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Sport
• Why do people do sports?
• Which sports do you think are most
popular in Britain?
• Do you know any sports people?
Vocabulary
Football
Tennis
Cricket
Golf
Rowing
Cycling
Walking
Horse racing
Motor racing
Aerobics
Running
Squash
Venue
Surprising
Scene
Tournament
Headquarters
Experts
Public
Paths
Live (adj.)
Serious
Variety
Match the words and the illustrations:
Football
Tennis
Motor racing
Walking
Cycling
Aerobics
Squash
Cricket
Golf
Rowing
Running
Horse racing
Sequence 1: What’s this?
a)
b)
c)
Sequence 2: Fill in the table.
How often do they swim?
Why do they swim?
Sequence 3: Complete the sentences
with the numbers
1. Over … clubs belong to the British Cycling
Federation.
2. About … % of British people go walking.
3. There are … kilometers of national paths in
England and Wales.
4. It’s a very popular walk, and it’s … long.
a) 1.200 b) 40 c) 225 000 d) 412
Sequence 4: Test
I) On television and live 1.1 55 000
1.2 50 000
over .(1). People go to 1.3 500
see Manchester
2.1 Saturday, Monday
2.2 Sunday, Saturday
United play in
Manchester on a .(2). 2.3 Saturday, Sunday
or .(3). afternoon.
II) Horse …, motor ... and a) riding, racing, rugby
b) racing, racing, rugby
... are also very
c) racing, racing, golf
popular.
III) Young and old people
are doing … . They do a)aerobics, fit, enjoy
b) aerobics, keep fit, like
it to keep … and
c) aerobics, look, like
because they … it.
Sequence 5: Correct the false
statements.
1. Few towns and cities in Britain have a large
sports centre.
2. Croquet is originally German.
3. Modern football comes from real tennis.
4. Leonie is very fit.
Find 5 differences
.