63867 talk about music

TALK THE MUSIC!
VOCABULARY

e) Politics bores many people.
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1

Underline the words that describe how
someone feels.
amazing boring delighted puzzled
embarrassing excited frightened
surprised

2 Complete the sentences below with words
from the list.
a) Discussions about the weather are
extremely boring.
b) I find talking about money problems with
strangers very _____________.
c) She was quite ____________ when her
car broke down on a country road at
midnight.
d) He was ___________ to see us because
he hadn’t received our message.
e) Some of the new medical techniques are
really _____________!
f) I was ______________________ to hear
about your wedding plans

3 Rewrite the sentences with adjectives

ending in –ing.
a) Stories of the supernatural fascinate me.
Stories of the supernatural are fascinating.

READING
1 Read the passages A to G and decide
which question they all answer.
a) How do you like to spend your evenings?
b) What are your favorite conversation
topics?
c) What topics do you avoid discussing?

2 Underline the adjectives in the passages
which describe how people feel about these
topics of conversation.
local politics
personal relationships
travel
football

3 What adjectives describe these topics?
food
world news
money
music

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b) Opera doesn’t interest me at all.
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c) Rock music excites people of all ages.
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d) Watching television relaxes me.
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4 Which passage(s) is/are closes to your
ideas?
Write down adjectives you would choose to
describe the topics in activity 2 and 3.


A
Well, we talk about all sorts of things, but we
usually end the evening discussing local
politics. Most of us are interested in the
community, so there’s always plenty of talk
about. Some people even get a little mad, but
we never have serious arguments.
Harry.

C
We keep away from religion and politics. If
you want to create a friendly atmosphere and
help people feel relaxed, there are many other
things which are more likely to interest
everybody. Travel, for instance, is a good icebreaker.
Rick.

E
Our conversation are usually about daily life
and people we meet. We don’t talk about the
world news because it is so depressing.
Money is another subject we avoid because it
can be embarrassing.
Linda.

G
We are all crazy about jazz. The music scene is
really exciting because there are so many
exciting new bands around today so we never
get bored with it. We don’t talk about much
else really. Except sometimes our personal
relationships – boyfriends, that sort of thing.
Eva

B
Lots of different things. We try to avoid talking
about personal relationships. Most people get
embarrassed if the conversation becomes too
personal, so we tend to keep it on a general
level.
Alan.

D
Well, we seem to spend a lot of time talking about
food. It’s something that we all enjoy. It’s one of
those universal topics that most people find

interesting.
Mary.

F
Football is a favorite subject since most of us
are really into it. We get very excited when
there is an important game on. People who
don’t know us well are often very surprised to
hear us arguing. They don’t realize that it is
just good fun.
Chris.

GRAMMAR
Complete the sentences with a question tag.
a) Well, we aren’t doing very well, _are we?
b) You are sure she’s coming, ____________
c) You like staying up late, _______________
d) It’s not them again, __________________
e) You don’t really expect me to agree with
that, _________________
f) Today is Monday, _______________


WRITING
1 Write a short paragraph in answer to one of
the questions in Reading activity 1
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2 Agree or disagree with the following
statements. If you disagree, write sentences
expressing your opinions.
a) Jazz is the most relaxing form of music.
b) Modern rock music is really noisy and
boring.
c) Only old people like opera because they
can’t understand pop music.
d) There are no interesting music forms
today.
e) Music that is violent and racist should be
banned.
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