Exercise 1.4.

a) Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the passage below.

officials pools courts stadium rink field events track events athletes rings pitches scoreboard spectators

There's a big new sports centre near my home. There are football ____________, tennis and basketball ________________, swimming ____________________, a sports hall with two boxing ____________ and even a skating ______________. There is also a separate athletics ___________________ where 20,000 ________ can watch the _______________ on the track and the ____________________ such as jumping and throwing, in the grass centre. The ____________________ get ready in modern changing rooms and the _________________________ time and measure the events with modern equipment. A huge electronic ________________ shows the results.

b) Instructions as above.

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I play football for my local __________________ against other sides in the area. Of course the _________________ aren't paid, we are just _________________. But anyway we _________________ very hard in the evenings and we are lucky because we can use the ___________ of a local school. On the day of the ________ we arrive early, change and put on ______________________ to keep warm. Then the _______________________, dressed in black, calls the two _______________ to the centre _____________________ to decide who will play in which direction. Not many people come to watch the game. We usually have a _____________ of only one or two hundred. But we enjoy it, whether we win, lose or ____________.

Exercise 1.5. Name:

a) five sports played in teams;

b) five sports that can be played against one other person;

c) five sports that can be played alone.

Exercise 1.6. Which sport is different from the other three in each group? There may be more than one possible answer.

a) basketball, football, tennis, baseball

b) judo, volleyball, boxing, wrestling

c) table tennis, cycling, swimming, skiing

d) tennis, volleyball, table tennis, basketball

e) baseball, golf, tennis, football

f) swimming, sailing, windsurfing, rowing

Exercise 1.7. Which of the sports are these people probably talking about?

a) The ball has a natural curve on it so it doesn't go in a straight line on the grass.

b) Provided it's not too windy on the top, there's no problem.

c) It is incredibly noisy, fast and dangerous, but it's really exciting to watch.

d) You get sore at first and can hardly sit down, but you get used to it after a while.

e) It's all a matter of balance really.

f) You need a good eye and a lot of concentration.

Exercise 1.8. Which sports are these places associated with?

a) court

b) course

c) ring

d) rink

e) pitch

f) piste

g) track

h) alley

i) pool

j) slopes

k) poolroom

l) circuit

m) range

Exercise 1.9. In which sport …

a) do you pass a ball from one player to another?

b) do you hit a ball (but not with hands or feet)?

c) do you score goals?

d) do you have to jump to catch the ball?

e) do you have to serve?

f) do you win by having the lowest score?

g) do you have to tackle?

Exercise 1.10. Fill the gaps with suitable words.

1. Some of the best golf ______________________________ are to be found in England.

2. Have you been able to book us a tennis ___________________ for tomorrow?

3. The boxer almost fell when his ____________________________ hit him.

4. He has always been a staunch ____________________________ of his local rugby team.

5. All the athletes were wearing _________________________ suits when they came into the stadium.

6. He's bound to win. No one else in the race stands a ___________________.

Exercise 1.11. Put the words in the box into the correct category below. Can you add any more words?

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People	Places	Equipment

Exercise 1.12. In small groups, discuss the following questions.

Ø Do you prefer to watch or participate in sports? Why?

Ø Which sports do you do?

Ø How often do you do them? Why do you like them?

Ø Where do you do these sports? What equipment do you need?

Ø Which sports do you like to watch?

Ø Why do you like them?

Ø What people, places and equipment are involved?

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