LEXIS WORKSHEETS

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

A. Help Jason organise the venue for a concert. Label the instruments with the right names.

1. _______________ 2. _______________ 3. _______________ 4. _______________

5. _______________ 6. _______________ 7. _______________ 8. _______________

9. _______________ 10. _____________ 11. ____________ 12. ______________

B.

Organise the instruments above under the appropriate heading.

Percussionsection

Windsection

Stringsection

Keyboardsection

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Name: ____________________________________________________ No. _____ Class: _________

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• cymbals • drums • tambourine • clarinet

• violin • guitar • bass • trumpet

• synthesiser • piano • violoncello • saxophone

U DARE 9 – TEACHER’S FILE

VERBS AND MUSICA. Match the verb in the column I with the correct noun from the column II.

I. II.

1. compose 2. conduct 3. play 4. write 5. blow 6. tap 7. improvise 8. beat 9. sing 10. hum

a) an instrument b) a piece of musicc) the drumsd) an orchestrae) the lyricsf) a tuneg) a songh) a soloi) your footj) a horn

B. Fill in the blanks with a word from the exercise above. If it is a verb, make sure you use the right form!1. Don’t you think the maestro ______________ the orchestra well for his age?

2. He beats the ______________ like a madman!

3. John Lennon ______________ the lyrics to many of the Beatles’s best songs.

4. You can tell when Sam is in a good mood, because she usually ______________

one of her favourite tunes.

5. The most famous opera ______________ by Puccini is Madame Butterfly.

6. Jazz musicians almost always ______________ their solos.

7. The musicians in the ______________ always tune their instruments before the

beginning of each concert.

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Name: ___________________________________________________ No. _____ Class: _________

WORKSHEET 2

LEXIS WORKSHEETS

8. I can remember the time when President Clinton stood up on MTV to

_____________ his horn – the saxophone.

9. Would you please not tap your ______________ in time to the music?

10. Some of the best rock singers don’t ______________ their songs, they shout them!