13 Fill in the correct prepositions, then choose any three and make sentences.
The twenty year old _____ Texas performed live every week ____ ten weeks to the audience.
She earned a living as a waitress, a chemist’s assistant, ___ the movie theatre and even ___ the zoo!
It was a strange chain of events that really put Kelly ___ the path ___ music though.
She began sending ____ tapes of her singing and trying to get ______the music industry.
Jessica was determined ______ Kelly not to give up.
Jessica suggested she tried out ____ American Idol.
‘I went and auditioned ____ fun and here I am!’
The final ten performers _____ the show joined up again _____ the American Idol Tour.
American Idol Tour took them _____ Seattle ___ New York playing to over 200,000 fans.
Kelly performed to an audience ___ 25 million ___ America’s biggest ever TV show.
14 Fill in the gaps with the correct words derived from the words in bold.
They became friends at school. They all started |
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learning to play instruments at about the same time, |
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and they’ve always shared 1) ______tastes in music. |
same |
There’s nothing 2) _______ about that, of course — |
usual |
lots of teenagers are interested in music. However, |
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these four friends are 3) ________. Even though the |
differ |
oldest is only fourteen, they’ve already sold more |
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than five million CDs. |
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The four friends are better known as the band |
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Reflex. Although Reflex only became 4) _________ |
success |
last year, they’ve 5) _____ been playing together for |
actual |
five years. ‘I guess we were fairly 6)_______ at first,’ |
dread |
admits Harry. ‘However, we didn’t give up, in spite of |
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the neighbours’ 7) _________!’ After a few months, |
complain |
Reflex began playing in local youth clubs and |
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cafés, and soon they developed a big group of local |
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fans. |
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Two years ago one of the directors of a large |
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record company heard them playing in a café and |
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invited the group to record an album. They accepted |
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the 8)________, of course, and the album became a |
INVITE |
best seller in the UK. The rest, as they say, is history! |
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Carla says that they really love making music. - |
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‘I think that’s the most important thing. Also, we’ve |
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got the 9) _____ to communicate with the audience.’ |
ABLE |
That’s why the fans like Reflex so much. |
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Despite their 10)________ in their home town, |
POPULAR |
Reflex found it difficult to get a contract with a |
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record company. |
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