Vocabulary and grammar: Making music

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1Which instrument in each group is the odd one out? 

• 1saxophoneclarinetpianotrumpet

• 2violinkeyboardscelloguitar

• 3pianodrumskeyboardsflute

• 4fluteguitarclarinettrumpet

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2Put the instruments next to the clues. Use the words in the box. You can use the words more than once. 

MOVE
• saxophone
• clarinet
• trumpet
• violin
• cello
• guitar
• piano
• drums
• keyboards
• flute

• 1This instrument is similar to a violin. 

• cello

• 2This instrument is similar to a clarinet. Jazz musicians play this instrument.  

• 3This instrument is similar to a piano. It's black and white.  

• 4People play these instruments with their hands only.            

• 5People play these instruments with their mouth and hands.        

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3Replace the words in bold with their antonyms. 

It's always very 

¹noisy

 

at our Saturday drama club. 

We start with the

 

²usual

 

activity of warming up our voices – we sing!

 

Our singing is very 

³good.

 

We sing 

⁴the same

 

songs every week. After that we go on stage and we practise acting. 

We've got 

⁵a new

 

show to practise at the moment. 

It's 

⁶easy

 

to remember all the words!

can / can’t for ability

4Choose the correct words. 

• 1He canCan he play the piano?

• 2We can singto sing.

• 3John can tocan speak Spanish.

• 4You can'tdon't can ride a bike.

• 5Can dance youyou dance?

• 6My sister doesn't cancan't play the guitar.

• 7They can swimmingswim.

• 8Mum can't driveto drive.

can / can’t for ability

5Study the information and write sentences. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task. You also need to use correct punctuation.

	Act	Dance	Sing	Cook	Draw
Abbie
Ryan

• 1Abbie / act / but / sing.

• 2Ryan / sing / but / Abbie / sing.

• 3Abbie / Ryan / cook.

• 4Abbie / dance / but / Ryan / dance.

• 5Ryan / draw / but / Abbie / draw.

can / can’t for ability

6Complete the article with the words in the box. Add can / can’t to the verbs. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task.

MOVE
• dance
• drums
• not play
• not speak
• play
• read
• sing
• understand
• violin

Mabou Loiseau is five-years-old. She 

¹

 

seven languages – French, Creole, English, Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic and Russian! She speaks French, English and Creole at home because these are her parents' languages, but her parents 

²

 

the other languages. Mabou has lessons in those languages. She 

³

 

songs in Spanish and she 

⁴

 

stories in Russian.

Mabou is also a musician. She 

⁵

 

six musical instruments. She plays classical instruments like the piano and the 

⁶.

 

She also plays the guitar. She plays a noisy instrument, too – the 

⁷!

 

Her mother 

⁸

 

the drums, but her father can play. In fact, he's her drums teacher!

Lots of little girls enjoy dancing. Mabou loves it! She 

⁹

 

very well. She goes to ballet lessons every week.

She's a very unusual child and I think she's incredible!

7  Write about someone you know. Choose a famous person, a friend or a family member. Write about three things they can do and three things they cannot do.  Write your task in another program (e.g. Word).  Save the file to your computer.  Upload your file.  If you want to add a note to your teacher, write it in the Comments box.  Select Submit to Dropbox to send your work to your teacher.

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1Which instrument in each group is the odd one out? 

• 1saxophoneclarinetpianotrumpet

• 2violinkeyboardscelloguitar

• 3pianodrumskeyboardsflute

• 4fluteguitarclarinettrumpet

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2Put the instruments next to the clues. Use the words in the box. You can use the words more than once. 

• saxophone
• clarinet
• trumpet
• violin
• cello
• guitar
• piano
• drums
• keyboards
• flute

• 1This instrument is similar to a violin. 

• cello

• 2This instrument is similar to a clarinet. Jazz musicians play this instrument. saxophone

• 3This instrument is similar to a piano. It's black and white. keyboards

• 4People play these instruments with their hands only. drums keyboards piano guitar cello violin

• 5People play these instruments with their mouth and hands. saxophone clarinet trumpet flute

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3Replace the words in bold with their antonyms. 

It's always very 

¹noisy quiet

 

at our Saturday drama club. 

We start with the

 

²usual unusual

 

activity of warming up our voices – we sing!

 

Our singing is very 

³good bad.

 

We sing 

⁴the same different

 

songs every week. After that we go on stage and we practise acting. 

We've got 

⁵a new an old

 

show to practise at the moment. 

It's 

⁶easy difficult

 

to remember all the words!

can / can’t for ability

4Choose the correct words. 

• 1He canCan he play the piano?

• 2We can sing.

• 3John can speak Spanish.

• 4You can't ride a bike.

• 5Can you dance?

• 6My sister can't play the guitar.

• 7They can swim.

• 8Mum can't drive.

can / can’t for ability

5Study the information and write sentences. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task. You also need to use correct punctuation.

	Act	Dance	Sing	Cook	Draw
Abbie
Ryan

• 1Abbie / act / but / sing.

• 2Ryan / sing / but / Abbie / sing.

  Ryan can sing, but Abbie can't sing.

• 3Abbie / Ryan / cook.

  Abbie and Ryan can't cook.

• 4Abbie / dance / but / Ryan / dance.

  Abbie can dance, but Ryan can't dance.

• 5Ryan / draw / but / Abbie / draw.

  Ryan can draw, but Abbie can't draw.

• 
  

can / can’t for ability

6Complete the article with the words in the box. Add can / can’t to the verbs. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task.

• dance
• drums
• not play
• not speak
• play
• read
• sing
• understand
• violin

Mabou Loiseau is five-years-old. She 

¹

 

seven languages – French, Creole, English, Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic and Russian! She speaks French, English and Creole at home because these are her parents' languages, but her parents 

²can't speak

 

the other languages. Mabou has lessons in those languages. She 

³can sing

 

songs in Spanish and she 

⁴can read

 

stories in Russian.

Mabou is also a musician. She 

⁵can play

 

six musical instruments. She plays classical instruments like the piano and the 

⁶violin.

 

She also plays the guitar. She plays a noisy instrument, too – the 

⁷drums!

 

Her mother 

⁸can't play

 

the drums, but her father can play. In fact, he's her drums teacher!

Lots of little girls enjoy dancing. Mabou loves it! She 

⁹can dance

 

very well. She goes to ballet lessons every week.

She's a very unusual child and I think she's incredible!