Lesson 1

Music is life

How do you understand this idiom? What does "to face the music" phrase mean? Is music a part of your life? What kind of music do you like? Can you concentrate on other things when you are listening to music? Can you play a musical instrument?

1. Let's look at these pictures. Can you name the types of music?

What other types of music can you name?

Do you have your favourite type of music?

2. Watch from 00.00 to 00.57, and name the types of music that people like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvuFPOjCmJo

Name Type of musicEddie Classic rock-and-rollCarlo Heavy metalSharon Country musicKyla Classical musicCarmine All music

3. Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

Make sentences about you using the words from the exercise.

4. Who is this man, do you think? What is he doing?

5. Grammar. When we describe pictures, we use Present Continuous.

Use the Present Continuous to talk about activities happening now.e.g. I'm listening to music\radio

The Present Continuous is formed with am/is/are + verb with -ing.Complete the chart

What are the questions and the negative?

6. Practice. Do the exercises

https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/elementary3/grammar/file05/grammar05_b01?cc=ua&selLanguage=uk

https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/elementary3/grammar/file05/grammar05_b02?cc=ua&selLanguage=uk

7. Look at the pictures. What ARE they doING?

e.g. She is playing the piano

10. Now imagine that you're a rock singer. You're given sentences in present simple. Finish them up in present continuous. The first one is done for you

I call my agent every day. - I can't talk long, I'm calling from Paris.

I listen to my music every day. - At the moment, I...

I drink a lot of cold wine. - But I got a cold now, so I...

I sing with my band every day. - But now we are in a cafe. We....

We usually stay at the Hotel Hilton - This time...

We wear old jeans and dirty boots. - Today, ...

Most of the time, he writes songs for us. - This morning, he..

We give a lot of concerts every month. Right now I...

11. Describe the picture using Present Continuous

Thank you for the lesson!

Home task

1. Put the underlined letters in the correct order to make a word.

2. Match sentence halves (1-6) to (a-f).

3. Complete the dialogue with the words form the box.

4. Exercise on Present Continuoushttp://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentContinuous1D.html

5. Musical instruments http://www.letshavefunwithenglish.com/vocabulary/musical_instruments/pictures_words1.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/vocabulary10/music1.htm