Grammar
"I ( have / am having ) a ticket to see my favorite band live tonight."
"I ( have / am having ) a ticket to see my favorite band live tonight."
Complete the collocations with the correct verb: You play computer games, but you ______ yoga and ______ exercise.
What is do?
"I decided to stop playing the piano and take ______ the saxophone instead."
What is up? (take up = start a new hobby/activity)
Sentence 1: When planning a music festival outdoors, you must consider the unpredictable weather.
Word given: ACCOUNT
Sentence 2: When planning a music festival outdoors, you must ________________________ the unpredictable weather.
What is take account of (or take the unpredictable weather into account)?
Originally launched in Sweden in 2008, what green-logo app is currently the world’s most widely used audio and music streaming platform?
What is Spotify?
While "used to" can describe both past habits and past states, "would" can only be used to describe past ______.
What are actions / habits? (Not states)
Complete this idiom from the unit which means "to relax and stop thinking about stress or work": "Listening to music helps me to ______ off."
What is switch?
Which phrasal verb with take means to resemble an older family member in character or appearance?
What is take after?
Fill in the gap with the correct form of the word in brackets:
"Due to the extremely high price of the VIP passes, tickets were completely ________________ (AFFORD) to most teenagers."
What is unaffordable?
Vinyl records rotate on a mechanical device commonly called a record player or a ____________.
What is a turntable?
In the sentence "I am getting used to sleeping in a tent," what grammatical form must follow "getting used to"?
What is the -ing form / gerund?
Fill in the missing prepositions: "I am very keen ____ rock music, but going clubbing doesn't appeal ____ me at all."
What are on and to?
"Sales of the singer's new album quickly took ______ after her video went viral."
What is off? (take off = become successful quickly)
Sentence 1: I almost never go to live concerts during the school week because I am too busy.
Word given: HARDLY
Sentence 2: I ________________________ live concerts during the school week because I am too busy.
What is hardly ever go to?
At Coachella in 2012, promoters created worldwide news by bringing a legendary deceased rapper to the stage via a 3D hologram. Who was this rapper?
Who is 2Pac (Tupac Shakur)?
Rewrite the sentence using the Present Continuous to express an annoying present habit: "My brother plays computer games all day instead of studying!"
What is "My brother is always playing computer games all day..."?
Complete the phrase: If you invite friends over to your house to hang out, you "have friends ______".
What is round (or over)?
What verb from the text means "to move or gather together in large numbers" (e.g., "Thousands of fans ______ to the dance tents")?
What is flock?
Sentence 1: It was difficult for the young artist to adjust to performing in front of thousands of fans.
Word given: USED
Sentence 2: The young artist found it difficult to ________________________ in front of thousands of fans.
What is get used to performing?
Sound waves need particles to vibrate through. Because of this, sound cannot travel through what area of space?
What is a vacuum?
Correct the mistake in this sentence: "When I was young, my father would have a huge collection of vinyl records."
What is "would have" should be "used to have"? (Because 'have' is a stative verb in this context)
Name the informal phrasal verb from the reading text that means "to spend a lot of money on something, usually a luxury or treat" (e.g., "to ______ out $375 on festival tickets").
What is splash out?
What phrasal verb with take means "to admit that something you said was wrong" (e.g., "I made him ______ ______ what he said about my music taste")?
What is take back?
Sentence 1: Independent musicians turn to crowdfunding so that they will not lose control of their artistic freedom.
Word given: ORDER
Sentence 2: Independent musicians turn to crowdfunding ________________________ lose control of their artistic freedom.
What is in order not to?
What three-letter musical abbreviation (measuring tempo) stands for the speed of a musical track?
What is BPM? (Beats Per Minute)