Listening 1 CD1 7 Listen to two friends talking about sports. Complete the sentences with one word. 5 There s a rugby match between and Australia. The match is on Channel 1. Two water sports are on TV today: and surfing. The cricket match starts at o clock. The children want to go. Page 1
Listening 21 CD1 8 Which sport is each person talking about? Listen and write the correct letters. 4 a b c d e f g h David Gill Sam Sarah Page 2
Listening 31 CD1 9 Look at the example. Then listen to a radio programme and correct the sentences. 5 Action Weekend Stenford in May The weekend of sports is in March. Boys play badminton on Saturday morning. There s a cricket match in the afternoon. The cycling race is on Saturday. There isn t bowling in the evening. For tickets, call 906237. Page 3
Reading 41 Read and write the correct letters. There are two pictures you don t need to use. 4 b c d e f Is she kayaking? No, she isn t. She s wearing a helmet and she s in the mountains. They aren t scuba diving. Are they wearing lifejackets? Yes, they are. They re in kayaks. Is he snowboarding? No, he isn t. He s standing on a board in the water. What a big wave! Look! They re sailing. They aren t sailing. They re swimming under the sea. Oh yes! They re wearing special suits. Page 4
Reading 51 Read and complete the sentences with one word. 6 Curling is probably from. It s a sport played in the Games. Sometimes there are two in a team. When the rock is on the house the team gets a lot of. To play curling, you don t wear on your feet. It s a sport for women and. Curling is a strange, but exciting sport played on ice. Many people say it comes from Scotland. Today, it s popular around the world and it s also an Olympic sport. In a curling match there are always two teams and usually four players in each team, but sometimes there are only two. A player in each team throws a stone on the ice. The stone is called the rock and it s heavy. The other players try to send the rock on the house, the circle on the ice. They win many points when it stops on the small circle. The players use sticks on the ice called brooms to move the rock. They wear special shoes, not skates. It isn t an easy sport. Both men and women play it. Canada, Sweden and China have got very good curling teams. Page 5
Reading 61 Read and write T (true), F (false) or DS (doesn t say). 7 Hello, Granny! How are you? I m in Mallorca and it s amazing! It s sunny and hot and I go to the beach every day. The water is warm and Dad goes scuba diving every morning. Mum and I sometimes go sailing in the morning. I like cycling in the village and playing badminton at the hotel. I don t surf here because the waves are too small. Love, Peter Hi, Aunt Sue! Sierra Nevada is beautiful! It s very cold here, but I like it. I go skiing every day with Mum and sometimes I snowboard, too. Mum doesn t like snowboarding. Don t worry! We always wear a helmet, boots and ski goggles. I m sitting in my hotel room now. I m watching a rugby match on TV. England is playing France! Great game! Love, Louise Peter likes the weather. Peter s dad scuba dives all day. Peter plays a game with a racket. It s possible to surf in Mallorca. Louise prefers snowboarding to skiing. Louise doesn t wear special clothes. 7 Louise isn t playing rugby. Page 6
Writing Test 7 Look at the example. Then look and write sentences. 6 He s scuba diving. 7 Page 7
Writing Test 8 Look and write sentences using the present continuous and the words in brackets. 6 (surfing) (is) (cycling) (riding a horse)? (badminton) No, he isn t. (playing) Page 8
Writing Test 9 Read and complete the crossword. 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Across In white water you paddle with six or eight people. Wembley is a very famous in England. Swimming, jumping, skipping and running are forms of aerobic It s similar to scuba diving. Down In a water polo team there are six players and a... Strength training is good for your When you do this sport you run slowly. Total test score: 50 Page 9
Speaking 101 Name the sports. 5 11 Look. What are they doing? Answer questions. 5 Page 10