Vocabulary I
Which of these is a type of visual art?
a) Music
b) Painting
c) Sport
B) Painting
Which of these is a famous painting?
a) The Mona Lisa
b) A guitar
c) A football match
a) The Mona Lisa
Future will is used to talk about:
a) plans
b) ambiguous ideas, promises, opinions
d) the past
b)
Choose the correct option:
The art class ___ every Monday.
a) starts
b) is starting
c) started
a) starts = schedule
Match the visual art with the material.
Sculpture →
Drawing →
Painting →
(Materials: pencil / clay / paint)
Sculpture → clay
Drawing → pencil
Painting → paint
Match the artwork with the artist.
The Starry Night →
Guernica →
Mona Lisa →
(Artists: Pablo Picasso / Vincent van Gogh / Leonardo da Vinci)
The Starry Night →Vincent van Gogh
Guernica → Pablo Picasso
Mona Lisa → Leonardo da Vinci
Complete the sentences with will or going to.
I have my camera. I ________ take photos of the school.
Don’t worry, I ________ help you with the painting.
1. am going to
2. I will help you
Complete the sentences:
The school trip ________ at 9 a.m. tomorrow. (start)
I ________ my sketchbook to class this afternoon. (bring)
The school trip starts at 9 a.m. tomorrow. (present simple for scheduled events)
I am bringing my sketchbook to class this afternoon. (present continuous for personal plan)
What is the difference between drawing and painting?
(Use these words: pencil, paint, paper, colours)
When you draw you create forms with a pencil, for example in a paper, but when you paint you use colours to paint that drawing or another type of visual art for instance.
Match the visual art material with its use.
Canvas →
Camera →
Clay →
(Uses: taking photos / making sculptures / painting pictures)
Canvas → painting pictures
Camera → taking photos
Clay → making sculptures
We decided yesterday. We ________ visit the art museum on Friday.
1. Is going to rain
2. are going to visit
Choose present simple or present continuous for the future:
The museum ________ at 10 o’clock on Saturday. (open)
We ________ a painting lesson after lunch. (have)
1. The museum opens at 10 o’clock on Saturday. (present simple for schedule)
2. We are having a painting lesson after lunch. (present continuous for arrangement/plans)
Look at these types of visual art. Which one usually shows buildings and cities? Why?
Portrait
Landscape
Architecture
Portrait = person
Landscape = specially nature
Architecture = shows buildings and cities. It focuses on structures and design.
Look at these famous works.
Which one is a portrait? Why not the rest?
The Mona Lisa
The Starry Night
The Scream
The Mona Lisa because
The Mona Lisa = shows a person and focuses on the face and expression.
The Starry Night = a landscape
The Scream = it does not focus on a real or specific person. The figure is very distorted and represents a feeling or emotion, not someone’s identity.
Match the sentence with the reason.
A. I will clean my brushes.
B. I am going to paint a landscape.
Reasons:
It is my plan for this afternoon.
I decide it now.
1. = B)
2. = A)
Match the sentence with the reason:
A. My friends are visiting the art gallery tomorrow.
B. The art competition starts on Monday.
Reasons:
It is a fixed timetable or schedule.
It is a personal plan or arrangement.
A → 2. personal plan or arrangement
B → 1. fixed timetable or schedule
Explain how photography and painting are similar and different.
- Tools:
- Materials:
- Purpose:
Photography and painting are similar because both are forms of visual art and show ideas, people, or places.
They are different because photography uses a camera and light
painting uses paint, brushes, and other materials.
Photography captures real moments, and painting is usually more creative and expressive.
Explain the difference between sculpture and painting.
- Materials:
- Tools:
- Space:
- Materials, tools and space: sculpture= clay, stone or metal, shows art in 3 dimensions
vs. Painting = paint and brushes on a flat surface like canvas or paper and is two-dimensional.
Complete the text using will or going to.
This weekend, we ________ visit an art exhibition.
I think I ________ like the paintings.
My friend says she ________ buy a book about photography.
1. are going to
2. will
3. is going to buy
Complete the text using present simple or present continuous:
Next week, our class ________ (go) to the city museum.
The teacher says we ________ (meet) at the school at 8:30.
I think I ________ (take) my camera to take photos.
1. is going to (personal plan/arrangement → present continuous)
2. meet (fixed schedule → present simple)
3. am taking (personal plan → present continuous)