- •Unit 2 sports crazy
- •1 In pairs. Take it in turns to ask and answer the questions below.
- •4 Number the topics below in the same order as in the passage.
- •5 Complete this summary of the passage about Ann Crossley.
- •Fishing
- •Read the text “Fishing” again. Can you find the answers to the following questions in this text? Tick () “Yes” or “No”.
- •9 In pairs. Talk about possible answers to the questions in activity 8.
- •10 In pairs. Close your book and talk about fishing in Britain.
- •12 Complete the conversation between two friends. What does Gordon say to Marie? For questions 1- 4, choose a - d.
- •Listening
- •16 Put the words for sports in two columns: team sports and individual sports.
- •17 In pairs. Choose an adjective from the box to describe your opinion of each of the sports in activity 16. Report to the class about your partner’s opinion.
- •18 Read the definitions 1- 5. What is the correct word (a-e) for each one? For questions 1- 5, mark the correct letter a – e.
- •19 Fill in the right word from the list below.
- •Play, do, go
- •21 Complete the text using go, play or do.
- •23 Choose sports to match these verbs.
- •Like, be keen on, enjoy, don’t mind, love, be fond of,
- •Adverbs of frequency
- •Adverb phrases
- •28 Match () the adverbs of frequency with adverb phrases.
- •Say that you disagree with the statements below. Use the adverbs of frequency.
- •34 Choose a, b or c.
- •35 In groups, take it in turns to ask and answer the questions below. Report to the class about the people in your group.
- •36 In pairs. Look at the pictures and answer the questions using the adverbs of frequency.
- •37 In pairs, ask and answer questions using different adverbs of frequency and the prompts below, as in the example.
- •Superlative adjectives
- •39 Look at the statements about sport in the chart. Tick the statements you agree with.
- •40 Now listen to Kathy and Andrew talking about their opinions about sport. Tick the statements they agree with.
- •42 Choose the correct sentence.
- •43 Complete the sentences with more or most.
- •Speaking
- •47 In pairs. Close your book and act out the dialogue in activity 46 from memory.
- •48 In groups, discuss your answers to the questions below.
- •In pairs. Take turns to talk about activities you like and don’t like. Talk for as long as you can.
- •In groups. Describe your favourite kind of sport but don’t say which kind of sport it is. Talk for as long as you can. See if your friends can guess.
- •Work in pairs.
16 Put the words for sports in two columns: team sports and individual sports.
Football tennis climbing skiing
Motor racing golf windsurfing hang gliding
Swimming horse riding basketball cycling
Team sports
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Individual sports |
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2
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2 |
3
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4
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5
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17 In pairs. Choose an adjective from the box to describe your opinion of each of the sports in activity 16. Report to the class about your partner’s opinion.
Dangerous fashionable popular safe intelligent
Exciting tiring expensive difficult successful
Boring interesting fast enjoyable lively
Example: - I think football is boring.
- Well, I suppose windsurfing is dangerous.
18 Read the definitions 1- 5. What is the correct word (a-e) for each one? For questions 1- 5, mark the correct letter a – e.
1 A group of people who play a game or sport together against another group. |
A keen |
2 Wanting to do something or wanting something to happen very much |
B support |
3 = Fan; someone who likes a particular sports team and often goes to watch them play. |
C supporter |
4 To give something a different colour using a substance for changing colours of clothes, hair etc. |
D team |
5 To like a particular sports team and go to watch the games they play. |
E dye |
19 Fill in the right word from the list below.
support keen crazy dyes angler team as well
Tim plays for the national volley-ball … .
He enjoys jogging … .
What football team do you … ?
Priscilla usually … her hair jet black.
It’s an absolutely … idea.
Daniel’s very …on tennis.
Her brother is an …. He likes fishing very much.
20 Read the descriptions of some kinds of sport. What is the word for each one? The first letter is already there. There is one space for each other letter in the word. For questions 1-10, write the words.
1 The sport of moving yourself through water using your arms and legs
S _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
2 The activity of running slowly and steadily as a way of exercising.
j _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
3 The sport of sailing across water by standing on a surfboard and holding on to a large sail attached to the surfboard. W _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
4 A Japanese sport or method of defense in which you try to throw your opponent onto the ground. J _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ .
5 The sport of traveling in a canoe. C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
6 An outdoor game between two teams of nine players in which players try to get points by hitting a ball and running around four bases. B _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
7 An outdoor game between two teams with an oval ball that you kick or carry.
R _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
8 A game for two players, who move their playing pieces according to special rules across a special board to try to trap their opponent’s king.
C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ..
9 A game that is similar to tennis but you play it with a small feathered object instead of a ball. B _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
10 A sport for two teams of eleven players, who try to kick a round ball
into their opponent’s goal. S _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .