Prime Time 5/6, Language in Use, Arbeitsheft

3 Language in use: A musical evening You are going to read a newspaper article about a concert given at a music camp for young people. Some words are missing from the text. Use the words in brackets to complete each gap (1–11) in the text. Write your answers in the spaces provided at the end of the text. The first one (0) has been done for you. Last night the Shrewsbury teen music camp held its annual concert in the Theatre Severn Shrewsbury. To sum it up: It was a thrilling evening, even … (0 good ) than last year. The evening was opened by young Tobias Mitchell on his cello. He played … (Q1 brilliant ) and amazed everybody with how… (Q2 easy ) he mastered J. S. Bach’s cello suites. We know that Tobias had worked … (Q3 hard ) during the camp but with yesterday’s performance he outdid himself. The next piece was presented by Japanese student Amiko Kawatabe on her violin. She played Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Flight of the Bumblebee”, a very difficult piece. Amiko played … (Q4 fast ) and she played … (Q5 accurate ) . The moment the audience enjoyed … (Q6 much ) naturally was the finale when Amiko’s fingers … (Q7 confident ) flew across the strings of her violin. Every Shrewsbury teen music camp concert … (Q8 traditional ) ends with the appearance of the camp’s rock band. This year, the formation under 16-year-old band leader Greg Dobson called itself “The loud guys”. They started … (Q9 slow ) with a ballad written by music coach Mr Katkin. Some of the audience started dancing, but most waited … (Q10 patient ) for the band to live up to their name. The grand finale was then the band’s brand-new song “Only loud” which they played … (Q11 terrible ) well – and loud. 0 better Q6 Q1 Q7 Q2 Q8 Q3 Q9 Q4 Q10 Q5 Q11 4 Position of adverbs a) Find and underline the misplaced adverbs, then rewrite the corrected sentences in your exercise book. Be careful: not all of them are in the wrong position. 1. The police have been already informed about the attempted attack. 2. A new law was yesterday passed by Parliament. 3. Before you start using appliances, you must read the instructions carefully. 4. If you faster run, you might catch your bus. 5. Since the Norman Conquest Britain has been never invaded. 6. The conference begins tomorrow at 9 o’clock. 7. Recently a delegation of French industrialists visited China. 8. Floods have caused frequently serious damage to the village. ✔ 102 Adjectives and adverbs of manner and degree 14 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv