Unit 12C The American English File Quiz: Music

1. When did Freddy Mercury, the lead Singer of Queen, die?

I. VOCABULARY & SPEAKING

A. In pairs or groups, answer the questions.
1. What music / song / album do you like listening to ?
when youre happy
when youre in a car
when youre sad
when youre studying
when youre at a party
when youre in love

2. Which is your favorite decade for pop music?

(the 1980s, 1990s, etc.)
3. Who are your favorite bands / singers of all time?
4. What was the last song you downloaded from the Internet?
5. What was your favorite music five years ago? How have your musical tastes changed?
B. Complete the quiz questions with a question word.
How

How many

Where

What

How long Which (x2) Why

Who (x2)

Whose

1. ________ did Freddy Mercury, the lead singer of Queen, die?

a. 1990
b. 1991
c. 1992
2. ________ did the Eagles stay in their 1976 song?
a. Heartbreak Hotel
b. Hotel California

c. Hilton Hotel

3. ________ sang the song Imagine?

a. John Lennon
b. Paul McCartney

c. Ringo Starr

4. ________ happened to Mick Jagger in 2004?

a. He had an accident
b. He became Sir Mick Jagger

c. He left the Rolling Stones

5. ________ song did the Beach Boys sing?

a California Dreamin
b. Good Vibrations

c .Like a Rolling Stone

6. ________ wrote American Woman?

a Lenny Kravitz
b. The Guess Who

c .The Doors

7. ________ did Nirvana stop playing in 1994?

a. Because they argued b. Because Kurt Cobain left

c. Because Kurt Cobain died

8. ________ Spice Girls were there?

a. Four
b. Five

c .Six

9. ________ did Elvis Presley die?

a. In a plane crash
b He shot himself

c. An accidental drug overdose

10. ______ daughter did Michael Jackson marry in 1994?

a. Elvis Presleys
b. Frank Sinatras

c. Paul McCartneys

11. _____ did the Beatles stay together?

a. For eight years
b) For thirteen years

c. for seventeen years

12. _____ song did Celine Dion sing in the movie Titanic?
a. I will always love you b. My heart will go on

c. Love is in the air

When

GRAMMAR

Questions with and without auxiliaries

Questions with an auxiliary

Question

Auxiliary

Subject

What music
Which CD
Who

Do
Did
Did

you
he
you

Base
form
like?
buy?
go with?

To make questions in the simple past and

simple present, we normally use the
auxiliary verbs do / does / did + base form.
Example: What music do you like? NOT What
music you like?
In these questions the subject goes after the
auxiliary verb.

Questions without an auxiliary

Subject
What
Which team
Who

Verb
happened
won
wrote

after the concert?

the game?
that song?

When the question word (Who? What?

Which? How many?) is the subject of the
verb in the question, we do not use an
auxiliary (do, does, did). The verb is in the
third person.
Example: Who writes their songs? NOT Who does write their
songs.

C. 1. Questions without auxiliaries. Complete the questions with the pairs of words in the box.
Who invented

Who earned

Which French

Who wrote

What happens

Whose album
What country

Which composer
What movie

Which painting

Whose life

1. ________ _____________ makes the most movies every year?

2. ________ _____________ lost his hearing?
3. ________ _____________ by Van Gogh cost more: Sunflowers or Portrait of Dr. Gachet?
4. ________ _____________ the dance called salsa?
5. ________ _____________ museum appear in the novel The Da Vinci Code?
6. ________ _____________ to the heroes at the end of Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet?
7. ________ _____________ the songs Yellow, Clocks and Viva la Vida?
8. ________ _____________ won eleven Oscars in 2003?
9. ________ _____________ $225 million in 2005 for her TV show?
10. ________ _____________ became the biggest selling record in history?
11. ________ _____________ changes when he finds a golden ticket in a Wonka bar of chocolate?
C. 2. Match questions 1-11 with answers a k
a. the Louvre
b. the Return of the King (part 3 of the Lord of the
Rings)
c. Portrait of Dr. Gachet

d. African slaves in the Caribbean, though the

modern version comes from Cuba
e. Coldplay
f. Oprah Winfrey
g. Ludwig Van Beethoven
h. they both die

i. India
j. Charlies (in the novel and film Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory)

k. Michael Jacksons (the album is Thriller)

D. Music Quiz
Write your questions.
Example:
1. Which singer (PLAY) soccer for Real Madrid?
Which singer played soccer for Real Madrid?
a. Julio Iglesias
b. Enrique Iglesias
Correct answer: A

c. Placido Domingo

2. Which group Beyonc (SING) in?

________________________________________________________________________?
a. Destinys Child
b. The Spice Girls
c. En Vogue
3. Who (SING) Livin La Vida Loca?
_________________________________________________________________________?
a. Bruce Springsteen
b. Marc Anthony
c. Ricky Martin
4. What kind of music the Sex Pistols (INVENT)?
_________________________________________________________________________?
a. reggae
b. punk
c. hip-hop
5. When MTV (BEGIN)?
__________________________________________________________________________?
a. 1971
b. 1981
c. 1991
6. Who (BE) a Material Girl?
__________________________________________________________________________?
a. Mariah Carey
b. Madonna
c. Christina Aguilera
7. Which heavy metal band Ozzy Osbourne (SING) with in the 1970s?
___________________________________________________________________________?
a. Black Sabbath
b. Deep Purple
c. Led Zeppelin
8. Who (SAY) I dont know anything about music. In my line you dont have to?
___________________________________________________________________________?
a. Eminem
b. Arnold Schwarzeneggerc. Elvis Presley
9. How reggae singer Bob Marley (DIE)?
____________________________________________________________________________?
a. He drowned in the ocean
b. in a car accident
c. He had cancer
10. Which song Elton John (REWRITE) for the funeral of Princess Diana in 1997?
_____________________________________________________________________________?
a. Sacrifice
b. Candle in the Wind
c. Your song