Talking about: MUSIC

Here you can find some questions you can ask your partner during conversation about music:

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1. How often do you listen to music?

2. When do you normally listen to music?

3. Are you able to concentrate <p class = tooltip2><b>to concentrate</b> (level: intermediate)</p><p class = tooltip2>to focus on sth, to pay attention to sth</p><p class = tooltip2><i>It’s high time you concentrated on your career and got a good job.</i></p> on other activities when you are listening to music?

4. What kind of music is your favourite <p class = tooltip2><b>favourite</b> (level: pre-intermediate)</p><p class = tooltip2>best liked</p><p class = tooltip2><i>My favourite colour is green.</i></p>?

5. Do you like classical music?

6. Do you like country music <p class = tooltip2><b>country music</b> (level: intermediate)</p><p class = tooltip2>music based on US traditional music from the West and the South</p><p class = tooltip2><i>Country music becomes more and more popular in Europe due to the young US artists trying to revive the American tradition of the West.</i></p>?

7. Do you like jazz?

8. Do you listen to all kinds of music?

9. Is there any kind of music that you hate?

10. Can you play any musical instrument? If not, which instrument would you like to play?

11. Which musical instruments do people from your country usually play?

12. Is there any traditional musical instrument in your country?

13. Do you like singing?

14. Are you a good singer?

15. Are you singing while taking a shower/a bath <p class = tooltip2><b>to take a bath</b> (level: intermediate)</p><p class = tooltip2>to wash your body in a container which is filled with water</p><p class = tooltip2><i>I enjoy having a long hot bath in the evening.</i></p>?

16. Do you like live music <p class = tooltip2><b>live music</b> (level: intermediate)</p><p class = tooltip2>music played in front of the audience, e.g. in a concert</p><p class = tooltip2><i>The experience of listening to the live music cannot be compared to any top quality CD or TV broadcast.</i></p>?

17. Have you ever been to a concert? If so, what kind of concert was it?

18. Who is your favourite singer?

19. What is your favourite music band <p class = tooltip2><b>music band</b> (level: pre-intermediate)</p><p class = tooltip2>a group of people that have joined together to play music</p><p class = tooltip2><i>Many music bands fall apart because of the singers taking up individual career.</i></p>?

20. If you could start a band, what type of music would you play?

21. How does music influence <p class = tooltip2><b>to influence</b> (level: intermediate)</p><p class = tooltip2>to change or affect something</p><p class = tooltip2><i>You won’t influence her decision, she’s too stubborn.</i></p> your mood <p class = tooltip2><b>mood</b> (level: intermediate)</p><p class = tooltip2>the way you feel</p><p class = tooltip2><i>I’d rather not talk to her at all today. She’s in a terrible mood since yesterday.</i></p>?

22. What kind of music does make you feel relaxed?

23. What is your favourite song?

24. What is more important for you, the lyrics <p class = tooltip2><b>lyrics</b> (level: upper intermediate)</p><p class = tooltip2>the text of a song</p><p class = tooltip2><i>She’s famous for writing lyrics for the most talented artists’ songs.</i></p> or the melody of a song?

25. What makes a song popular, the lyrics or the melody?

26. Do you like songs in your own language?

27. Do you like English songs?

28. Do you learn vocabulary from foreign <p class = tooltip2><b>foreign</b> (level: intermediate)</p><p class = tooltip2>connected to a country which is not your own</p><p class = tooltip2><i>Teenagers’ motivation for learning languages is often to understand lyrics of foreign songs.</i></p> songs?

29. Do you have a stereo system <p class = tooltip2><b>stereo system</b> (level: upper intermediate)</p><p class = tooltip2>a set of devices used for producing natural sounds</p><p class = tooltip2><i>It is typical for him to spend all his money on a new stereo system. He loves music so much.</i></p>?

30. Which electronic devices <p class = tooltip2><b>electronic device</b> (level: upper intermediate)</p><p class = tooltip2>an electronic machine or an object invented for a particular purpose, e.g. playing music</p><p class = tooltip2><i>Most people cannot imagine the world without all the modern electronic devices that make our lives so much easier.</i></p> do you use to listen to music?

31. Do you listen to MP3 files on your computer?

32. What do you think about downloading <p class = tooltip2><b>to download</b> (level: upper intermediate)</p><p class = tooltip2>to copy programs, files, information into a computer’s memory</p><p class = tooltip2><i>Downloading music and films from the internet is illegal.</i></p> MP3 files from the Internet?

33. Do you find downloading MP3 files from the Internet a theft <p class = tooltip2><b>theft</b> (level: upper intermediate)</p><p class = tooltip2>the act of taking something that belongs to someone else</p><p class = tooltip2><i>The shop in the corner suffered several thefts during the last weeks.</i></p>?

34. Do you listen to the radio?

35. Can you imagine life without music?

Useful vocabulary connected with: MUSIC

to concentrate (level: intermediate)
to focus on sth, to pay attention to sth
It’s high time you concentrated on your career and got a good job.

favourite (level: pre-intermediate)
best liked
My favourite colour is green.

country music (level: intermediate)
music based on US traditional music from the West and the South
Country music becomes more and more popular in Europe due to the young US artists trying to revive the American tradition of the West.

to take a shower (level: intermediate)
to use a device that releases drops of water on you in order to wash your body
I take a quick shower several times during a hot summer day in order to feel clean and fresh all day long.

to take a bath (level: intermediate)
to wash your body in a container which is filled with water
I enjoy having a long hot bath in the evening.

live music (level: intermediate)
music played in front of the audience, e.g. in a concert
The experience of listening to the live music cannot be compared to any top quality CD or TV broadcast.

music band (level: pre-intermediate)
a group of people that have joined together to play music
Many music bands fall apart because of the singers taking up individual career.

mood (level: intermediate)
the way you feel
I’d rather not talk to her at all today. She’s in a terrible mood since yesterday.

to influence (level: intermediate)
to change or affect something
You won’t influence her decision, she’s too stubborn.

lyrics (level: upper intermediate)
the text of a song
She’s famous for writing lyrics for the most talented artists’ songs.

foreign (level: intermediate)
connected to a country which is not your own
Teenagers’ motivation for learning languages is often to understand lyrics of foreign songs.

stereo system (level: upper intermediate)
a set of devices used for producing natural sounds
It is typical for him to spend all his money on a new stereo system. He loves music so much.

electronic device (level: upper intermediate)
an electronic machine or an object invented for a particular purpose, e.g. playing music
Most people cannot imagine the world without all the modern electronic devices that make our lives so much easier.

to download (level: upper intermediate)
to copy programs, files, information into a computer’s memory
Downloading music and films from the internet is illegal.

theft (level: upper intermediate)
the act of taking something that belongs to someone else
The shop in the corner suffered several thefts during the last weeks.