Read the Learn this! box. Complete it with the words below. Use the article to help you.
affirmative negative plural questions singular
LEARN THIS! Indefinite pronouns a We use indefinite pronouns beginning with some- in 1___________ sentences. We use pronouns beginning with any- in 2___________ sentences and 3___________ b Indefinite pronouns take a 4___________ verb form. Nobody lives in that house. c But if we refer back to everyone or everybody, we treat them as 5___________. Everyone is here, aren't they? |
Read the Look out! box. Complete the dialogue with the correct indefinite pronouns.
Amelia: Are you doing 1____________ this weekend?
Jake: No, I'm not.
Amelia: Would you like to do 2____________ together, then? How about the cinema?
Jake: Not the cinema. There's 3____________ I want to see. Let's go 4____________ different for a change. We could see some live music.
Amelia: Is there 5____________ in town that has live music?
Jake: Yes - the Oxygen Arena. I can find the programme online. Wait a moment...
Amelia: Is 6____________ good playing?
Jake: There's 7____________ well-known, I'm afraid. But this band might be OK-Purple Dawn. They play hip hop.
Amelia: I'll ask James. He knows 8____________ about hip hop.
Read the article. What is unusual about John Cage's most famous composition?
Experimental music by John Cage
Most composers want their music to contain something different - a distinctive melody or rhythm, or an unusual harmony which no one has thought of before. But has anyone gone further than composer John Cage in the search for originality?
In 1951, John Cage wanted to find somewhere he could experience complete silence. He went inside a special soundproof room and expected to hear nothing, but instead heard two sounds, one high-pitched and one low-pitched. Later, the sound engineer explained that the first was the sound of his nervous system and the second was the sound of his blood circulating. Cage realised that nowhere is completely silent - you can always hear something. A year later, he composed his most famous piece: 4'33" ('four minutes and thirty-three seconds"). In this piece, the performer walks on stage and then... nothing happens. He or she does not play anything at all. Everybody in the audience listens to nothing for exactly four minutes and 33 seconds. Then the performer bows and everyone applauds!
VOCABULARY Work in pairs. Listen to the musical excerpts. Match the excerpts (1-9) with the musical genres below.
Musical genres blues classical country and western folk heavy metal hip hop / rap jazz pop / rock techno
SPEAKING Work in pairs. Discuss what kinds of musical genres you enjoy listening to.
