TOEFL Arts

In the sentence "The play bombed in London's West End", the word "bombed stands for

• exploded

• was a success

• was performed

• was a failure

What do we call people that go to the cinema?

• the audience

• the public

• the viewers

• the seaters

The show was (not appreciated) at its beginning.

• ovated

• applaused

• banned

• booed

What are an encore?

• a rehearsal

• a flop

• an extra performance

• applause

Treading the boards has something to do with acting.

• True

• False

Helena Good ​ (a)   the show with a fantastic performance

• stole
• won
• was awarded

Match the words with their meanings

• practice performance

• Hackneyed

• Not so good

• Overrated

• extremely upsetting

• Rehearsal

• boring

• Horrowing

The way an actor creates a ________ of a person

• image

• picture

• portrait

• cliche

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Positive

,

(b) Negative

• rolling in the aisles

• heavy going

• brought the house down

• slated

• glowing reviews

• pick holes

• standing ovation

• panned

• lauded

• applause