- •Unit 2 sports crazy
- •1 In pairs. Take it in turns to ask and answer the questions below.
- •4 Number the topics below in the same order as in the passage.
- •5 Complete this summary of the passage about Ann Crossley.
- •Fishing
- •Read the text “Fishing” again. Can you find the answers to the following questions in this text? Tick () “Yes” or “No”.
- •9 In pairs. Talk about possible answers to the questions in activity 8.
- •10 In pairs. Close your book and talk about fishing in Britain.
- •12 Complete the conversation between two friends. What does Gordon say to Marie? For questions 1- 4, choose a - d.
- •Listening
- •16 Put the words for sports in two columns: team sports and individual sports.
- •17 In pairs. Choose an adjective from the box to describe your opinion of each of the sports in activity 16. Report to the class about your partner’s opinion.
- •18 Read the definitions 1- 5. What is the correct word (a-e) for each one? For questions 1- 5, mark the correct letter a – e.
- •19 Fill in the right word from the list below.
- •Play, do, go
- •21 Complete the text using go, play or do.
- •23 Choose sports to match these verbs.
- •Like, be keen on, enjoy, don’t mind, love, be fond of,
- •Adverbs of frequency
- •Adverb phrases
- •28 Match () the adverbs of frequency with adverb phrases.
- •Say that you disagree with the statements below. Use the adverbs of frequency.
- •34 Choose a, b or c.
- •35 In groups, take it in turns to ask and answer the questions below. Report to the class about the people in your group.
- •36 In pairs. Look at the pictures and answer the questions using the adverbs of frequency.
- •37 In pairs, ask and answer questions using different adverbs of frequency and the prompts below, as in the example.
- •Superlative adjectives
- •39 Look at the statements about sport in the chart. Tick the statements you agree with.
- •40 Now listen to Kathy and Andrew talking about their opinions about sport. Tick the statements they agree with.
- •42 Choose the correct sentence.
- •43 Complete the sentences with more or most.
- •Speaking
- •47 In pairs. Close your book and act out the dialogue in activity 46 from memory.
- •48 In groups, discuss your answers to the questions below.
- •In pairs. Take turns to talk about activities you like and don’t like. Talk for as long as you can.
- •In groups. Describe your favourite kind of sport but don’t say which kind of sport it is. Talk for as long as you can. See if your friends can guess.
- •Work in pairs.
Adverbs of frequency
1 The Present Simple is often used with the adverbs of frequency to show how often something happens. |
How often do you get up early? - I always get up early.
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2 Adverbs of frequency come before the main verb but after the verb to be and auxiliary or modal verbs, such as do, can, must etc.
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She never plays tennis on Saturdays. I don’t often go swimming. She is often ill in winter. |
3 Sometimes and usually can also come at the beginning or the end of a sentence.
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Sometimes I play cards.- I play cards sometimes. |
4 Rarely, seldom and never have a negative meaning and are never used with the word not.
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Emily never watches football matches. |
5 Adverbs of frequency always go before the auxiliary verb in short answers.
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Do you play computer games? - No, I never do. |
Exceptions:
"Always" can’t go at the beginning or end of the sentence.
"Never", "seldom", "rarely" can’t go at the end of a sentence.
"Never", "seldom", "rarely" and other adverbs of frequency with a negative sense are not usually used in the question form.
Examples:
I always brush my teeth before I go to bed. (=every night)
I usually have toast for breakfast. (=happens most days)
I frequently watch the news before dinner. (=it's common)
I often go to the park with my dog. (=many times)
I sometimes see him down at the shops. (=at particular occasions but not all the time)
I occasionally visit the capital. (=not happening often or regularly)
I rarely smoke cigars. (=it is not common)
I seldom have a chance to go to the theatre. (=almost never)
I hardly ever travel abroad. (=almost never)
I never work on the weekend. (=not at any time or not on any occasion)
Adverb phrases
Every |
day week month year |
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Once Twice Three times |
a |
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We usually put these phrases at the end or at the beginning of a sentence.
Examples: They go swimming every week.
Every Sunday she goes for a walk in the park.
He takes his dog for a walk twice a day.
Once a month we go to the movies.