Unit

MUSIC AND ARTS

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PART 1: GRAMMAR REVIEW

1. Comparisons
- as + adjective + as to show that things are similar.
- not as + adjective + as to mean something is “more” or “less” than something else.
- the same as... to show similarity.
- different from to show that two or more things are not similar.
Examples:
- Classical music is not as exciting as rock and roll.
- The price of food is the same as it was last year.
2. too and either
- too: is used to express agreement with a positive statement.
- either: is used to express agreement with a negative statement.
Examples:
- My friend likes photography, and I like it, too.
- My sister doesn’t like horror films, and my mother doesn’t, either.

PART 2: EXERCISES

A. PHONETICS
I. Put the words into the correct column according to the underlined part.

fashion fiction ocean closure musician

exhibition optional wash stations shoulder
show essential shark shelter usually
special short vision leisure social

/ /
ʃ/ ʒ/
II. Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.
1. A. collection B. tradition C. exhibition D. question
2. A. version B. pleasure C. usual D. design
3. A. closure B. sure C. pleasure D. leisure
4. A. ocean B. concert C. musician D. official
5. A. so B. expensive C. saxophone D. music
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best one (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentence.
1. No one else in the class plays the guitar John.
A. as well B. as far as C. so well as D. as soon as
2. The Brit School is the most famous arts school in Britain.
A. performing B. performance C. perform D. performed
3. Jane is not her brother.
A. more intelligent as B. intelligent as
C. so intelligent as D. so intelligent that
4. Since the 1970s, the festival in Glastonbury has taken almost every year
and has grown in size.
A. part B. place C. note D. notice
5. He drives as his father does.
A. careful as B. more carefully C. the most careful D. carefully as
6. Dong Ho paintings are made on paper with beautiful colors.
A. traditional – nature B. tradition - natural
C. tradition – nature D. traditional - natural
7. I’ll be there I can.
A. sooner as B. no sooner as C. as soon as D. soonest as
8. My village is not it was ten years ago.
A. the same as B. the same to C. same as D. the same
9. The villagers are they were years ago. There is no change at all.
A. differently from B. not as friendly as
C. as friend as D. as friendly as
10. Water puppetry in the 11 century in the villages of the Red River
th

Delta of North Viet Nam.

A. originated B. formed C. started D. began
11. The puppet shows present themes of Vietnamese villages.
A. city B. urban C. village D. rural
12. No one in my class is beautiful her.
A. as – as B. more - as C. as - than D. the - more
13. The group is for their albums and tours around the world.
A. well-knows B. know-how C. well-prepared D. well-known
14. Going by train isn’t convenient as going by car.
 A. so B. as C. more D. A & B are correct.
15. The performances of puppetry show in the countryside and .
A. everyday life - folk rock B. every day life - folk people
C. everyday life - folk tales D. every day life - folk stories
II. Combine into one sentence with “too” or “either”.
1. They can play table tennis. We can play table tennis.
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2. He sings love songs very well. His sister sings love songs very well.
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3. I write diary every night. My mother writes diary every night.
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4. My father doesn’t drink beer. My mother doesn’t drink beer.
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5. She is swimming in the pool. Her children are swimming in the pool.
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6. Hoa ate bread with milk for breakfast. Hoa’s uncle ate bread with milk for breakfast.
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7. She didn’t watch TV last night. Her husband didn’t watch TV last night.
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8. They mustn’t stay up late. Their friends mustn’t stay up late.
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9. Milk is good for your health. Fruit juice is good for your health.
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10. Betty does morning exercise. Betty’s aunt does morning exercise.
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III. Give the correct form of the words in capital.
1. Tran Van Cam is my favourite . ART
He is famous for the painting “Little sister Diep”.
2. Tra Giang is one of the most famous of ACT
Viet Nam. Many people love her.
3. I think that good knowledge of arts and music is a NECESSARY
for anyone.
4. The she gave last night was marvelous. PERFORM
5. Water puppetry in the villages of the ORIGIN
Red River Delta.
6. The DAN BAU is a Vietnamese traditional MUSIC
instrument.
7. is the art or taking and processing photographs. PHOTOGRAPH
8. I don’t like pop music because it is not as as EXCITE
rock and roll.
 9. Peter has received a letter of to see a water INVITE
puppet show this Sunday.
10. Mai wanted to share her with other people. PLEASE
IV. Complete the sentences by using as ... as; not ... as, different ... from.
1. Ms. Hoa is Mrs. Lan. (attractive)
2. Her daughter is her. (beautiful)
3. That dog it looks. (not dangerous)
4. Living in Valencia living in Paris is. (not expensive)
5. Schools in Viet Nam are schools in the USA. (different)
6. Learning French is learning English. (difficult)
7. These trees those. (same)
8. Vios Mazda 3. (not luxurious)
9. His appearance is what I have expected. (different)
10. His job is mine. (important)
C. READING
I. Fill in the blank with a suitable word.
Kevin O’Donnell works (1) Hollywood. He records (2) for films.
He worked on his first film in 1980: Star Wars. He’s now 51 and he (3) helped to
make more than 100 films. In 1983, he did the sound on the film called Terms of Endearment.
The film won five Oscars, but O’Donnell (4) win one. He was at the Oscars in
1983 (5) he was only 26.
Now, he has (6) to the Oscars 20 times. He worked on Top Gun,
Terminator 3, Spider-Man, Transformers and other great films, but he hasn’t won an Oscar
(7) . He has written 20 speeches so far, but has never been given one. (8)
speeches are in a drawer in (9) house. Kevin doesn’t mind. He
knows the sound in his films is amazing. He’s (10) to win one day!
II. Fill in the blank with a suitable word in the box.

howeve made best was much

r wrot lived in the
leaving e
One of the first novels in the history of literature (1) written in England in
1719. It was Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Daniel Defoe was born (2) London in
the family of a rich man. When Daniel was a schoolboy, be began to write stories. After (3)
school, he worked in his father’s shop and (4) articles for newspapers.
Defoe visited many countries and met many people. That helped him (5) in his
writings.
In 1719, when Defoe was sixty years old, he wrote the novel Robinson Crusoe which (6)
him famous. Defoe used in his book a true story about a sailor who (7) on
an island for four years. Robinson Crusoe in Defoes novel lived on an island for twenty-eight
years. People liked (8) novel in England and in many other countries, Daniel
Defoe wrote other books. (9) , his novel Robison Crusoe was the (10)
famous. Defoe was not a rich man when he died in 1731.
III. Read the passage, and then answer the questions.
 Have you ever seen the film School of Rock? It’s about a rock musician who became a
teacher. The film is based on a real music school which is run by Paul Green. Paul Green
started the first School of Rock in 1998 in Philadelphia in the USA. He gave students rock
music lessons after school, but he wanted to do more. Now he gives them the chance to play
in rock concerts. “Some of our students have never played in front of a real audience before.
We teach them how to do it.” he says. He has already taught hundreds of young people to be
rock performers, and now there are 30 schools of rock in different towns in the USA.
1. How many students has he taught?

2. How many schools of rock are there in the USA?

3. When did Paul Green start his first rock school?

4. What is the film School of Rock about?

5. What does he teach his students to do?

D. WRITING
I. Complete sentences with too or either.
1. We often go to the library on Sunday afternoon, they ...................................................
2. Susan can speak Japanese, Tom.....................................................................................
3. Minh didn't see the train, Nga ........................................................................................
4. Hoa will fly to Hong Kong next month, and her mother ................................................
5. The pineapples aren’t ripe. And the durians ..................................................................
6. March is hot, and May ..................................................................................................
7. The boys shouldn’t smoke cigarettes and the girls .........................................................
8. I don’t know how to use a computer and my friends .....................................................
9. She likes eggs, and her brothers ....................................................................................
10. They stayed at home last night, and their children........................................................
II. Combine the sentences. Use the words in brackets.
1. Mr Pike teaches history of arts. Mrs May teaches history of music. SAME SUBJECT

2. This bike is 800,000 VND. That bike is 600,000 VND (PRICE ... DIFFERENT)

3. Linda didn’t go to the concert show last night. Susan didn’t go to the concert show
last night. (EITHER)

4. Classical music is interesting. Folk music is interesting. (AS ... AS)

5. Mr. Owen speaks English. Mrs. Phan speaks English. (SAME LANGUAGE)
 III. Combine the sentences. Use the words in brackets.
1. She would come, and (He)

2. Nobody knew why she was absent, and (WE)

3. Nothing can prevent her son from going there, and (HE)

4. The famers must be working very hard, and (SHE)

5. Everyone knows that girl, and (I)

PART 3: test yourself

A. PHONETICS
I. Find the word which has different sound in the underlined part.
1. A. treasure B. closure C. exposure D. ensure
2. A. happy B. hard C. similarity D. talent
3. A. chorus B. brochure C. machine D. chef
4. A. treasure B. vision C. discussion D. decision
5. A. exhibition B. action C. question D. tradition
II. Find which word does not belong to each group.
1. A. violin B. artist C. saxophone D. guitar
2. A. portrait B. opera C. camera D. photograph
3. A. rock B. rap C. ballet D. pop
4. A. film director B. film producer C. singer D. actor
5. A. crayon B. pencil C. canvas D. water puppet
III. Choose the word that has the different stress from the others.
1. A. adventure B. advertisement C. buffalo D. detective
2. A. cavity B. unhealthy C. personal D. shower
3. A. music B. science C. teacher D. contain
4. A. paddle B. invent C. display D. cartoon
5. A. information B. direction C. tomato D. potato
IV. Choose the best one (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentence or replace the
underlined word.
1. Today, subjects like music and arts are put into the school in Viet Nam.
A. curriculum B. education C. school year D. subjects
2. Robert does not have Peter does.
A. money more than B. as many money as
 C. more money as D. as much money as
3. For many people, a good knowledge of music and arts is regarded as a for
every student.
A. in needs B. necessity C. necessary D. need
4. Last year, Matt earned his brother.
A. twice as much as B. twice as many as
C. twice more than D. twice as more as
5. Arts are of great in education, especially for young children.
A. unimportant B. unimportance
C. importantly D. importance
6. Classical music is not as pop music.
A. exciting B. more excited C. as exciting D. as excited
7. The test is not difficult it was last month.
A. as - as B. so - as C. more - as D. A & B are correct.
8. This year’s musical festival is not it was last year.
A. different from B. worse C. as good as D. as well as
9. I never watch ballet, and my sister doesn’t .
A. either B. like that C. too D. so
10. He works we do.
A. harder B. as hard as C. harder D. so hard as
11. Teenagers in Viet Nam like K-pop, and they like Korean films .
A. too B. either C. so D. however
12. Marie is not intelligent her sister.
A. more – as B. so – so C.so – as D. the – of
13. My brother’s taste in art is quite different mine.
A. to B. from C. with D. as
14. I don’t work so hard my father.
A. so B. as C. than D. more
15. You can see many interesting in that art gallery.
A. portraits B. actors C. paints D. colors
V. Fill in the blank with a suitable word.
On weekdays, I don’t have (1) free time. When I get home from school, I
usually (2) my homework, watch some TV (3) read a book. My parents
bought me a new guitar for my birthday so I play that a lot (4) .
At the weekend, I usually (5) with my friends, John and Thomas. We really
like playing music together. Thomas plays the keyboards and John plays the drums. John has
a set of drums in his bedroom, so we usually practice at his house. John has (6)
written some songs, so we are practicing them at the moment. My sister sometimes sings with
us and we are hoping to (7) some concerts one day!
In the holidays, I sometimes (8) on day trips with my family. I am really
interested in science. That’s (9) we often go to the Science Museum. We usually
go to the beach in August. We always have a great (10) , but the best thing is
lying on the sand and listening to music on my iPod.
VI. Fill in each blank with the comparative, superlative or (not) as ... as of the adjective
given in brackets.
The New Orleans Carnival is (1. not/ big) the carnival in Rio de Janeiro,
but it is (2. famous) carnival in the USA. It is (3. colorful) the
carnival in Rio de Janeiro and it is (4. exciting) event in New Orleans
every year. The weather in New Orleans is (5. not/ good) that in Rio de
Janeiro, but people are (6. friendly) . The carnival season lasts for two weeks
but (7. busy) time is the last five days. The carnival is (8. big)
and (9. exciting) than ever during these five days. It is (10. good)
time to visit New Orleans!
VII. Read the following passage and write T (True) or F (False) for each statement.
In the 1960s, The Beatles were probably the most famous pop group in the whole world.
Since then, there have been a great many groups that have achieved enormous fame, so it is
perhaps difficult now to imagine how sensational The Beatles were at that time. They were
four boys from the north of England and none of them had any training in music. They started
by performing and recording songs by black Americans and they had some success with these
songs. Then they started writing their own songs and that was when they became really
popular. The Beatles changed pop music. They were the first pop group to achieve great
success from songs they had written themselves. After that it became common for groups and
singers to write their own songs.
1. Prior to The Beatles, it was usual tor groups to write their own songs.
2. The Beatles were the most famous pop group in the 1960s.
3. The Beatles did not succeed with the songs by black Americans.
4. Some members of The Beatles studied music at school.
5. The Beatles achieved great success with the song they had written.
VIII. Complete sentences with “too" or “either”.
1. They often go to the library on Sunday afternoon. He ...................................................
2. Lee can speak Japanese. I .............................................................................................
3. Nam didn’t see the train. Nga .......................................................................................
4. Linh will fly to China next month, and he .....................................................................
5. The books aren’t red. And the ruler ...............................................................................
6. Today is hot, and yesterday ..........................................................................................
7. The boys don’t smoke cigarettes and the girls ...............................................................
8. I don’t know her and he .................................................................................................
9. I likes eggs and her brother ............................................................................................
10. I stayed at home last night, and they ...........................................................................
IX. Combine the sentences. Use the words in brackets.
1. Everything is not OK, and (THIS PROBLEM)
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2. My dog never barks, and (YOUR DOGS)
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 3. He likes to join in the army, and (SHE)
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4. Karen’d rather go to school on time, and (MARY)
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5. I have to take a bath right away, and (HE)
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X. Combine the sentences. Use the words in brackets.
1. Huyen My sings beautifully. Her sister sings more beautifully than her.
(AS ... AS)
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2. The new sculpture is 4 metres high. The old sculpture is 4.2 metres high.
(AS ... AS)
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3. Linh likes pop music. Her brother likes pop music. (TOO)
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4. Van Gogh is Dutch. Picasso is Spanish. (NATIONALITY ....
DIFFERENT)
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5. This house is green. That house is green. (COLOR .... DIFFERENT)
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