Lam Truong

Tran Tien

Quang Linh

Trinh Cong Son

Van Cao

Scott Joplin - A famous American musician -

Task 1 :Fill in each blank with a suitable word 1-Scott in Taxas in 1886, into a poor but musical black family. 3-Scott to play the works of composers like Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart as well as to compose music. 4 -He quickly famous. 5-His tunes wonderful mixure of classical European and African beats which were known as Ragtime. 6-All in all,he wrote 50 piano rags, was called the King of Ragtime. 7-Scott Joplin died He learned to play music when he very young. learned - became – was born – was – in – and - were

Task 1 :Fill in each blank with a suitable word learnedbecamewas bornwas inandwere 1-Scott in Taxas in 1886, into a poor but musical black family 2-He learned to play music when he very young 3-Scott to play the works of composers like Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart as well as to compose music. 4 -He quickly famous

- inwereand 5-His tunes wonderful mixure of classical European and African beats which were known as Ragtime 6-All in all, he wrote 50 piano rags, was called the King of Ragtime 7-Scott Joplin died

1-Scott was born in Taxas in 1886, into a poor but musical black family. 3-Scott learned to play the works of composers like Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart as well as to compose music. 4 -He quickly became famous. 5-His tunes were wonderful mixure of classical European and African beats which were known as Ragtime. 6-All in all,he wrote 50 piano rags, and was called the King of Ragtime. 7-Scott Joplin died in He learned to play music when he was very young.

*Use the verbs in the simple past tense. *Use prepositions, conjunctions when necessary.

Task 2 : Write about the life story of Van Cao, using the prompts below Name : Van Cao Born : 15 – 11 – 1923 Place of birth : Nam Dinh Family : Poor workers be born Start composing music : when very young Start / be First song : 1939, quickly famous write/become Tien Quan Ca (National Anthem ) : 1944 write Artistic works : songs, poems, paintings write /draw Died :10-7 –1995 die

Use the prompt to make up the complete sentences about Van Cao -Van Cao / born / November 15 th, 1923 / Nam Dinh / a poor worker’s family. -He / start / compose / music / when / very young. -He /write / first song / 1939 / and / quickly become / famous / he / write / Tien Quan Ca / our National Anthem. -Van cao / not only / write / songs / poems / but also / draw / paintings. -He / die / July 10 th,1995.

-Van Cao / born / November 15 th, 1923 / Nam Dinh / a poor worker’s family.  Van Cao was born on November 15 th,1923 in Nam Dinh into a poor worker’s family. -He / start / compose / music / when / very young.  He started composing music when he was very young. -He /write / first song / 1939 / and / quickly become / famous.  He wrote the first song in 1939 and quickly became famous.

-1944 / he / write / Tien Quan Ca / our National Anthem.  In 1944 he wrote Tien Quan Ca - our National Anthem. -Van cao / not only / write / songs / poems / but also / draw / paintings.  Van cao not only wrote songs and poems but also drew paintings. -He / die / July 10 th,1995.  He died on July 10 th,1995.

 Name : Trinh Cong Son  Born : 28 –  Place of birth : Dac Lac  Start composing music : 1958  First song : UOT MY  Died : 2001