1 Cross out the wrong preposition.
a. She ran to/down the lake, and jumped into/out of the water.
b. If you go over/past the church, you’ll see my house on the left.
c. He walked along /across the street until he got to the chemist’s.
d. The plane flew on/over the town and then landed.
e. The policeman walked towards/to me, but then he stopped.
2 The rules of the game
a.You play this sport outside with one, two, or more players. You have to hit the ball into a small hole. You mustn’t hit the ball into the water.
b.You can play this sport outside or inside with two or four players. You have to hit the ball over a net and the ball mustn’t go ‘out’.
c. You usually do this sport outside (but it can be inside).
You have to go round a track many times and be the first one to go past the finish line. Sometimes you have to go round a country, for example, France
d. You play this sport outside with two teams. You have to pass the ball to other players with your foot and try to kick the ball into the goal. You mustn’t touch the ball with you hands.
e. You play this sport outside with two teams. You have to throw the ball to other players and take the ball over the ball through two very high posts.
LISTENING
[2.T 5. 2.01 p.152]
1 Listen and mark the sentences True(t) or False(f).
a. He did sports every Monday.
b. He hated doing sports at school.
c. There weren’t any sports field and swimming pool at his school.
d. He didn’t like his sports teacher.
e. He played for the school hockey team.
2 Complete the sentences, put the missing words.
a. When I was at _____school, we did sport every______ afternoon.
b. In summer we did _____and tennis.
c. At my school we had a sports ______and tennis ____and a swimming pool.
d. I love swimming, but the swimming pool wasn’t ______ so it freezing.
e. I think she played for the national ____ team.
3 Answer the questions.
a. Why was Wednesday his worst day of the week?
b. What sport did he do in summer and winter?
c. What sport did he hate?
d. What weather did he like?
e. How did his sports teacher look like?
READING
[3, Topic 82, pp 468-469]
Read and translate the first paragraph. SPORT IN OUR LIFE
Sport is very important in our life. It is popular among young and old people. People all over the world are fond of sports and games. Sport makes people healthy, keeps them fit, more organized and better disciplined. Many people do morning exercises, jog in the morning, train themselves in clubs, in different sections and take part in sport competitions. Other people like sports too, but they only watch sports games, listen to sports news. They prefer reading interesting stories about sportsmen. But they don't go in for sports. Physical training is an important subject at school. Pupils have got physical training lessons twice a week. Boys and girls play volleyball and basketball at the lessons.
There is a sports ground near our school and schoolchildren go in for sports in the open air. A lot of different competitions are held at schools, a great number of pupils take part in them. All participants try to get good results and become winners. Sport helps people to keep in good health. If you go in for sports, you have good health and don't catch cold. Children and grown-ups must take care of their health and do morning exercises regularly. There are some popular kinds of sports in our country: football, volleyball, hockey, gymnastics, skiing, skating. Athletics is the general term used to describe a wide range of sports. It includes such kinds of sports as running, jumping and others. Everybody may choose the sport he (or she) is interested in. There are summer and winter sports. My favourite sport is swimming. I go to the swimming-pool twice a week. But I prefer to rest by the lake or the river and swim there.
Many people do sports on their personal initiative. They go in for skiing, skating, tennis, swimming, volleyball, football, bodybuilding, etc. All necessary facilities are provided for them: stadiums, sport grounds, swimming pools, skating rinks, skiing stations, football fields. Our educational establishments pay a lot of attention to sport. Gymnastics is a part of children's daily activity in kindergarten. Sport is paid much attention to in our educational establishments. Gymnastics is a part of children's daily activities in the kindergartens. Physical culture is a compulsory subject at schools and colleges.
Useful phrases
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Kick the ball. Don’t touch the ball with your hand. Don’t throw the ball. Use your foot. Don’t pick it up. |
