Sports
Look at the pictures below and answer the questions.
A. Name the sports.
| 1) |  | |
| 2) |  | |
| 3) |  | |
| 4) |  | |
| 5) |  | |
| 6) |  | |
Corregir
Ver Solución
Limpiar | ||
B. Match each sport with the categories below.
| 1) | Racket sport | |
| 2) | Ball sport | |
| 3) | Water sport | |
| 4) | Winter sport | |
Corregir
Ver Solución
Limpiar | ||
Reading
Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space.
For each question, choose the correct letter A, B, C or D.
Sport in the UK
| A lot of sports (1) people play internationally originate from the UK. For example, sports like football, rugby, cricket, golf, tennis, badminton, hockey, boxing and snooker. This has meant that a lot of sports competitions are (2) in the UK. | ||
| The Wimbledon Championship is an example. This tennis tournament (3) place in London in June and July for two weeks. It is the (4) tennis tournament in the world and for this reason, it is considered the biggest and (5) prestigious. Although there are other tournaments played (6) the world, in Australia, France and the US, this is the only one that is (7) played on grass. | ||
| In 2012, (8) very famous sporting event took place in the United Kingdom, the 2012 London Olympic Games. Athletes from all over the world came to the city to take part. The event (9) a total of 26 sports and the US came first, China second and Great Britain third. After the Olympics, a lot of children in the UK (10) up different sports. Now schools offer more after school sports clubs and competitions. | ||
Corregir
Ver Solución
Limpiar | ||
Vocabulary (Sports & their equipment)
A. Answer the questions.
| ||
Corregir
Ver Solución
Limpiar | ||
B. Read the descriptions and guess the sports.
| 1) | You play this in a team. There are 11 players in a team and you play against another team. You kick a ball into a net. | |
| 2) | You do this sport in winter when there’s a lot of snow. You need a pair of skis and warm clothes. | |
| 3) | You play this sport alone but against people. You play on a course with 9 or 18 holes. You use clubs to hit a small white ball. | |
Corregir
Ver Solución
Limpiar | ||
C. Write your own descriptions to two different sports and ask your friend to guess the sport.
Grammar – Adverbs
El uso de los adverbios
Los adverbios nos cuentan algo sobre el verbo:
- He plays golf slowly.
- She rides the horse carefully.
Normalmente los adverbios contestan a las preguntas: ¿Cada cuánto tiempo? ¿Cómo? ¿Dónde? y ¿Cuando?
Cómo formar los adverbios
- Slow + ly = slowly
- Perfect + ly = perfectly
Hay algunas reglas:
A. Change the adjectives into adverbs.
| 1) | Slow | |
| 2) | Angry | |
| 3) | Kind | |
| 4) | Boring | |
| 5) | Busy | |
| 6) | Wide | |
| 7) | Serious | |
| 8) | Dangerous | |
| 9) | Comfortable | |
| 10) | Usual | |
Corregir
Ver Solución
Limpiar | ||
1. Algunas palabras tienen la misma apariencia que un adverbio porque acaban en –ly pero son adjetivos, por ejemplo: friendly, ugly, lovely, etc.
- The woman was lovely and friendly.
2. No formamos adverbios con estos adjectivos. Usamos frases:
- She spoke to us in a friendly way.
Adverbios irregulares
El adverbio de good is well.
- He is a good man. He treats his friends well.
Algunos adjetivos y adverbios son iguales, por ejemplo: fast, daily, weekly, early y hard.
B. Adjective or adverb? Read the sentences and decide if you need to change the adjective in brackets into an adverb or keep it as an adjective.
| 1) | The weather yesterday was . (good) | |
| 2) | She slept because the neighbours were having a party. (bad) | |
| 3) | I swam at the start because I was tired. (slow) | |
| 4) | They listened to the referee before the game began. (careful) | |
| 5) | She goes to the gym . (daily) | |
| 6) | We played but lost. (hard) | |
Corregir
Ver Solución
Limpiar | ||
La posición de los adverbios.
1. La mayoría de los adverbios van después del verbo. Si hay más que un adverbio van en este orden. Contestan a las preguntas:
- How?
- Where?
- When?
- Lauren swam slowly to the shore at midday.
When?
2. A veces, los adverbios pueden ir al principio de la frase.
- At midday, Lauren swam slowly to the shore.
How often?
3. Los adverbios normalmente van:
- Antes de un verbo que solo tiene una palabra – We never go the gym.
- Antes de la segunda parte de un verbo que tiene dos partes – We have never been to the gym.
- PERO despues de am/is/are/was/were – We are always early.
4. Los adverbios no van entre el verbo y su objeto.
-
I played football on Sunday.
I played on Sunday football. -
We played football carefully
We played carefully football.
C. Read the sentences. Are the adverbs in the correct place? Correct the mistakes.
| 1) | They did on Tuesday afternoon athletics. | |
| 2) | The player kicked hard the ball. | |
| 3) | She was late never for her tennis lesson. | |
| 4) | Never they have been skiing in France. | |
| 5) | We at one o’clock watched the boxing match on TV. | |
Corregir
Ver Solución
Limpiar | ||
Listening
Look at the six sentences below.
You will hear a conversation between a girl called Mary and her father, about choosing which sport to do after school.
Decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect.
If it is correct, choose A, it is not correct, choose B.
| Sonido |
| 1) | Mary wants to choose a sports club as soon as possible. | |
| 2) | Mary’s dad wants Mary to do basketball with her friends. | |
| 3) | Mary can’t joint the basketball club because it’s the same time as her piano lesson. | |
| 4) | Mary’s dad doesn’t think Mary should do any sport after school. | |
| 5) | Mary’s dad is going to call Mary’s piano teacher after 6pm. | |
Corregir
Ver Solución
Limpiar | ||
Writing
Write your answer to the question below.
Your English teacher has asked you to write a story.
Your story must begin with this sentence:
I had a real surprise when I walked onto the football pitch.
Write your answer in about 100 words.
Recording
Dad: So, you’d better decide which sports club you’re going to do in September, Mary. You really can’t delay this any longer.
Mary: I know but there’s no real hurry. It’s ages before I have to decide. The main problem is that I know I’d really love to do basketball but none of my friends are joining this club.
Dad: What club are your friends joining?
Mary: They all want to take up athletics but I’m terrible at running and I really don’t enjoy it.
Dad: Well do basketball then. I’m sure you’ll make lots of new friends and it’s a sport you’re good at.
Mary: I know. The thing is that basketball is on a Tuesday after school and on this day I’ve got my piano lesson. I really don’t want to give up the piano because I want to do a sport. I’m supposed to be taking a piano exam in December.
Dad: Why don’t I call your piano teacher and ask if she can change the day or the time of the class? That way you can do both. I think it’s important that you spend some time exercising and I know how much you love playing the piano. It would be a shame to give it up.
Mary: I’d never thought about changing my piano class. It’s been at the same time for four years now. I wonder if Mrs Porter has times available later or on a different day.
Dad: Only one way to find out. I’ll call her now.
Mary: No, don’t call her now, she’ll be teaching. She always tells me that if I need to speak to her then I need to call her before 10am or after 6pm as she’s got a lot of pupils.
Dad: I’ll call her later then.
