Reading -Understanding Music and Instruments

What is the central idea of paragraph 2?

• String instruments make different sounds based on their size and shape.

• Musicians use bows to play all string instruments.

• Plucking a thick string is the only way to play a string instrument.

• The bigger shape of string instruments will make bigger sounds.

Based on the paragraph above, how do musicians play string instruments?

• They slide the strings over to make sounds.

• They use bigger instruments to make sounds lower.

• They use a piece of wood called a bow to make lower sounds.

• They usually move the bow across the strings to make music.

The opposite meaning of the word 'pluck' in the sentence 'When you pluck a string, it makes a note.' is ….

• hit

• pull

• push

• touch

What is the main idea of paragraph 3?

• The role of air and materials in making musical sounds.

• How percussion instruments produce music.

• How pianos use hammers to create musical notes.

• Different ways to create music using strings and hitting.

What can we learn about percussion instruments in paragraph 3?

• The air in the percussion instrument increases the sound.

• Piano and stringed instruments can be considered percussion instruments.

• Both options 'a' and 'b' are correct.

• Only option 'a' is correct.

Based on the reading passage (please provide the full text at the beginning of this exercise), we can make music by ….

• hitting most materials

• blowing most materials

• touching most materials

• All of the above

The synonym of 'hammer' as stated in the sentence "When you press the piano keys, hammers inside the piano, hit the strings to make music." is ….

• screwdrivers

• nails

• axes

• beaters (lead your student to see the root word: beat (+ er + s) to give some clues

The opposite meaning of the word 'sound' as stated in this sentence "That's because most things make a sound when you hit them." is ….

• noise

• quietness

• noisy

• silence