UNIT 4: MUSIC AND ARTS

VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

I. New vocabulary
Word/ Phrase Example/ Meaning
- visit (v) My family often visits my grandpa at the weekends.
- painting The paintings of Picasso are drawn very beautiful.
Yeahh! I’ve already for the ticket for One Direction’s
- concert (n)
concert.
- live (adv, adj) I prefer watching tennis matches live to through TV screen.
shall = will
- shall
Eg: Shall we eat out tonight?
- different (adj) Each student has a different learning style.
- musician (n) What is your favourite Vietnamese musician?
- crowd (n) The crowd of audience gathered near the stage.
- atmosphere (n) The atmosphere of the party was so lively! We all enjoyed it.
- choose (v) I can’t choose between pop music and rap. I like both!
- isn’t my thing Reading books isn’t my thing. I prefer playing video games.
- in person directly/ face to face
- museum (n)
- art gallery (n)
- opera (n)
- painter (n)
- puppet (n)
- artist (n)
- dancer
- actress – actor (n)
- songwriter (n)
- musical instrument(s) (n)
- portrait (n)
- theatre (n) Let’s go to the opera theatre this evening!
- exhibition (n) Would you like to visit my art exhibition this Sunday?
- photography (n) the art of taking photos
- art form (n) There are many art forms: painting, cinema, music, theatre…

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II. Grammar
1. Structures of comparisons
a. as + adjective/adverb + as: Shows that
two things are familiar
Ex:
(1) The weather this summer is as bad as last
year.
(2) I did the exam as well as Lan did.
c. the same as….: Shows similarity
Ex:
(1) The price of food is the same as it was
last year.
(2) You’ve got the same idea as me.
(3) Tom is the same age as George.
b. not as + adjective/adverb + as: Shows
that something is “more” or “less” than
something else.
Ex:
(1) Living in the countryside is not
expensive as living in the city.
(2) He is not as good-looking as his
brother.
(3) She’s not singing as loudly as she can.
d. different from: Shows that two or
more things are not similar
Ex:
(1) She is very different from her sister.
(2) The new school isn’t much different
from the old one.

Your own examples:

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2. Express agreement using too and either:

too either
Used to express agreement with a Used to express agreement with a
POSITIVE statement NEGATIVE statement
(1) A: I am a teacher. (+) (1) A: I am not a famous person. (-)
B: I am, too/ So am I. B: I am not, either
(2) A: I like pizza. (+) (2) A: I don’t like ice-cream. (-)
B: I like it too/ I do, too B: I don’t, either.

Your own examples:

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