4. Lam Truong

6. Tran Tien

8. Quang Linh

10. Trinh Cong Son

12. Van Cao

16. Scott Joplin - A famous American musician -

17. 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 --------1917. 2-He learned to play music when he------ very young. learned - became – was born – was – in – and - were

18. 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

19. - 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 -------- 1917.

20. 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 1917. 2-He learned to play music when he was very young.

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

26. 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

27. 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. -1944 / 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.

28. -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.

29. -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.

30.  Name : Trinh Cong Son  Born : 28 –02 - 1939  Place of birth : Dac Lac  Start composing music : 1958  First song : UOT MY  Died : 2001