Unit 24 B2

Question 1

enjoy (v)

Answer 1

to get pleasure from something *Did you enjoy your meal?

Question 2

entertain (v)

Answer 2

to give a performance that people enjoy *The children sang and danced to entertain the crowd.

Question 3

play (v)

Answer 3

to have a particular part in a play or film *She played Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire.

Question 4

act (v)

Answer 4

to perform in plays or films *I’ve always wanted to act.

Question 5

star (v)

Answer 5

if you star in a film, play, television programme, etc, or if it stars you, you are the main actor or performer in it *He starred in the school play.

Question 6

audition (n)

Answer 6

an occasion when you sing, dance or act so that someone can decide if you are good enough to perform *Good luck with your audition for the play.

Question 7

rehearsal (n)

Answer 7

an occasion when you practise for the performance of a play, concert, etc *We’ve got rehearsals every night this week.

Question 8

rehearse (v)

Answer 8

to practise a play, concert, etc before giving a performance *How many times are you going to rehearse that song before the talent show?

Question 9

practise (v)

Answer 9

to repeat an activity regularly so that you become better at it *How many hours a day do you practise?

Question 10

scene (n)

Answer 10

a part of a play, book, film, etc in which events happen in the same place or period of time *I love the opening scene of Macbeth.

Question 11

scenery (n)

Answer 11

the furniture and painted background on a theatre stage *The play was good but the scenery wasn’t very realistic.

Question 12

stage (n)

Answer 12

the part of a theatre where the actors or musicians perform *They had now been on stage for over four hours.

Question 13

band (n)

Answer 13

a group of musicians who play popular music *He used to play in a jazz band.

Question 14

orchestra (n)

Answer 14

a large group of musicians who use many different instruments in order to play mostly classical music *There are over fifty people in the school orchestra.

Question 15

group (n)

Answer 15

a small set of musicians who play pop music *Would you like to be in a pop group?

Question 16

review (n)

Answer 16

an article in which someone gives their opinion of a play, book, exhibition, etc *The film got really good reviews.

Question 17

criticism (n)

Answer 17

a comment or comments that show that you think something is wrong or bad *The new plans drew fierce criticism from local people.

Question 18

ticket (n)

Answer 18

a piece of paper that shows that you have paid to do something such as go to a concert, visit a museum, or travel on a train, bus, plane, etc *We’ll send your tickets a week before your flight.

Question 19

fee (n)

Answer 19

an amount of money that you pay to be allowed to do something such as join an organisation *The gallery charges a small entrance fee.

Question 20

novel (n)

Answer 20

a long written story about imaginary characters and events *Have you read any of Martin Amis’s novels?

Question 21

fiction (n)

Answer 21

books and stories about imaginary events and people *Hardy wrote poetry as well as fiction.

Question 22

comic (n)

Answer 22

a magazine that contains stories told in a series of drawings *My little brother gets a comic every Friday.

Question 23

cartoon (n)

Answer 23

a film or TV programme made by photographing a series of drawings so that they seem to move *A humorous drawing in a newspaper or magazine *There’s a very funny cartoon in today’s paper.

Question 24

comedian (n)

Answer 24

someone whose job is to entertain people by making them laugh *The comedian was so bad the audience didn’t let him finish his act.

Question 25

watch (v)

Answer 25

to look at someone or something for a period of time *Did you watch the news last night?

Question 26

see (v)

Answer 26

to watch something such as a film or television programme *Have you seen American Beauty?

Question 27

look (v)

Answer 27

to direct your eyes towards someone or something so that you can see them *Don looked at his watch.

Question 28

listen (v)

Answer 28

to pay attention to a sound, or to try to hear a sound *Do you like listening to music?

Question 29

hear (v)

Answer 29

to realise that someone or something is making a sound *Mary heard the sound of voices.