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IW/PW. Look and make your own advertisement.

• City Exhibition Centre
• Native Azerbaijani Art and Music!
• A Special Exhibition
• Open 9.00-18.00
• Music - a great pleasure!
• Come and enjoy this music!
• Have a nice evening!
• From 18.00 till 21.00
GRAMMAR FOCUS The Article

0 - article | the | the |
music health life culture | the music the health the life the culture | to play the piano to play the tar to play the guitar to play the violin | to play tennis to play chess to play handball to play football
Sample: • I like music. • The music that I listened yesterday is my favourite one. • I can play the piano. • I can also play tennis.

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IW. Insert appropriate articles where necessary looking through the Grammar Focus.

1. People can’t live without ... music.
2. To play ... musical instrument is ... great pleasure.
3. My sister enjoys playing ... piano.
4. If ... person wants to play ... guitar well, he has to practise it regularly.
5. ... happiness is usually the product of ... honesty and ... hard work.
6. ... flood did a lot of ... damage to ... monuments of ... city.
7. ... pollution is one of ... greatest problems facing ... mankind.
8. Don’t eat in this restaurant. ... food is awful there.
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IW. Listen to the "Do You Know" box, search for more facts and write about Azerbaijan national music/musical instruments.

Do you know?...

The Azerbaijani people have a very rich musical culture. Mugham is the main genre of Azerbaijani classical music. The birthplace of mugham is Azerbaijan. In 2002, UNESCO declared mugham one of the masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. The History of Azerbaijani mugham dates back to the ancient periods. Three major schools of mugham performance existed in the 20th century: Garabagh mugham school, Shusha mugham school and Baku mugham school. Mughams like Rast, Shur, Bayati Shiraz are famous all over the world. The main themes of mugham is usually love for the motherland and nature as well as mystical love for God.