Transcript The Story of Edward Elgar

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The Story of Edward Elgar
This PPT accompanies a separate PDF sheet – also
available on www.skillsworkshop.org - with teaching
notes, web links and other related activities for ESOL
Entry Level 2 upwards.
Kindly contributed by Janet Kinsey [email protected] and Will
Zawadzki Will [email protected] Abingdon & Witney College
The Story of Edward Elgar
Edward Elgar ..................
(be)
born near
Worcester in the West Midlands. He
..............
(have)
a happy childhood with his
family. He quickly .......................
(become)
very interested in music and
........................
(play)
the organ, the bassoon
and the violin. He ...............
violin and really .................
solo violinist.
(study)
(want)
the
to be a
Elgar ..................
(work)
shop. He ...................
at
the
Roman
in his father’s music
(love)
playing the organ
Catholic
Worcester. He ................
church
(write)
orchestras and was ...............
in
music for
(help)
by his
wife’s encouragement. When she .............
(die)
he ...........
music.
(lose)
all his will to compose