1.A military tattoo is a performance of music or display of armed forces in general. The term comes from the early 17th-century Dutch phrase doe den tap toe ("turn off the tap"), a signal sounded by drummers or trumpeters to instruct innkeepers near military garrisons to stop serving beer and for soldiers to return to their barracks, and is unrelated to the Tahitian origins of an ink tattoo.
2.The World Pipe Band Championships have been held in Glasgow every year since 1986. Inveraray and District Pipe Band are the current world champions.
3.Music education is a field of practice, in which educators are trained for careers as elementary or secondary music teachers, school or music conservatory ensemble directors.
4.A music publisher's role is to make deals with songwriters, promote the songs their songwriters compose to musicians and anyone else who may need a song for advertising, a movie, a promotional campaign, etc.,
5.Fast-forward to the 18th Century and we see Wales really lay the foundation for its label as the 'Land of Song'. The influx of migrants to Wales from the British countryside and abroad, seeking work in the ever-expanding coal and iron industries, saw huge population increases to the country.
Put the verbs in the correct form.
I get up, switch on the radio and do my morning exercises. It takes me fifteen minutes. My sister gets up at eight o'clock. For breakfast she eats two eggs, a sandwich and a cup of tea. My father and I leave home at eight o'clock. On Sunday we go swimming. My brother plays the guitar in a band. I do my homework in my room. They have lunch at 10 o’clock. You always listen to this song.
II. Change the verbs into the correct form. Make question forms.
Do I wake up at five in the morning? Do you go to work by train? Does she drink coffee every morning? Does Alexander exercise regularly? Do you rest enough? What time do you get up in the morning? Where does your friend study? Which TV programmes do you watch? What do you do on holidays? Where do your parents live?
III. Change the sentences from positive into negative:
1. The sun doesn't rise in the west. The English Queen doesn't live in Alaska. Manchester United footballers don't wear yellow shirts. Kangaroos don't come from Canada. In Britain people don't drive on the right. He doesn't drink coffee for breakfast. They don't live in London. My friend doesn't speak English. I don't like rock music.
10. We don't have classes on Sundays.
