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2 CHECK. Read the questions.
Choose the correct answers.

1. Where did cumbia come from?

a. Colombia and Panama
b. Colombia and Argentina

2. When did cumbia start?
a. recently

b. 100 years ago

3. What is nu-cumbia?
a. a new form of music

b. a traditional dance La Yegros, 2013 album cover

4. Who is La Yegros?
a. a DJ from Miami

b. a nu-cumbia performer

3 DISCOVER. Complete the exercises to learn about the grammar in this lesson.

A Find these sentences in the interview from exercise 1. Write the missing words.

1. You be familiar with cumbia, but do you know nu-cumbia?
2. You know it now, but you will very soon.

3. Nu-cumbia be amazing because cumbia itself is so good.
4. . . . nu-cumbia become even bigger.

5. Soon, it reach a much larger audience.

B Use the words you wrote in exercise A to complete the statements.

1. The speaker uses , , and to say
something is (or isn’t) possible. The speaker is not certain.

2. The speaker uses to say something is probably true.

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