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English Vocabulary Exercises for B1 – Talking about the arts

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1. Complete the art forms.

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  • 2)
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  • 3)
    d
  • 4)
    m
  • 5)
    p
  • 6)
    c
  • 7)
    d
  • 8)
    m
  • 9)
    n
  • 10)
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  • 11)
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2. Complete the sentences with types of artist.

  • 1)
    A playwright writes plays.
  • 2)
    choreographs dances.
  • 3)
    performs in operas.
  • 4)
    directs films and plays.
  • 5)
    sings in a band.
  • 6)
    conducts an orchestra.
  • 7)
    paints pictures.
  • 8)
    acts in plays and films.
  • 9)
    writes novels.
  • 10)
    carves statues and creates sculptures.
  • 11)
    writes poems.
  • 12)
    composes music.

3. Listen to three speakers talking about art forms that they study. Match speakers 1-3 with sentences A-D. There is one extra sentence.

Audio
  • Which speaker
  • A already earns some money from his / her artistic skills?
  • B describes an old and a new artistic skill that have a connection with each other?
  • C wants to experiment with different performance ideas in his / her chosen art form?
  • D says that his / her art form is not appreciated by many people?

4. Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Then listen again and check.

Audio
  • carving choreograph compose create perform sing
  • Speaker 1
  • And I would like to ballets as well as them.
  • Speaker 2
  • a Firstly, I love sculptures out of wood.
  • b I’m also fascinated by 3D modelling, where you 3D models.
  • Speaker 3
  • a)
    I in two choirs.
  • b One day, I’d also like to my own songs.

Extra exercises

5. Complete the sentences with the verbs below.

  • appeared in carves composes creates
  • paints performs plays writes
  • 1)
    The actor Eddie Redmayne Stephen Hawking in the film The Theory of Everything.
  • 2)
    The American artist Brian Ruth massive sculptures out of wood with a chainsaw.
  • 3)
    The author JK Rowling books for adults as well as children’s stories.
  • 4)
    Although he’s still a child, Kieron Williamson amazing pictures.
  • 5)
    The singer Rihanna in concerts all over the world.
  • 6)
    Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence have three films together.
  • 7)
    The Italian musician Ennio Morricone music for television series as well as films.
  • 8)
    The sculptor Alonzo Clemons incredibly realistic animal sculptures out of clay.

6. Complete the definitions with art forms.

  • 1)
    A is a piece of creative writing arranged in short lines, often about emotions.
  • 2)
    A is a funny drawing in a newspaper or magazine.
  • 3)
    A is a piece of writing performed by actors usually in the theatre.
  • 4)
    A is a figure or an object made out of stone, metal, or some other hard material.
  • 5)
    A is a book that tells a story about people who are not real.
  • 6)
    is a form of acting that uses body movements and facial expressions, not words.

7. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in bold.

  • 1)
    Although Jane Austen only wrote six novels, she is an internationally recognised
  • 2)
    The name of the Norwegian who painted The Scream is Edvard Munch.
  • 3)
    The most successful play written by the Irish George Bernard Shaw is Pysmalion
  • 4)
    The Colombian Fernando Botero is famous for his sculptures of large people and animals.
  • 5)
    The Divine Comedy is a poem written by the Italian Dante Alighieri.
  • 6)
    The Wagner composed both the words and the music for his opera The Ring of the Nibelung.

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