Success – Student's book

pg. 33, 35, 37

4.Look at the texts on page 32 and correct the sentences.

a. Gershwin was traveling to a concert in Boston.

b. Beethoven was walking around Vienna.

c. Somebody was playing one of Beethoven's compositions on the piano.

d. In 1837, Chopin was living in Paris.

e. Chopin was composing in his room.

5.Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or the Past Continuous of the verbs.

a. I was reading my sister's diary when she suddenly came into the room!

b. Where were you going when I saw you last night?

c. When I woke up this morning, it was snowing.

d. I dropped my mobile phone while I was texting my friend.

e. Were you sleeping when I phoned this morning?

f. He wasn't looking where he was going when he crashed.

9.Read the email and the sentences below and write T or F.

a. Sam's friend bought the concert tickets F

b. The Split Peas are from the same town as Sam. F

c. Sam had a problem with two buses. T

d. The weather was bad this night. T

e. They didn't see the concert in the end. T

f. In the pub, they were talking to all the Split Peas. F

11. Underline the correct alternative.

a. It's the music that/who we always listen to.

b. Chopin was a musician who/which came from Poland.

c. Elisa is a singer whose/who songs we like.

d. Sanremo is a place where/that there's a music festival.

e. This is the MP3 which/who I bought last week.

f. I'm a person who/whose gets irritated easily.

12.Complete the anecdote about Rossini with who, which, whose or where.

Pesaro is the town in Italy where Rossini was born in 1792. He was a child whose parents were very musical and they encouraged him to compose operas. Later, Rossini became a composer who wrote many masterpieces like his most popular work, The barber of Seville. He was famous for spending a lot of time in bed where he wrote this opera!

17.Read Jonathan's story and answer the questions.

1.Jonathan uses those phrases: “It was in 1969”, “I was about 5 years old”.

2.The linking words he use are: “after that”, “ then”, “finally”.

3. -“My brother and I were sleeping and Mum came to wake us up”,

-“We ran into the living room and we saw that the whole family was waiting for us.