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The didgeridoo

Australia’s oldest sound · about 45 minutes

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1 · Start ⏱️ 3 min

A man with traditional body paint plays a painted didgeridoo in the Australian bush
Playing the didgeridoo in the bush

💬 Talk to your partner

  1. Have you ever heard a didgeridoo? What does it sound like?
  2. How do you think people make this instrument?
  3. Can you play an instrument? Which one?

2 · Read the text ⏱️ 7 min

3a · Headings ⏱️ 4 min

Match each paragraph with the best heading.

Correct: 0 / 0

3b · Find the words ⏱️ 6 min

Find a word in the paragraph that has the meaning given. Write it in the gap – exactly as it is in the text.

3c · True, false or not in the text? ⏱️ 5 min

4a · Tenses: Liam’s first didgeridoo lesson ⏱️ 5 min

Put the verbs in brackets into the right tense: simple present, present progressive, simple past or past progressive.

Correct: 0 / 0

4b · used to ⏱️ 4 min

Complete the sentences. The hint in brackets tells you the verb and the time.

5a · Word families ⏱️ 5 min

Change the ROOT WORD so that it fits the gap.

5b · Keyword transformation ⏱️ 6 min

Complete the second sentence so that it means the same. Use the KEYWORD and 2–5 words.

Finished early? Try it! 🎶

Close your lips loosely and blow through them so that they buzz like a didgeridoo. Can you make the sound for 10 seconds? Now tell your partner in English: What was the most surprising fact about the didgeridoo?

Extra · Learn more about the didgeridoo

⭐ Extra – if you want to learn more!

  1. Watch the video and learn more about the didgeridoo – and see how it is made.
  2. Tell your partner one new fact that was not in our text.
  3. Compare: Which steps from paragraph C can you see in the video?