Lesson 15 - Exercise 1 - Part 1

Vocabulary Part 1/3

Learn the vocabulary for the "Can you play a musical instrument?" videos and exercises:

Read and listen. Record and compare.
Vocabulary Term

Definition and Audio



 Prepare your microphone. Click on the red button. Speak into your microphone. Click on stop. Then click on play. Listen to yourself. Listen to the teacher. Record again.
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can
auxiliary verb
to be able to, to know how to 		Say it!
clarinet
countable noun

clarinet
a musical instrument (woodwind family) 		Say it!  
violin
countable noun



violin

a musical instrument (treble instrument, family of bowed stringed instruments)

 Say it!  
recorder
countable noun

recorder
a musical instrument (woodwind family)		 Say it!  
piano
countable noun

piano
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike upon metal strings		 Say it!  
guitar
countable noun

guitar
a stringed musical instrument with a long neck		 Say it!  

dreadful
adjective

Example:

The last interviewee
in this section is Helen.

Helen is a dreadful singer. She sings badly.



a dreadful (horrible) singer
extremely bad, unpleasant, or ugly		 Say it!