Winter sport exercises

EXERCISE 1. Match pictures of winter sports with their names

Figure Skating , Skeleton, Ice Hockey, Curling, Alpine skiing, Speed Skating, Short Track, Bobsleigh, Snowboard, Cross Country, Luge, Ski Jumping, Biathlon, Freestyle skiing

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EXERCISE 2. Try to answer this quiz about winter sports

1. In Skiing, what is another name for cross-country racing?

2. How many competitors form a team in Bobsleigh racing?

3. What name is given to a toboggan with metal runners, but no steering or brakes, ridden in a sitting or face up lying position?

4. In ice-skating what is tracing?

5. What type of skiing are you doing if going downhill?

6. Which Winter sport is great for dog lovers?

7. What Winter sport requires an axe?

8. This precision sport, played on ice with polished heavy stones, is especially well established in Canada.

9. This winter sport, which traces its origins to an exercise for Norwegian soldiers, combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting.

10. This winter sport is the second fastest non-motorized sport on Earth, after speed skydiving.

11. This most popular skiing style, offered by many resorts, is used for recreation among both professionals and non-professionals.

Exercise 3. Give the full answers to these questions.

1. What is your attitude to winter sports? Are you enjoying the winter sports? (Expressing likes and dislikes)

Expressing likes: I (really, quite, absolutely) like… I love... I adore… I ‘m crazy about… I’m mad about… I enjoy… I’m keen on…

Expressing dislikes: I don’t(really) like… I dislike... I hate… I abhor… I can’t bear... I can’t stand… I detest... I loathe...

Examples of likes and dislikes: I'm mad about basketball, but I can’t bear ice hockey. I adore reading poetry, but I loathe doing the housework.

If you neither like nor dislike something: "I don't mind doing the housework." "Do you mind playing football?" "No, I don't mind."(Although it's in a negative form, it means that it's ok for me. I neither love it nor hate it.)

When these expressions are followed by a verb, the latter is put in the -ing form. Examples: "I like listening to music." "I hate wearing sunglasses."

"I like basketball very much/a lot. NOT" I like very much/a lot basketball."

2. Which winter sports do you prefer?

3. Think of two winter activities. How often do you do them?

1. As often as I can.

2. Not as often as I used to.

3. Two times a week.

4. All the time.

5. Every other Saturday.

6. Once a week.

7. As often as possible.

8. Every Friday night.

4. When did you start learning to ski? Did you like your ski lessons at

school?