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Decide which of the ideas you discussed you can Exam candidates often make mistakes with punctuation. Add
use in the essay and write a brief plan. ten commas in the correct positions to Ulli’s essay in Exercise 4.
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When you have finished, work in pairs and o
compare your plans. Work in pairs. Ulli connects her ideas by using words which
refer to other parts of her essay. What does each of the
Read Ulli’s essay and answer these questions. underlined words in her essay refer to?
1 Which of her ideas are the same as yours? A ' tketj’ refers to people.
2 Which paragraph expresses her own idea?
Exam candidates often make mistakes with it, this, that and
3 Do you agree with her opinion?
& they when referring to other parts of their writing. Complete
the sentences with it, this, that or they. In some cases, more
Although people can listen to recorded music
than one answer may be possible..
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on their devices when they are travelling
working or studying music festivals and 1 In my opinion,going to live concerts is better.
concerts are becoming more and more gives you the chance to really connect with the band.
2 Listening to live music is better, but on the other hand,
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popular. This is because I believe they offer is more expensive.
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two main advantages.
3 A further disadvantage is that when youngpeople want to go
The first advantage is that the quality of the to a concert, cannot always afford the ticket
sound is much better at live concerts where price.
the music and voices come directly from 4 During the tour,the band performed in Paris and Berlin,
the performers. This makes t a much more but had played in Amsterdam before
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emotional experience because you have
direct contact with the musicians and you 5 The band’s tour had various problems: the coach broke
down and some of their equipment was stolen. On top of
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react to them and they react to you.
all there was a storm on the night of one
The second advantage is the atmosphere. concert.
Instead of listening to a recording alone on 6 Many live concerts are held late at night
your personal device you are listening with a leads to complaints from people livingnearby who cannot
huge crowd of people and enjoying the music sleep. PDF from sachtienganhhanoi.com
together. This means it is a social as well as 7 The sound quality of the recording is not very good, and in
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an artistic experience. addition to it is quite expensive.
8 I am not very keen on being in large crowds. In spite of
The main disadvantage is that you cannot
,I would never miss a concert by my
listen to live music whenever you want, like favourite band.
you can on a personal device. In addition to
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that , the noise from the audience sometimes Work alone. Do this writing task. Write your answer
spoils the quality of the sound. in 140-190 words.
In my opinion however the best way to enjoy
In your English class,you have been talkingabout the
music is the spontaneous atmosphere of a live
advantages and disadvantages of goingto the cinema rather
concert. It is more exciting because you are than streaming films or watchingthem on television.
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surrounded by other enthusiastic fans.
Now your English teacher has asked you to write an essay.
Write an essay using all the notes and give reasons for your
point of view.
Essay question
Is it better to watch films at the cinema or at home?
Notes
Write about:
1. enjoyment
2. cost
3. (your own idea)
Write your essay.
Fiesta!
