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1 SPORTS AND GAMES

A B C D E

ABOUT YOU
Do you like basketball,
football or tennis? F I
G H
Which sport do you prefer?
Do you play any sports?

L M
J K

VOCABULARY AND READING

Sports
4 Read Sophie’s and Ben’s blogs. Who does their sport
every week? Who can’t do their sport where they live?
1 Match the pictures A–M to the words in the box.

EP
5 Read about Sophie and Ben again and answer
the questions.
do athletics play badminton
do gymnastics play baseball 1 How many women and girls do Sophie’s sport?
go cycling play hockey 2 What does Sophie do at the weekend?
go sailing play rugby 3 What does Sophie want to do at Loughborough
go skating play table tennis University?
go snowboarding play volleyball 4 Where does Ben prefer to be?
go surfing 5 Why does Ben go snowboarding every day?
6 Ben says he’s ‘goofy-foot’. What does ‘goofy-foot’ mean?

08
Listen and check. Then repeat.

2 In pairs, ask and answer the questions.

1 Which of the sports do you do in teams
(a group of people)? Which do you do alone TEENBLOG:
(just one person)?
2 Which of the sports can you do both
in teams and alone?
3 Which of these sports do you do?
4 Do you prefer team sports or sports
you do alone? Why?
Post about you and your sport here.

PRONUNCIATION /eɪ/ and /aɪ/

It’s fun!
My sport is … rugby! That’s me in the photo.
3 Put the words into the correct column.
People think that rugby is for boys, but that’s
not true. More than 18,000 women and girls play
baseball bike fly play
rugby in England. My team always
riding skating
plays a match on Saturday or
Sunday, and I usually go to practice
/eɪ/ sailing /aɪ/ cycling games three times a week. It’s hard
work, but it’s never boring! I’m 14
and I play for the U15s. That’s the
team for players under the age of 15.
When I’m older, I want to go to the rugby
summer camp at Loughborough University.
Listen and check. Then repeat. My favourite player, Fran Matthews,
09
went there and now she plays for the England
national rugby team.
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GRAMMAR Adverbs of frequency 4 Read the examples and choose the correct
words to complete the rules.
People don’t always play sport in teams.
We use the present simple to talk about things Ben doesn’t usually go snowboarding with his dad.
we do often or every day. Do you sometimes play volleyball with friends?
I go snowboarding every day. Is rugby often dangerous?
Football isn’t always boring!

1 Look at these examples from the blogs.

The adverbs of frequency are in purple.
In negatives and questions with the present
simple, we put the adverb of frequency before /
My team always plays a match on Saturday or after the main verb.
Sunday. It’s never boring. In negatives and questions with the verb be, we
It’s usually quiet. put the adverb of frequency before / after the
I often go with my little sister and other young people. verb be.
I sometimes go snowboarding with Mum.
Write the words in purple on the right place GRAMMAR REFERENCE AND PRACTICE PAGE 138
on the line.

5 Put the adverbs in the right place to complete

the sentences and questions.
0% 100%
a b c d e 1 I play hockey at school on Fridays. (usually)
2 Sophie is tired after rugby matches. (often)
2 Answer the questions. 3 People don’t go sailing in teams. (always)
1 Which sentences in Exercise 1 have a present 4 My uncle and my dad play table tennis. (never)
simple verb? 5 Is gymnastics dangerous? (sometimes)
2 Which sentences in Exercise 1 have the verb be? 6 Do you go cycling? (often)

3 Choose the correct words to complete the rules. 6 Put the words in order to make sentences and
questions and questions.
In sentences with the verb be, we put the adverb 0 often / school / plays / my friend / after /
of frequency before / after the verb. football
In sentences with the present simple, we put the My friend often plays football after school.
adverb of frequency before / after the verb. 1 welcome / sports / are / in / our / club /
always / you
2 Mondays / do / on / athletics / never / we
3 skating / brother / she / go / her / usually /
does / with / ?
10 4 table tennis / students / not / often / do /
Goofy-foot or regular? school / play / at
5 cycling / and / her sister / at / the weekend /
I love the snow and the mountains. I feel at sometimes / Lizzie / go /
home there. I live in a city and there’s no snow
here, but in the holidays, I always go to the 7 How often do you do the sports in Exercise 1 on
page 14?
mountains with my family. I sometimes
go snowboarding with Mum, but I often I never play rugby, but I often play
go with my little sister and other young volleyball. It’s great fun. How about you?
people. Mum usually skis with my dad,
and my sister and I like spending more I sometimes play rugby, and I
time in the snow than they do. It’s often go cycling. It’s never boring.
usually quiet. When we’re in the
mountains, I go snowboarding
every day and I’m getting really 8 In pairs, ask and answer the questions.
good. I often think about the 1 What sports do you do?
future – I want to be a famous 2 How often do you do them?
snowboarder one day, like Max 3 Do you play sports at school?
Parrot. Oh, and I’m goofy-foot – 4 How often do you watch sports on TV?
that means I put my right foot at 5 How often do you go to watch sports?
the front of the board. 6 Who are your favourite sports stars?

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READING

1 Look at the photos of the sports and games. What can you see?

2 Read the three texts and match them to the photos.

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TRY THESE

SPORTS! 2 GILLI-DANDA
This is an ancient sport from India. The players
1 CYCLEBALL use two things: one long stick, called a danda
and a short egg-shaped bat, called a gilli. There
This sport is like football on bikes. There are two are two teams. One player puts the gilli on the
teams. Each team has usually got two players. ground inside a small circle and hits it into the
The bikes don’t have any brakes to stop them. air with the danda. Then the player hits the gilli
Players in each team try to hit the ball into the again and runs to touch a spot outside the circle
goal. They can use their bike or their heads to get a point.
to do this. The ball is quite heavy – it weighs
half a kilogram. The winning team is the team
with the most goals at the end of the game.

C B

3 OCTOPUSH
The sport is also called underwater hockey. There are two
teams. Each team has got six players. Players swim underwater
to play this game. They use small sticks and a puck. The puck
is a little like a flat ball. It’s heavy and weighs about a kilogram.
Players try to push the puck along the bottom of a swimming
pool into the other team’s goal. The winning team is the team
with the most goals at the end of the match.

3 Read the three texts again. Are the sentences right (✓) or wrong (✗)?
1 There are always two players in a cycleball team.
2 The ball in cycleball is small and light.
3 Players in cycleball can’t hit the ball with their hands. TALKING POINTS
4 Gilli-danda comes from India. Which of these sports do you
5 The two sticks in gilli-danda are the same size. want to try?
6 Players use a small ball in gilli-danda. Do you have any sports like
7 People play octopush in teams. these in your country?
8 Players in octopush hit the ball, or puck, with their hands.
9 Players in octopush swim underwater to play their game.

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VOCABULARY Sports equipment LISTENING

1 Match the photos A–E to the words in the box. 1 Look at the photo of the sport. Match the
words 1–2 to A and B in the photos.
EP
1 handle 2 net
A B C
14 2 Listen to an interview with a boy about his
unusual sport. What’s the name of the sport?

B
D

bat ball board racket stick

12
Listen and check. Then repeat.

2 Complete the table with the sports in the box.

Some sports can go in more than one column.

badminton baseball basketball

cycleball cycling football
gilli-danda hockey octopush
rugby running sailing skating
snowboarding surfing swimming
table tennis tennis volleyball
14 3 Listen again, and choose the correct words.
1 There are four / six players in each team.
2 There are six / eight handles on the ball.
3 Players throw / give the ball to each other.
4 Players throw / put the ball in the net to score
Use a stick, Use a ball Use a board a goal.
a racket or a bat

SPEAKING

13
Listen and check. Then repeat. 1 Think of a sport. Choose one from this unit or
another sport that you know. In pairs, take turns
3 Complete the information with the sports words
in Exercise 1.
to ask and answer the questions.
1 Do people do this sport inside or outside?
TABLE TENNIS 2 Is the sport on or under water?
1 One for each player. 3 Is this sport on snow?
2 Several small, light for the game. 4 What things do people need to do this sport?
BASEBALL 5 Do people play this sport in your country?
3 One for each team. 6 What do you like about this sport?
4 One small, hard for the game. 7 Who are some of the famous players of
this sport?
BADMINTON
5 One for each player. Try and guess the sport.
OCTOPUSH
6 One small for each player.
7 One heavy puck, like a flat for the game.
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