WorksheetsMusical idioms
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 14mins
1. Doesn't Richard ever appreciate other people's merits? Does he only blow his own .................................?
trumpet
drum
bell
2. I think the critics have gone too far with their praises for Ms Henley. In fact, she played second ................................. in the performance.
note
fiddle
tune
3. Judging by the way he banged the .............................. for Alice, he must be very fond of the girl.
drum
bell
trumpet
4. The lyrics of the song struck a ................................... with Sue and she became sad.
song
tango
chord
5. It was horrible how she led us a merry ................................... by leaving the house without telling us where she was going.
tango
dance
sound
tune
6. One of the boys blames his companion for the wrongdoing, but everyone knows that it takes two to................................... .
tango
dance
tune
chord
7. In his sermon the Pope struck the right...............................It was exactly what the people needed to hear: the words of hope.
sound
note
tune
song
8. If I tell you his family name is Nigel, does it ring a ................................ ?
bell
tune
sound
drum
9. The dishonest accountant will have to face the ................................ for having embezzled so much of the company funds.
sound
song
music
10. 'You must have spent a fortune on the silver cigar box.'
'Oh no, I bought it for a .................................. at a flea market.'
song
sound
music
11. The Prime Minister must be the President's puppet. He seems to dance to the President's ...................... and does not implement his own policy.
note
tune
sound
music
'Someone's told me you're ill in hospital.'
'I don't have a clue why someone should have told you this rubbish. I am as ..................................... as a bell.'
sound
strong
soft
They had a global ____ hit with their album concept about “The dark side of the Moon”.
top
song
smash
popular
This game show has attracted many participants since it was aired in 2015. (CLOSEST MEANING)
introduced
broadcasted
launched
originated
Mozart was a child prodigy that he composed music at the age of four. (CLOSEST MEANING)
innovation
genius
wartime
contract
1. A (a) is someone who is famous
The (a) of a band is the main (and sometimes the only) singer.
A (a) is someone who really likes a particular person, group or team.
A (a) is a person whose job is to find information about news events and describe them for newspaper, on TV, etc.
The (a) are photographers who follow famous people and try to take photos of them.
Your (a) is a person who you like and want to be like.
