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Vocabulary collocations (2): music
Musical experiences Grammar Past Simple and
Past Continuous; used to

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NIKKI WILLIAMS, USA
making recommendations Work in Five years ago I was living in New
pairs. Student A, imagine you are a York with my cousin and I used to
tourist in the town/city you are in now. go to a lot of gigs. Back then I was
Ask your partner for recommendations one of Lady Gaga's biggest fans and
I listened to her second album all
for places to stay, eat and visit. Student
the time. For my 2Pt birthday my
B, answer your partner's questions and
boyfriend bought tickets to see her
make recommendations. play live - I've never been so excited
in my life! We had really good seats
near the front and when Lady Gaga

Vocabulary and Speaking came onstage the whole crowd went
absolutely crazy. It was a fantastic
Collocations (2): music atmosphere and all the fans were
singing along. That night she sang
Work in pairs. Match the verbs
for over two hours and changed her
in A to words/phrases in B. Then
costume about 20 times! While she
check in 11Mffd:lllij;\'l8• p135. was doing an encore, she threw her
shoes into the crowd - and I caught
A B one of them! My boyfriend wanted
do/play a new single/ to sell it on eBay, but I wouldn't
be \ album/CD let him. Now it's my most valuable
possession - and a great souvenir of
release a concert/a gig
a fantastic gig.
a big fan of a
singer/band
DANNY BREEN, IRELAND
do on tour When I was a teenager in Dublin I loved dance music and wanted to become a
famous DJ. I practised for hours every day in my bedroom and I used to DJ at
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friends' parties. Then I moved to London and got a job working behind the bar
be/go a track onto my
at a club called Dreamworld. One Saturday night the main DJ didn't turn up and
phone
the manager asked me to play instead. Twenty minutes later I was standing in
have on stage front of 1,000 people! I was incredibly nervous, but as soon as I started playing
see someone play live the first track I began to relax. All the dubbers were dancing and having a good
time - it was the best feeling in the world. While I was playing my last track,
be/go an album/a CD in
the manager came over and congratulated me. I gave up DJing later that year
the charts
because I broke my arm, but I'll never forget that amazing night!

a Write the names of three
bands, musicians, composers or
singers you like. Choose phrases
from 1 that you can use to talk
about them.

b Work in pairs. Talk about the
bands or people you have chosen.
Ask questions to find out more
information.

I'm a big fan Yes, me too.
of Coldplay. Have you ever
seen them play
live?

Reading

Read about Nikki and Danny's
best ever musical experiences.
What was special about each one?