1. Combine the sentences

1. The game of basketball has evolved

2. In 1893,

3. The equipment used in the game is

4. The only rule, which changed, was

5. They changed their name to

1. that a player was now allowed to dribble a basketball.

2. the National Basketball Association (NBA).

3. a great deal throughout the years.

4. also very simple.

5. the backboard was invented.

2. Fill in the gaps

1. Basketball was invented on (____).

1. December 21,1891 b) December 22, 1891 c) December 21, 1881

2. Basketball was first played in (____).

1. Canada b) the United States c) Russia

3. In the very beginning Naismith introduced (___) original rules.

1. twelve b) thirteen c) eleven

4. (____) was made up of four teams like New York, Philadelphia, Brooklyn and New Jersey.

1. the International League b) The National Basketball League

c) the International Basketball League

5. But in (___), the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League joined together.

1. 1950 b) 1948 c) 1949

3. Choose the sentence with the correct word order:

1. simple, Basketball, is, game, a.

2. no, that, Around, was, for, there, game, name, time, this.

3. National Basketball League, was, league, the, (NBL), The, called.

4. In, 1940's, used, block- shots, Bob Kurland, the, Also.

5. by, played, 176, Nowadays, is, nations, it.

4. Insert the words

1. In addition to the field itself, all that is needed for a game is a (___).

2. The basketball ball was slightly smaller, about (___) inches in diameter.

3. The rule of dribbling the basketball was first used in 1896 at a basketball game at (___).

4. But in 1949, the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League (___ ___).

5. In the mid 1980's and early 1990's (_____), who was one of the greatest players in NBA history, dominated the game and took it to a wholly new level.

5. Answer the questions:

1. When was basketball game invented?

2. Where was the basketball game played?

3. What was the first basketball ball?

4. When was an actual «basketball» ball invented?

5. When were basketball hoop and net invented?

6. How many original rules were there in the basketball game when it was invented?

7. When was the first professional basketball match played?

8. When did the basketball game officially gain its international status?

9. How and when did the National Basketball Association appear?

10. Who invented the jump shot?

11. When was the three-point line introduced?

Vocabulary

to evolve —еволюціонувати

to invent — винаходити

clergyman — священник

to fashion — надавати вигляду , моделювати

to eliminate — відсторонювати, усунути,знищувати,ліквідувати

flaw — недолік

equipment – обладнання

rugby — регбі

soccer — футбол

basket — корзина

NBA – національна баскетбольна асоціація

slightly – злегка,трохи

inch — дюйм (= 2,5 см)

to hang (past, hung, p.p. hung) — вішати

bottom — низ

ladder — драбина

to climb — лізти

to fetch — діставати

hoop — кільце

net — сітка

to develop — розвивати

due to — завдяки

tempo — ритм, темп

to increase — збільшуватись

backboard — баскетбольний щит

wire mesh — металева сітка

to interfere —заважати

to dribble — вести мяч

roughness — грубість

to gain — отримувати

amateur — аматор

International Amateur Basketball Federation – міжнародна аматорська асоціація баскетболу

Geneva — місто Женева

Switzerland — Швейцарія

to compete — змагатися

to join — приєднуватись

jump shot — кидок м’яча в стрибку

block- shot — блок

foul lane — штрафна зона

to put into effect — виконувати , проводити в життя

rise —підйом

expansion — розповсюдження

had gone wild – стало неймовірно стрімким

Практичне заняття № 10

Lesson 10

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