Listening 2: Come to the concert

 

Come to the concert Objectives To understand a podcast about music To understand the main idea of a description To understand short forms of the verb to be

 

 Come to the concert

ENGAGE

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Listen to the music. Match the music with the music genre.

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classical

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classical

folk

rock

pop

rap

jazz

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PRACTICE 1

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Listen to the podcast. Which music genres does she talk about? Choose the correct answers.

    

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classical

pop

rap

 

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classical

pop

rap

 

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classical

pop

rap

 

Understanding the main idea

When you listen, you do not always need to focus on all of the details. Sometimes you only need to understand the main idea. Listen for key words connected to the topic, for example: concert, piano, tickets, songs.

 Come to the concert

PRACTICE 2

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Listen again. Are the sentences true or false?

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James Perry's concert is on June 22nd.

true

false

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Everyone likes James Perry.

true

false

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Sweet Secret are 16 years old.

true

false

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Sweet Secret are very famous.

true

false

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Daniel Clifton won a music competition.

true

false

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Daniel Clifton only plays piano in Europe.

true

false

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PRACTICE 3

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Listen to these sentences from the podcast. Choose the correct short form of the verb to be to complete the sentences.

Hearing the verb to be
The verb to be is often difficult to hear because it is shorter in speaking, for example:
They are = they're	They are not = they aren't
He is = He's	He is not = He isn't
Listen for the length of the word. He’s usually sounds longer than he. Aren’t usually sounds longer than are.

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 We're very excited.

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 His ideas arearen't always popular.

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 But he isn't's interesting because he talks about the problems many teenagers have today.

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 This three-girl band isn'tis coming to Central Festival Mall on June 28th.

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 They're only 17 years old, but they write their own songs and they 'rearen't also very good dancers.

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 The tickets aren't expensive, because Sweet Secret aren'tare very famous, so you should see them now.

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 Now he's 16, but he 'sisn't busy with school exams like other teenagers.

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 But he 'sisn't coming back on June 30th to play his final concert of the tour here at the Great Classical Hall.

 Come to the concert

REFLECT 1

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Which concert would you most like to go to? Put the concerts in order of preference from 1 (the most interesting) to 6 (the most boring). 

 

 

 

 

 

 Come to the concert

REFLECT 2

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Choose the answers that are correct for you.

I can...
I can understand a podcast about music.
I can understand the main idea of a description.
I can understand short forms of the verb to be.