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CULTURE (vocabulary practice B2)

Task 1:

Match the words / phrases from the box with the right category.

broadsheet, current affairs, interval, genre, blurb, location, conductor, aisle, hardback, extra, playwright, perfect pitch, editorial, simile, extract, dressing room, voice-over, busker, issue, tune, understudy, agony aunt, stanza, prop, obituary, ghostwriter, curtain call, canvas, tabloid, credits, flop, charcoal, gig, old master, venue, volume, easel, exhibit, still life, stunt, prompter, watercolour, rehearse, nude, landscape, lip-synch, score, stall, blank verse, stage fright, circulation, play by ear, classified ads

MUSIC:

VISUAL ARTS:

LITERATURE:

THEATRE:

FILM:

THE MEDIA:

Task 2:

I. Read the definitions and write the answers.

1. this person plays music in the streets -

2. the number of copies of a paper that are sold –

3. fear felt by actors or singers before a performance -

4. brief information about a book printed on its back cover -

5. a person whose job is to act in dangerous scenes of a film -

6. an article in a newspaper informing readers about someone’s death -

7. a frame which supports a painting while it’s being made –

8. a paper which features sensationalist news and includes lots of pictures –

9. a passage between rows of seats e.g. in the theatre –

10. a practice session before a performance –

11. someone who writes a book for a famous person, but whose name does not appear on the cover –

12. this is a type of painting which shows objects rather than people, animals or countryside –

ANSWER KEY:

Task 1:

MUSIC: genre, conductor, perfect pitch, lip-synch, gig, volume, busker, play by ear, tune (in / out of), venue

VISUAL ARTS: charcoal, canvas, easel, still life, watercolour, landscape, nude, exhibit, prompter, old master

LITERATURE: genre, hardback / paperback, ghostwriter, blank verse, blurb, extract, stanza, volume, simile

THEATRE: interval, aisle, extra, playwright, dressing room, understudy, prop, curtain call, rehearse, stage fright, play by ear, stalls, venue, prompter

FILM: extra, understudy, flop / blockbuster, genre, location, voice-over, stunt, score, credits

THE MEDIA: broadsheet, tabloid, obituary, agony aunt, current affairs, editorial, issue, circulation, classified ads

Task 2:

busker, circulation, stage fright, blurb, stuntman, obituary, easel, tabloid, aisle, performance, ghostwriter, still life