II semester Form 7

Unit 3 Sports 

SPORTS FROM A TO Z

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Part 1 

Part 2 

                                                          ARE YOU A SPORTSMAN?

1 Which games do you like?

a) Dodgeball, hopscotch, tag, football.   b) Cards, monopoly, computer games.

2 Do you like PE at school?

a) Yes, I do.   b) No, I don’t.

3 Do you work out every day?

a) No, I don’t.   b) Yes, I do.

4 What do you prefer?

a) Playing football.   b) Watching a football match on TV.

5 What do you do when you come home from school?

a) I go out and ride my bike or roller skate.   b) I sit down at my computer.

6 There are two interesting programmes on TV at the same time. What do you watch?

a) The handball match.   b) The film.

7 What is your favourite holiday activity?

a) Eating ice cream.   b) Swimming and diving.

8 Your class is playing a dodgeball match against the other class. Do you give your best to win?

a) Yes, I do.   b) No, I don’t.

5 Do the questionnaire to check if sport plays an important part in your life.

***a questionnare  — анкета

***to dodge  — ухилятися

Check your points.

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

A 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1

B 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

Score2:

0-4 points

You are not very interested in sports. You prefer other activities. But remember, doing sport is very good for your health. So why don’t you try some sport? Now is the right time to start.

5-8 points

Sport is very important for you. It is clear that you really enjoy doing and watching sport. Who knows, maybe one day you will win an Olympic medal!

Ex. Group up the sports into 3 columns. + Mind the verbs you use with each sport.

rugby, cricket, soccer, rowing, cycling, basketball, tennis,    boxing, karate, volleyball, skiing, judo, horse riding, sailing, swimming, high jump, running, gymnastics, athletics, wrestling

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p la y                               go                           do___

handball ...                 athletics ...             skiing ...

    *** THINK!

1. What excites you most about sports?
2. Do you prefer to watch or participate in sports? Why?
3. Which sports do you do?
4. How often do you do them?
5. Why do you like them?
6. Where do you do these sports? 
7. What equipment do you need?
8. Which sports do you like to watch?
9. Why do you like them?

*** Who do you think is the most famous sports star ever?
                  Agree?

✔Student A believes that sport is HIGHLY important.
Student B thinks that sport is NOT important.
✔Student A believes that everybody should do sports every day.
Student B thinks that some exercise from time to time is OK.
✔Student A believes that watching games is more exciting than playing it.
Student B thinks that watching sports can’t replace a good thrilling game.
✔Student A believes that soccer is the most exciting sport.
Student B considers figure skating to be more impressive.
✔Student A believes that sumo is much cooler than wrestling.
Student B considers sumo to be the event in which just fat guys fall over.

✔Student A believes that skiing is better to watch than skating.
Student B considers skating to be much more interesting.
✔Student A believes that F1 is a hundred times more thrilling than horse racing.
Student B considers horse racing to be the best.
✔Student A believes that men’s sports are better than women’s.
Student B considers many women’s sports to be more thrilling.
✔Student A believes that golf is the world’s dullest sport.
Student B considers a 5-day game of cricket is the most boring.

✔✔✔Try to make up a dialogues.