reading musicals

MUSICALS

WHAT IS A MUSICAL?DO YOU KNOW THE TITLE OF A MUSICAL?

1. Ancient

2. Extravaganza

3. World-wide

4. Poetry

5. Glamorous

Expensive event

Very old

Popular

Famous, beautiful

Related to poems6. Genuinely

Real

2. Which word occurs 8 times in the text.

1. ….ancient Greece and Rome…

2. …This extraordinary extravaganza…

3… popular international culture…

Musical. The text is about musicals.

3. Which is th best summary of the text?.

4… musicals are a fantastic experience for both your eyes and your ears…

7. Read the text again. Answer the questions.1. Where did musical theater have its origins?

2. How many people have watched Cats?

3. What kind of musical is Evita?

In ancient Greece and Rome

Fifty million people.

A political musical.

Musicals are romantic, dramatic, exciting,ect .

5. Whose poem inspired the musical Cats?

6. Are musical performed in theaters only. Do they become successful films?

T.S. Eliot’s.

No. Yes, many musicals have become successful films

4. What are musicals like?

8. Answer True (T) or False(F)

1. My Fair Lady is a very recent musical2. In Cats, there are singers and dancers.3. Cats is based on some poems written by T.S.Eliot

4. The story of the Sound of Music takes place in the Andes

5. At present, musicals are very popular all over the world.

F

T

T

F

T

9. Find the following in the text.1. A love story set in a city

2. A love story set in the mountains

3. A political story

West side story

The sound of Music.

Evita

10. Find the opposite of these words in the TEXT.

1.likely

2. lately

3. Very expensive show4. thrilling

5. especially

enjoyed.

recently.

Extravaganza.

exciting

above all

Write sentences on your notebook. Use these

words.