Vocabulary Extra: Pre-Intermediate Unit 1, p13: Sports and Exercise

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Vocabulary Extra

Pre-intermediate Unit 1, p13: Sports and exercise


Review
1 Match each sport from the box with the correct clue 18. yogaB1 hockeyA2 karate runningA2 skiingA2 swimmingA2 tennisA1 volleyballA2

Guess which sport I do! 1 I wear comfortable clothes and carry a small mat to every class. 2 It doesnt take me long to reach the bottom of a hill! 3 We play with sticks and try to hit the ball into a net. 4 We play with racquets and try to hit the ball over a net. 5 We do this in pairs. We usually wear white clothes and a dark belt. 6 We go around a track as fast as possible. 7 We play in teams and hit a large ball over a net with our hands. 8 I do this two or three times a week at an outdoor pool. 2 Are the underlined verbs correct? If not, correct them. 1 People say its really healthy and relaxing to play yoga. 2 After my classes, I usually do running for about an hour. 3 Paul plays karate at a dojo, or training hall, near his house. 4 At school, we had to do hockey. I hated it! 5 I play tennis when I can usually in the evenings after work. 6 Last winter, my family and I did skiing in the Rocky Mountains. 7 I played volleyball when I was younger and was quite good at it. 8 Would you like to do swimming with us tonight?

Extension
3 Match the pictures with eight new sports. A B C D E F G H

gymnasticsB1

joggingB1

skatingA2

cyclingA2

baseballA2

snowboardingA2

surfingA2

table tennisA2

4 Complete each fact with the name of a sport from exercise 3.

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE: Sports facts


1 In the United States, is called the national pastime, or national sport. 2 Nadia Comaneci of Romania was the rst person in Olympic history to score a perfect 10.0 in . 3 The sport was rst called snurng, which is a combination of snow and surng. 4 is good for tness and weight loss. It can burn 500 calories in one hour but you need good shoes.
Vocabulary Extra

started 5000 years ago in Finland. The people tied animal bones to their feet to help them speed across ice. 6 In ordinary , the average speed for a short ride is about 25 km/h. In the Tour de France, the average speed is about 40 km/h but it lasts three weeks! 7 is one of the most popular sports in China. Its ofcial name there is Ping Pong. 8 was invented in the Pacic Islands about 3000 years ago. It is thought that shermen used this method to bring their sh home quickly.
Photocopiable Cambridge University Press 2013

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