Exercise 13. Complete this story of Craig David's early years.

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Exercise 12. Now use the context and your own knowledge to fill the gaps with a suitable word.

Exercise 11. Fill the gaps with the appropriate word.

1. Do you play a musical _________________________?

2. A: Do you like _________________________ music?

B: Yes, very much.

A: Who's your favourite _________________________?

B: It's hard to say, but I love Bach.

3. I sang in a _________________________for years. We performed in churches all over the country.

4. Their new CD is __________________next week. I'm sure it'll go to number ___________________.

5. Their first single was very popular, but they haven't _________________________an album yet.

6. I think their _________________________album is brilliant, and much better than their last one.

1. He used to be conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic _________________________.

2. Robbie Williams was in a _____________ called Take That before he became a ________________ artist.

3. I think Hey Jude or I want to hold your hand is the Beatles' biggest selling hit __________________ but Sergeant Pepper is probably their most famous ________________________. That or Abbey Road.

4. I haven't been to the ________________________since I saw The Marriage of Figaro last year.

5. Keith Richard has been ________________________guitarist of the Rolling Stones for over 30 years.

6. Duke Ellington is one of the greatest ________________________ pianists ever.

7. Waterloo was one of Abba's most famous hit ________________________.

8. Eric Clapton sings on his albums, but he first became famous as a ________________________.

9. Before he became a solo artist, Sting was the ________________________ singer with Police.

Craig David was born and grew up in Southampton, on the south coast of England. As a teenager he used

to write his own (1) __________________ on a dictaphone, and his (2) __________________in music at that time ranged from Terence Trent D'Arby to Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder. His first (3) __________________ was Human, a version of the song that was a (4) __________________ for the Human League. After that David became better known, and his first album was (5) __________________ in summer 2000.