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WorksheetsIndependent 1 - Unit 2 Lesson F
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 32mins
Before you watch - Key vocabulary
Read the sentences. The words in green are used in the video. Guess and write the meaning of the words.
1) After the meeting, my mind was full of ideas.
Before you watch - Key vocabulary
Read the sentences. The words in green are used in the video. Guess and write the meaning of the words.
2) Text messages introduced a new style of writing.
Before you watch - Key vocabulary
Read the sentences. The words in green are used in the video. Guess and write the meaning of the words.
3) When you’re driving late at night, tiredness can be a serious problem.
Before you watch - Key vocabulary
Read the sentences. The words in green are used in the video. Guess and write the meaning of the words.
4) I like music that has a fast beat
Before you watch - Key vocabulary
Read the sentences. The words in green are used in the video. Guess and write the meaning of the words.
5) Ringo Starr was the famous drummer in The Beatles.
Before you watch - Key vocabulary
Read the sentences. The words in green are used in the video. Guess and write the meaning of the words.
6) I’m not feeling well today. I don’t have the energy to go to class.
Before you watch - Key vocabulary
Match the definition with the vocabulary.
1) a regular sound _______
beat
drummer
energy
mind
style
Before you watch - Key vocabulary
Match the definition with the vocabulary.
2) a musician who plays the drums _______
beat
tiredness
drummer
mind
style
Before you watch - Key vocabulary
Match the definition with the vocabulary.
3) power and force _________
beat
tiredness
drummer
energy
style
Before you watch - Key vocabulary
Match the definition with the vocabulary.
4) your thoughts, feelings, memories, etc. _______
beat
tiredness
drummer
mind
style
Before you watch - Key vocabulary
Match the definition with the vocabulary.
5) a way of doing something ________
beat
tiredness
drummer
mind
style
Before you watch - Key vocabulary
Match the definition with the vocabulary.
6) the feeling of being sleepy ___________
beat
tiredness
drummer
mind
style
While you watch - Watch Part 1 of the video
Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?
1) Japanese warriors used drums 2,000 years ago.
True
False
While you watch - Watch Part 1 of the video
Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?
2) The sounds of drums told people where a village boundary was.
True
False
While you watch - Watch Part 1 of the video
Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?
3) The sound of drums in Japan has never gone away.
True
False
While you watch - Watch Part 1 of the video
Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?
4) Taiko drumming is now popular in San Francisco
True
False
While you watch - Watch Part 1 and 2 of the video.
Choose the correct option to complete the sentences about taiko.
1) Japanese warriors used drums to make their enemies attack / fear them.
attack
fear
While you watch - Watch Part 1 and 2 of the video.
Choose the correct option to complete the sentences about taiko.
2) The essence3 of taiko is that it’s not just people drumming. It’s the unity4 of the audience / drummers amongst themselves.
audience
drummers
While you watch - Watch Part 1 and 2 of the video.
Choose the correct option to complete the sentences about taiko.
3) In San Francisco, the movement of the body / the human voice has now been added to traditional taiko drumming.
the movement of the body
the human voice
While you watch - Watch Part 1 and 2 of the video.
Choose the correct option to complete the sentences about taiko.
4) Taiko drummers sometimes have to play through pain and tiredness / with 50 percent of their energy while practicing and performing.
through pain and tiredness
with 50 percent of their energy
While you watch - Watch Part 1 and 2 of the video.
Choose the correct option to complete the sentences about taiko.
5) Seiichi Tanaka is giving North America the chance to enjoy the energy and excitement of a completely new form of music / traditional taiko drumming.
a completely new form of music
traditional taiko drumming.
After you watch - Vocabulary in context
Complete the sentences in your own words.
1) I think I’ve _______________ a dozen or so times.
Example: I think I've eaten ramen a dozen or so times
After you watch - Vocabulary in context
Complete the sentences in your own words.
2) In this school, there are something like ___________ students.
After you watch - Vocabulary in context
Complete the sentences in your own words.
3) I felt better when _______________ went away.
After you watch - Vocabulary in context
Complete the sentences in your own words.
4) Many people in ____________ [place] in ___________ [time] were just fresh off the boat.
