This document provides exercises and passages for a unit on fame and the music industry. The exercises focus on vocabulary related to musical performances, careers, and competitions. Students are asked to complete sentences, crossword puzzles, and choose the correct options to demonstrate their understanding of words like audition, album, and stardom. One passage is the lyrics to the song "Waving Flag" by K'naan. Grammar examples are also provided about the present tenses, including the present continuous, present simple, and present perfect tenses.

1. Learning with Mariana Unit 1: The fame game Sofía Pielert Estefanía Ensinck Camila Prado

2. Exercise N 1 Complete the sentences with a suitable word. There is an extra help. Audience/talent/contestant/album/gig/stardom/audition/album. You have got to have a lot of t to get a part in a Broadway exhibition. 2. The band asked the ato clap their hands. 3. The girlband are going on a world tnext week. 4. Would you like to be a con a quiz show? 5. Before we can perform on TV, we have to pass an a . 6. My cousin’s band are going to play a g in front of a lot of people. 7. There are some great tracks on Shakira’s latest a . 8. Teenagers who goes on show like American Idol are hoping for instands .

3. Producer-band-stadium-celebrity-performance-contestan-backstage-gig-fan-musical-single-band-stardom Exercise N 2Complete the crossword puzzle with the vocabulary of Unit 1

4. Exercise N 3Choosethecorrectoption: 1-When singer Britney Spears performed her latest hit, she the house down.a- brought b- took. 2-I have got a starring role in a Hollywood film and I still can't get my head the idea.a- behind b- round 3-My favorite song has reached the number one .a- spot b-place. 4-I'd like to be a on a quiz show like Justo a Tiempo.a- participant b- contestant. 5-Mwmbers of the fan will recievefree tickets for the show.a-group b- club. 6-Everyone loved the concert and agreed it was a great .a- flop b- success.

5. Exercise N 4 Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentences: 1-My fingers are sore because I the guitar all day.a- am playing b- have played c- have been playing. 2-Sophie on stage a number of times.a- has acted b- is acting c-has been acting. 3- with my CD player yet?.a- are you finishing b- have you finished c- do you finish. 4-Tom is hot because .a- she's run b- she runs c- she's been running. 5-When I was a student, I in Paris for six months.a- lived b- have lived.

6. 6-They two new series of Two and a half men and there are likely to be more next year.a- made b- have made. 7-My sister to do television studies at university.a- decides b- has decided. 8-Our neighbour a TV star before she got married.a- was b- has been.

7. Exercise N 5Complete these sentences with these prepositions: ALONG FOR THROUGH BACK OUT UP

8. 1-You've got nothing to lose by entering the singing competition, so why not go it?.2-If we set now, we'll be in time for the concert.3-Reality show winners sometimes end with nothing but broken dreams.4-Opportunites to appear on prime-time TV don't come very often.5-That contestant's got an amazing voice so I'm sure he'll get to the finals.6-When the actor failed his audition, he had to fight in tears.

9. When I get older, I will be stronger They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag. When I get older, I will be stronger They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag And then it goes back, and then it goes back And then it goes back . Born to a throne, stronger than Rome But Violent prone, poor people zone But it’s my home, all I have known Where I got grown, streets we would roam But out of the darkness, I came the farthest Among the hardest survival Learn from these streets, it can be bleak Except no defeat, surrender retreat . So we struggling, fighting to eat and We wondering when we’ll be free So we patiently wait, for that fateful day It’s not far away, so for now we say. When I get older, I will be stronger .They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag And then it goes back, and then it goes back And then it goes back So many wars, settling scoresBringing us promises, leaving us poorI heard them say, love is the wayLove is the answer, that’s what they say,But look how they treat us, make us believers Waving flags – K’naan

10. We fight their battles, then they deceive usTry to control us, they couldn’t hold usCause we just move forward like Buffalo Soldiers . But we struggling, fighting to eatAnd we wondering, when we’ll be freeSo we patiently wait, for that faithful dayIt’s not far away, but for now we say When I get older, I will be strongerThey’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving FlagAnd then it goes back, and then it goes backAnd then it goes back When I get older, I will be strongerThey’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving FlagAnd then it goes back, and then it goes backAnd then it goes back . (x3)