Entertainment
Types of performances
Passive Voice
Idioms
Culture
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What does the term "square-eyed generation" mean?
young people who are obsessed with electronic entertainment
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Complete the sentence:
If you are having trouble seeing the stage use these ......................
opera glasses
10
Open the brackets using the correct form of the verb:
- The porter will (to bring) your luggage to your room.
- Your luggage will (to bring) up in the lift.
- The porter will bring your luggage to your room.
- Your luggage will be brought up in the lift.
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What do you call a person who watches a lot of television and does not have an active style of life?
A couch potato
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Who is the author of the novel "The Phantom of the Opera"?
Gaston Leroux
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Complete the sentence:
The director's use of the usual romantic conventions made the film boring and ................
predictable
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What is the name of this part of the theatre?
curtain
20
Rewrite the sentence in the Passive Voice:
Everybody listened to the lecturer with great attention
The lecturer was listened to with great attention
20
If something sells very quickly and in large quantities, we can say it sells like ................
to sell like hot cakes
20
Where in the world can you bump into Princess Diana, meet David and Victoria Beckham or gaze into Charlie Chaplin's eyes?
at Madame Tussauds
30
Solve the riddle. Give a definition.
unwind
to stop worrying or thinking about problems and start to relax
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What do you call a person who shows people where they should sit, especially at a formal event such as a wedding or at a theatre or cinema?
usher
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Use Active or Passive Voice and the correct tense:
- Nobody (to see) him yesterday.
- The telegram (to receive) tomorrow.
- Nobody saw him yesterday.
- The telegram will be received tomorrow.
30
Translate into English using the following idiom "be hard of hearing":
Моя бабушка предпочла бы место переднего ряда, поскольку она плохо слышит.
My gran would prefer a front row seat as she's hard of hearing
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What has had a great effect on the development of 20th century music?
The use of electronic instruments
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Match the words
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Translate into English:
На этой неделе оркестр даст ещё два концерта.
The orchestra will give two more performances this week
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Translate into English. Use the verbs in the Passive Voice:
На наших занятиях много внимания уделяется произношению
At our lessons much attention is paid to pronunciation
40
Give a definition of the following idiom:
a performer of popular music who makes one successful recording but then no others 
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Read the passage from the novel "The Phantom of the Opera" and try to explain what the word "stalk" means.
"...For several months, there had been nothing discussed at the Opera but this well-dressed ghost who stalked about the building, like a shadow..."
walk in a stiff, angry way
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Translate into English:
Она не социофоб — просто очень стеснительная
She's not antisocial, just extremely shy
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What is the difference between a musical and an opera?
Musicals are a form of theatre that involves telling a story using dialogs, songs, dance and acting.
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians tell a story using text (libretto) and a musical score.
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How to form the Passive Voice in English?
We use the passive when we are more interested in the action than the person or thing who does it.
We form the passive with the appropriate form of the verb "to be" and the past participle of the main verb.
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Guess the idiom by the picture below:
it's daylight robbery
a situation in which you have to pay far too much money for something
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Read the passage and try to explain what the word "state-of-the-art" means.
"...Today Madame Tussauds offers a state-of-the-art experience with interactive exhibitions designed to give visitors the feeling that they can be anything from rock stars to world-famous footballers..."
very modern and using the most recent ideas and methods
