English : Common Core Classes
Unit 7 (Arts) - Grammar
Teacher : Mme ZAARA Asmae
Summary
I- Activities
1-1/ Biographies
1-2/ More Artists
1-3/ Focus on Music
II- Practice
2-1/ Exercise 1
2-2/ Exercise 2
2-3/ Exercise 3
I- Activities
1-1/ Biographies
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I- Activities
1-1/ Biographies
Activity 1
- Fill in the blanks with the verb to be in the past :
A : When _______ you born?
B : I _______ born in 1889.
A : What _______ your occupation?
B : I _______ a film maker, an actor and a music composer.
A : Who _______ your parents?
B : My father _______ Charles Chaplin Sr., and my mother _______ Hannah Hill.
A : _______ they artists, too?
B : Yes they _______ . They _______ musical hall entertainers.
I- Activities
1-2/ More Artists
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I- Activities
1-2/ More Artists
Activity 1
Read the example about Tony; then ask and answer questions about Meg and Bob :
Example :
1. Did Tony stay at home?
Yes he did.
2. Did he watch a movie?
No he didn't.
3. What did he do in the morning?
He cleaned his room.
4. What did he revise?
He revised his Lessons.
5. When did he surf the Internet?
He surfed the Internet in the evening.
I- Activities
1-3/ Focus on Music
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I- Activities
1-3/ Focus on Music
Activity 1
- Complete the conversation with the correct form of the verbs :
A: __________ you __________ to school yesterday? (go)
B: No, I __________ It __________ my day off (do not / be)
A: What __________ you __________ in the morning? (do)
B: I __________ to music and __________ some letters. (listen / write)
A: __________ you __________ out in the afternoon? (go)
B: Yes. I __________ my friends and we __________ to the movies. (meet / go)
A: What film __________ you __________ ? (see)
B: We __________ the new Brad Pitt movie. (see)
A: How __________ you __________ it? (like)
B: It __________ terrific. (be)
II- Practice
2-1/ Exercise 1
- Complete the conversation with the correct form of the verbs in brackets :
Maria : Where (you / be) ____________ yesterday afternoon? I (call) ____________ , but nobody (answer) ____________ the phone.
Betty : I (not be) ____________ home. I (be) ____________ at the cinema.
Maria : Who (you / be) ____________ with? (you / be) ____________ alone?
Betty : No. I (be) ____________ with Alan.
Maria : What (be) ____________ the movie Like?
Betty : The story (be) ____________ exciting, the music (be) ____________ excellent, and the actors (be) ____________ great. It (be) ____________ terrific!
Maria : Who (be) ____________ the actors?
Betty : Tom Cruise, Jodie Foster, Brad Pitt, and Penelope Cruise.
II- Practice
2-2/ Exercise 2
- Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense :
Bryan Adams is from Canada. He (leave) _________ school when he (be) _________ sixteen years old and (work) _________ as a gardener. He (start) _________ his career as a singer when he (be) _________ eighteen and he (become) _________ famous in 1987 when he (make) _________ his first album, " Reckless". After "Reckless", he (disappear) _________ for a while and no one (hear) _________ about him, until 1991 when he (sing) _________ "Everything I Do, I Do It for You". The song (be) _________ a great success. After that he (go) _________ on a world tour and (give) _________ performances in many countries around the world. Today Bryan Adams is back in Canada enjoying his success.
II- Practice
2-3/ Exercise 3
- Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs from the list :
be - get - move - introduce - notice - join - become - begin - start - earn
Fairuz was born in Jabal Alarz on the 21st of November 1935. A couple of years later, her parents _________ to Beirut where her father _________ a job at Le Jour print house. They _________ poor but they were happy. As a kid, she _________ to sing the songs of Asmahan and Layla Mourad. When she went to school, she _________ the school's choir.
Later, Fairuz joined the conservatoire, but her education there didn't last long. She soon _________ singing in the Lebanese radio station where she _________ a salary of 100 Liras a month.
One of the station's managers, Halim Elrumi, _________ the potential of her voice. So he _________ her to Rahbani brothers who started composing songs for her. They soon _________ famous around the world.