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Vocabulary • Sports
★ 1 Look at the pictures. Complete the crossword with ★ 2 Complete the sports.
the sports. 1 ba _s k_ e_ t b _a _l _
l 4 i _ e h _ c _ _ y
1
2 s _ o _ b _ a _ d _ n g 5 i c_ sk _ _ _ _ _
3 m _ _ n _ _ _ n b _ k _ _ _ 6 f _ _ _ b _ l _

2 ★★ 3 Complete the text with do, go or play.

Adam and Vince 1 play football every weekend.
3 Their sister Judy doesn’t 2
G
4
football­—she doesn’t like it—but she and her
Y friends 3 tennis on Saturdays.
5
M They also 4
gymnastics at school,
N and they want to compete in the Olympic Games
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A one day. During the Christmas holidays, Adam,
Vince and Judy 5 snowboarding,
S
and their parents 6
skiing. During
T the summer vacation they all 7
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I mountain biking. Next year the children want
C to start a new sport; Adam wants to
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S
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judo, Vince wants to
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archery and Judy wants to
horseback riding.
C
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Across
★★ 4 Write sentences with do, go and play.
1 2 4 ★
1 we / swimming in the summer /
judo in the winter
We go swimming in the summer and do judo
in the winter.
2 Beth and Mark / basketball on Mondays /
6 7 8
ice skating on the weekend

3 I / gymnastics at school / judo at home

4 they / horseback riding every day /
Down tennis on Saturdays
1 3 5
5 Sam and Billy / judo / football at school

6 we / ice hockey in the winter /
mountain biking in the summer

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 Reading
★ 1 Look at the photo. Which sport is the ★★ 3 Read the interview again. Are the statements
interview about? true (T), false (F) or don’t know (DK)?
a Skiing b Ice skating c Ice hockey 1 Madeleine and Martin practice ice skating
for two hours on school days. F
Brain Trainer 2 They practice ice skating once a day
Underline these words in the text:
on the weekend.
3 Martin likes his dance lessons.
1 Olympic sport 4 other sports
2 easy 5 swim 4 Madeleine talks about ice skating
3 want 6 night and two other sports.
5 Martin doesn’t like the ocean.
Now do Exercise 2.
6 Madeleine and Martin’s friends do
their homework before school.
★ 2 Read the interview. Answer the questions. ★★ 4 Complete the sentences.
1 Is ice skating an Olympic sport?  Yes, it is. ★
2 Is it an easy sport?  1 Madeleine and Martin practice for fifteen
3 What do Martin and Madeleine want to do hours a week on school days.
one day?  2 They practice for hours
4 Do they do other sports?  every week.
5 Can Martin swim?  3 Good ice skaters can move well on the ice
6 What time do Madeleine and Martin go to because they can .
bed at night?  4 In the mornings Madeleine and Martin have
before they do their .
5 During vacation Madeleine goes ,
but Martin goes .

Cool Sports! James

Madeleine
 adeleine, most young people do sports like track, swimming
M
or tennis. Why is ice skating your favorite sport?
Because it’s so beautiful.
In Teen Sports this week, James Biggs James But is it really a sport?
interviews twins Madeleine and Martin Yes, it’s an Olympic sport, and it isn’t easy! Madeleine and
Martin Rogers. Their favorite sport? I practice every day after school for three hours. And on the
Ice skating. weekend we practice for two hours in the morning and two hours
in the evening. We want to win an Olympic medal one day.
Madeleine We also have dance lessons once a week because ice skaters
must move well on the ice.
James Do you do any other sports?
Madeleine Well, I do gymnastics at school, and on vacation I go swimming.
I love the ocean, but Martin hates the water.
Martin That’s right. I can’t swim, so I don’t go with Madeleine.
I go mountain biking instead.
James So when do you find time to eat and sleep and do your homework?
Martin It’s difficult. We get up at five every morning­—two hours before
our friends! Then we have breakfast and do our homework
before school.
Madeleine We can’t do our homework at night because we’re tired.
We go to bed at nine.
James That’s a long day! Well, thank you for speaking with me,
and good luck in the next Olympics!

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 Grammar • Present simple ★★ 4 Write questions and answers in the Present simple.
1 your friends / play / basketball after school?  
★ 1 Choose the correct options.
A  Do your friends play basketball after school?
1 James play / plays basketball at school B  Yes, they do.
on Monday. 2 you / go / mountain biking / on the weekend?  
2 He don’t / doesn’t do judo every day. A 
3 Do / Does they go mountain biking B 
on the weekend? 3 your sister / like / team sports?  
4 We don’t / doesn’t play tennis every Thursday. A 
5  What ball games does Julia play / plays B 
at school? 4 you / play / a sport / on Fridays?  
6 I watch / watches football on TV. A 
B 
★ 2 Look at the table. Match the questions (1–6) with
5 your brother / watch TV / every day?  
the answers (a–f).
A 
Liam Sarah Melissa B 
go swimming    ★★ 5 Complete the email with the Present simple form
★
play hockey    of the verbs.
go snowboarding    New Message
do gymnastics    Hi Matt, Send
I 1 love (love) it here, and Helen 2
1 Does Liam go snowboarding?  d
(love) it, too. We 3 (not want) to
2 Do Sarah and Melissa do gymnastics?
go back to the US! Australia is a great country.
3 Does Liam do gymnastics?
The weather is fantastic, and Helen and I
4 Does Sarah go snowboarding? 4
(go) swimming at the beach
5 Do Liam and Melissa play hockey?
every day. Mom and Dad 5
6 Does Sarah go swimming?
(come) with us, but Dad 6
a No, he doesn’t. (not go) in the water. He can’t swim! What
b Yes, she does. 7
(he / do)? Well, he
c Yes, they do. 8
(sit) under an umbrella all day
d Yes, he does. and 9
(read) a newspaper!
e No, they don’t. Write soon,
f No, she doesn’t. Add Attachments:
James

★★ 3 Look at the table in Exercise 2 again. Complete

the sentences with the Present simple form
of the verbs.
1 Liam and Melissa don’t do (do) gymnastics.
2 Melissa (play) hockey.
3 Sarah (go) swimming.
4 Liam and Sarah (go)
snowboarding.
5 Sarah (do) gymnastics.
6 Sarah and Melissa (go)
swimming.

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 • Verb + -ing Vocabulary • Compound nouns
★ 6 Complete the sentences. ★ 1 Match 1–6 to a–f to make compound nouns.
1 soccer a skates
love:   like/enjoy: don’t mind: 2 tennis b stick
don’t like: hate: 3 hockey c racket
4 judo d suit
1 Emma doesn’t mind staying at home. 5 ice e belt
2 Cathy going running. 6 swim f cleats
3  you
watching the Olympic Games on TV? ★ 2 Complete the sentences with these words.
4 I going skateboarding. court  court  field  pool  rink
5 Andrea swimming.
1 I play basketball on the basketball court.
6 Dad watching baseball. 2 She doesn’t like swimming at the swimming
7 I getting up early. .
8  Eddie 3 Do you go ice skating at the new ice skating
playing basketball? ?
4 We play football on the football .
★★ 7 Complete the sentences with the -ing form 5 He plays tennis on this tennis .
of the verbs.
1 We love watching (watch) football games on TV. ★★ 3 Complete the sentences with these words.
2 They don’t like (do) judo cleats  court  judo  stick  swimsuit   tennis
at school.
3 Why does Amy hate (play) 1 You have soccer practice after school.
ice hockey? Please take your soccer cleats with you.
4 The boys don’t mind (take) 2 She is swimming in the ocean.
me with them to the gym. She’s wearing a blue .
5 Do you enjoy (swim) 3 I don’t have a racket.
in cold water? 4 What color belt do you have?
6 Mom doesn’t like (go) 5 You can’t play ice hockey! You don’t have
horseback riding. a hockey .
6 There are ten players on the basketball
★★ 8 Write sentences.
★
★★ 4 Complete the text.
1 Helen and Nick / / play / tennis ★
Helen and Nick like playing tennis. On Mondays Rachel plays ice hockey, and she
2 my brother / / watch / takes her 1 hockey stick with her. On Wednesdays
the Olympic Games / on TV! she does judo. She’s very good, and she has a
green 2 . On Fridays she does
3 we / / swim / in the ocean gymnastics, and she practices at the 3 .
On Saturday mornings she puts on her tennis
4 Sonia / / practice / every day clothes. Then she takes her 4 and
goes to the 5
. In the afternoons
5 David / / snowboarding / in winter? she goes ice skating at the 6 .
She loves this sport.
6 I / / do / my homework / on the weekend

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 Grammar • Adverbs of frequency ★★ 3 Rewrite the sentences with the adverbs of
frequency in the correct place.
★ 1 Complete the table with these adverbs
1 We play tennis on Saturday afternoons.
of frequency.
(always)
always hardly ever never We always play tennis on Saturday afternoons.
often sometimes usually 2 Julia goes skateboarding with her friends on
the weekend.  (sometimes)
✩✩✩✩ never
★✩✩✩
★★✩✩ sometimes / 3 I meet my friends at the gym after school.
★★★✩ (often)
★★★★

Brain Trainer
4 I wear a basketball shirt at home.  (hardly ever)
Draw pictures to help you remember words.
1 usually 
2 hardly ever 5 Sam takes his tennis racket to school.  (never)
Now do Exercise 2.

★ 2 Look at the table. Complete the sentences. 6 I am happy on the weekend.  (usually)
Naomi Jake Harry Isobel

go swimming
– ★★ 4 Write sentences and questions.
on Tuesdays
1 we / always / not get up / late on the weekend
do homework We don’t always get up late on the weekend.
– 2 I / sometimes / be / tired / in the evening
after school

watch TV on 3 he / often / cook / dinner / for his family?
–
the weekend
4 our teacher / hardly ever / give / us / tests
1 Naomi usually goes swimming on Tuesdays.
2 Harry does his homework 5 you / usually / meet / your friends / after school?
after school.
3 Harry and Naomi watch TV 6 I / not / always / watch / football / on Sundays
on the weekend.
4 Isobel goes swimming ★★ 5 Answer the questions.
on Tuesdays. ★
5 Jake and Isobel do their 1 What do you always do in the evening?
homework after school. I always listen to music.
6 Jake goes swimming 2 What do you and your friends usually do on
on Tuesdays. the weekend?
7 Isobel watches TV on
the weekend. 3 What do you sometimes do on vacation?

4 What sports do you hardly ever watch on TV?

5 What do you never do?

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Reading 2 Read the article again. Choose the correct
1 Read the article quickly. Find: options.
1 one country  France 1 People all over the world enjoy / don’t enjoy
2 two people  free running.
3 a movie  2 Free runners usually practice in the street /
4 four sports  on a track.
5 two places in a town  3 All / Some free runners practice every day.
4 Free runners don’t wear special shoes /
special clothes.
5 Robbie Dowling wants to win / doesn’t enter
free running competitions.
6 You can watch free running competitions
on YouTube / in the movie Casino Royale.

3 Complete the summary with words from

the article.
Free running is a sport with 1 fans all over
the world. Free runners usually run in the
2
or in parks. Some people

IT’S FAST, go free running because they want to have

3
. Other people like taking

IT’S EXCITING– part in 4

good or 5
, but there is no
in free running.
IT’S FREE RUNNING! It’s a great sport!

Free running is an exciting new sport from France, but it

has fans all over the world. You don’t usually see free
runners on tracks. You see them in the street or in parks.
They climb walls, jump from building to building and do a
lot of other amazing movements. It is important to move
fast, but it is also important to move beautifully.
  Good free runners practice every day. They don’t wear
special clothes, but good running shoes are important.
Free runners sometimes run with their MP3 players and
listen to their favorite music.
  Free running is a difficult sport, but it’s very popular with
teenagers. Free runner Robbie Dowling, 17, says, “Free running
is different from sports like track, football or judo. When I
go free running, I don’t want to win or lose; I just want to
have fun. Sure, there are competitions, but they aren’t
important to me or my friends. We don’t take part in them.”
  For other young people, free running competitions are
important, and you can watch some amazing videos on
YouTube. You can also watch Sébastien Foucan, the man who
started the sport, free running in the James Bond movie
Casino Royale. Sébastien says that free runners practice all
the time. He also says there is no good or bad in free
running, but it is important to learn from your experiences.

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Writing • A description of a sport
1 Match 1–5 to a–e. 4 Think about sports at your school. Complete
1 comma a ! the sentences.
2 period b ’ 1 Sports at school are
3 question mark c , 2 At my school, there’s
4 apostrophe d ? 3 My favorite sport is
5 exclamation point e . 4 We play
5 I think sports at school are
2 Put the correct punctuation in the sentences.
1 At school, we play football, basketball 5 Write a description of sports at your school.
and tennis. Use the paragraph guide from Exercise 3 and
2 Do you enjoy playing tennis with your friends your sentences from Exercise 4.
3 I dont like watching ice hockey on TV, but I
love playing it
4 Lionel Messi is an amazing player He’s great
5 This is Lucys sisters judo belt
6 Are there ten or eleven players on a soccer team

3 Read the text. Match the questions (1–3) to the

paragraphs (A–C).
1 What’s my favorite sport at school?
2 What do I think of sports at school? 
3 What sports are there at school?  A

Sports at School B My favorite sport is basketball. I think it’s an

exciting sport, and I play on the school basketball team.
We play basketball every Monday and Wednesday,
and there are games every week. We aren’t very
Sports at my school are amazing. There’s tennis, basketball, good and we usually lose, but we have fun!
A
football and track. We sometimes go swimming in
the swimming pool. My friends love tennis, and C I think sports at school are great. I love playing on a team
they play every day. I hardly ever play tennis with my friends. It’s never boring.
because I don’t like it.
I think it’s difficult.

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