can’t makethem out at all!
7Did you like the setting/local for the music video?I thought it was really original.
8How many songs/music have you got in yourcollection?
9I didn’t use to like listening to rap, but my style of/taste in music is different these days.
Prefixes for verbs
7Write 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.
re- / de- / mis- / pre-revalue / devalue
→Izzy’s replayedthat track four times in a row. Shemust really like it.
1Do you have to __ this first, or can you cookit from frozen?
2Do you know why they’ve __ FrenchayRoad and called it Kennedy Road?
3 Bob’s in trouble with the German teacher again. Healways __ in her class.
4It makes me angry when people __thecontribution of young people in our community.
5If you want be one of the first to get the Intrudersalbum, you can __ it.
6Susie completely __ the directions, so wehad to stop and ask again.
7Pizza Pazza is always packed on Saturday nights, soit’s probably a good idea to __.
8The Deckers have __ a couple of the RollingStones’ songs, but I prefer the original versions.
Suffixes to form adjectives
8Form adjectives from the words using a suffixbelow. Be careful with your spelling.
→attract attractive
1style __8 please __
2power __9 create __
3power __10 red __
4addict __ 11 disrupt __
5depend __12 six __
6differ __13 pain __
7product __14 pain __
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