Course: T4 Mid-term Revision Student’s name: _______________

Exercise Date: ________________________

A. Alex and Paula are listening to a radio interview to a music star. After the
programme, they about their musical experience. Complete what they say. __/21

ALEX That was an interesting interview, ___________?

PAULA Yes, it was. ______ you ever ________ to the opera, Alex?
ALEX No, I haven’t. But I would like to go some time.
PAULA I have. Many times. It was wonderful.
ALEX _____________________ first go to the opera?
PAULA When I was six. My parents are big opera fans, so they took me with them.
ALEX I prefer rock music. I like going to concerts.
PAULA Who ______________ to your first rock concert?
ALEX My brother did, when I was eight. He’s ten years older than me.
PAULA Do you remember ___________________________________? (What was the band?)
ALEX Yes! It was Nirvana. But I didn’t know who the lead singer was at the time. Then I learnt it was

Kurt Cobain.
PAULA He committed suicide, ___________?
ALEX Yes, it was terrible.

B. They then read an article in a magazine about a teenager’s favourite singer.

Complete it with the correct tense. __/14

My favourite singer ______________ (be) Avril Lavigne. I ______________ (buy) all her

albums to date. I ______________ (listen) to her music a lot these past few days. I often

play her music when I ______________ (do) my homework to help me concentrate. I

______________ (download) most of her songs on to my computer so I can play them on my

MP3 player, and I ______________ (enjoy) reading about her on the Net.

It is interesting to see that Avril ______________ (always want) to be singer, ever since she

was a little girl. She ______________ (can) sing very well when she was three, and by the age

of thirteen she ______________ (write) her first song and she ______________ (teach)

herself to play the guitar. I ______________ (think) she is fantastic.

Last year, Avril ______________ (give) a concert in the sports stadium near my home town.

At the time I ______________ (study) hard for my exams and I couldn’t get tickets,

although I was planning to go and see her singing live. I ______________ (save) up the money

to buy those tickets over eight weeks before the date of the concert! Tough luck really!

C. Read these sentences about Avril Lavigne and choose the best option to complete
them. __/18

1. Avril Lavigne was born ______ 27 September 1984 in Napanee, Ontario, Canada.

in on at
2. _____________ 16, she met record producer LA Reid and signed a contract with his company

Artista Records.

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3. ______ June 2002, her first album appeared in the shops, and she has become very successful.

In On At
4. In her bedroom, _______________ lots of posters of herself and her band.

there is have got there are

5. By the time she is 30, she _____________ around several National Parks.

Will make will have made will be making

6. If she ____________ some free time in her USA tour, she would have gone sightseeing.
Had have had had

D. Read the following biography and complete the gaps with a word from the box.
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HOWEVER WHEN TO WAS MOST WHICH FROM BEEN IN ON

Marshall Bruce Mathers III, best known as Eminem, ___________ born in Kansas City
____________ October 17th, 1972. The world-famous rap singer had a hard life. His single teenage
mother moved __________ place to place and he attended over thirty schools. His interest in rap
music started __________ his uncle Ronnie introduced him to hip-hop in 1983. From that moment on,
he changed his look and began __________ wear baggy trousers and a baseball cap worn back to
front.
When he was only sixteen, he wrote his first song. Four years later, he started rapping in public
___________ Detroit. ____________, his professional career actually started in 1998, when he
signed up to make his first record, The Slim Shady, ____________ was very successful.
Millions of copies of his albums have ____________ sold worldwide. Eminem is one of the
___________ talented rappers ever, despite criticism from many people and his hard personal life.

E. Alex and Paula decide to write their own article for the magazine. They have to
choose one of the following and write about 100 – 120 words. __/32

• Who’s your favourite artist? What do you know about his/her life and career? Why do you
admire his/her?
• Describe someone in your family you admire deeply. Include physical description and explain
why you admire him/her so much.

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