Sports
What’s your favorite
Sport? Theme
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Vocabulary
football basketball tennis
volleyball swimming rafting
baseball boxing cycling
-What is your favorite sport game?
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- Are you playing any sport of those?
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Match the pictures with
the activities:
1.rafting
2.Running
3.Horse riding
4.Football
5.Tennis
6.Rock climbing
7.boxing
8.baseball
9.surfing
10.cycling
11.volleyball
12.basketball
13.swimming
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I like _____. I
X don’t like_____.
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CAN YOU?
Can you play football?
- Yes, I can play football. - No, I can’t play football.
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play football – swim– play volley ball – play tennis - play
basketball -play baseball
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Reading
Working list SPORT
Sport
Sport holds an important place in our life. When we listen to the radio in
the morning, we can always hear sport news. When we open a newspaper, we
can always find information about some game or other or an article about our
favorite kind of sports. Television programmers about sport are also very
popular, and we can watch something interesting every day. Sport helps
people to keep in good health. Sport also makes us more organized in our
daily activities. National game and sports competitions are popular in our
country. People go in for many kinds of sports. There are sports grounds near
every school, every institute, every factory and plant. Besides there are sports
clubs and sport school in every town. Many people go there for training.
A healthy way of life
Sport is probably as old as the humanity itself. It has been developing with the development and
growth of the mankind people all over the world is very fond of sports and games. We all need to
exercise. Even if you don't plan to make a career in sport you still have to practice. Regular exercises
give you more energy. That is why many people who suffer from general tiredness should take more
exercise than more rest. Exercise makes you feel and look better. The best exercise is one, which is
involved, in repeated movements: walking, jogging and swimming.
Kinds of sports.
- Many people do sports on their personal initiative. They go in
for skating, table tennis, swimming, volleyball, football,
bodybuilding, etc. All necessary facilities are provided for
them: stadiums, sport grounds, swimming pools, skating rinks,
skiing stations, football fields.
- The most popular outdoor winter
sports are shooting, hunting, hockey and in the countries where the
weather is frosty and there is much snow-
skating, skiing and tobogganing. Some people greatly enjoy figure-
skating and ski-jumping.
- Summer affords excellent opportunities
for swimming, boating, cycling, gliding and many other sports.
- All the year round many people
do boxing, wrestling, athletics, gymnastics and track and field events.
- There are sport games: football, golf, tennis, cricket, volleyball, basketball and so on.
Among indoor games the most popular are snooker, table tennis and chess.
Kinds of fitness.
- Aerobic fitness conditions heart and lungs. Aerobic means "with oxygen". The purpose is to
increase the amount of oxygen that is delivered to your muscles, which allows them to work longer.
- Muscle strengthening. One can get more powerful muscles, which can do bigger jobs or which will
work longer before becoming exhausted.
- Running is a well-known fitness workout: it's cheap, can be done anywhere, at any time and it is
very effective.
- Swimming is very healthy for spinal column, helps to prevent heart diseases, implicates major
muscle groups and is an effective slenderize exer- Cycling provides healthy heart and it's interesting .
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This is Mary. She’s eight. She’s getting long brown hair and brown eyes. Her ears
are small and her cheeks are chubby.
She gets up at 7 o’clock in the morning, has a shower, gets
dressed and eats breakfast. She usually has a toast and coffee.
She doesn’t like cheese. Then the girl goes to school. She goes by
bus. She has lunch at school with her friends. They sometimes eat
pizza. After the lessons they play in the park. Mary goes home at
2pm. She has dinner with her mother and father. Her mother likes
cooking! Mary goes to bed at 10pm.
There is a swimming pool next to her house but her school is far.
There are lots of shops and supermarkets in her street.
There is a market in front of her house. There are a lot of fruit. She likes eating
watermelons and mangoes but she doesn’t like grapes. She likes vegetables.
Now Mary is in her bedroom. It’s big. There are two windows; there is a
wardrobe in the room.
Mary likes doing athletics and playing tennis. Going swimming is fun! But she
doesn’t like playing basketball. She is very short!
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Write YES or NO:
1. Mary has got short brown hair. _________
2. She has a toast and coffee for breakfast. _________
3. The children don’t have pizza for lunch. ________
4. Her school is next to her house. _________
5. There is a café in front of her house. _________
6. Mary likes mangoes but doesn’t eat watermelons. _________
7. There is a desk behind the wardrobe in her room. _________
8. Her room is a mess. _________
9. She doesn’t like playing basketball. _________
Why I like sport?
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Interview a friend; report to the class.
What’s your favorite sport?
How often do you play it?
When was the last time you played it?
Do you prefer team sports or individual sports?
Do you think sports are important? Why (not)?
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Football
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How many ball sports do
you know?
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Work in a group.
Explain the rules of one
sport. ……………………………………………………………
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Why practicing sports is good for you: ……………………………………………………………
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