You Can Do It! Vocabulary: sports, action verbs Grammar: c an, must, adverbs of manner and degree Speaking: explaining a game Writing: a description of a sport or game o you know the names of these sports stars? D Match the names to the pictures Maria Sharapova Fernando Alonso Usain Bolt Amaya Valdemoro Andrés Iniesta Rudy Fernández Answers, page 70 9
Vocabulary Sports Reading An FAQ Page Listen and repeat Then match the sports to the pictures Which of the sports have got similar names in your language? judo gymnastics swimming tennis weightlifting football basketball running cycling skiing surfing 7 8 Which sports in Exercise do you usually do? indoors alone outdoors in teams Copy and complete the word maps with the sports in Exercise judo Which other sports do you know in English? Add them to the word maps in Exercise Listen and repeat the verbs below Then match the verbs to the sports in Exercise throw swim run ski surf jump hit kick lift Find out which sports your partner likes Listening do play go Do you like judo? Yes, I do 7 Miranda is phoning a sports centre Listen to her phone conversation Which sports from Exercise does she mention? 9 Read the questions on the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page below What do you think the answers are? 0 Now read the answers to the questions How many of your answers are correct? Sycamore Sports Centre HOME NEWS FAQ ARCHIVE FAQ about Sports COMMENTS I m not very tall Can I play basketball? Can women lift weights without getting big muscles? Is walking a sport? Is judo a violent sport? LINKS Answers Of course you can play basketball Earl Boykins is only metres tall but he is a professional basketball player, with experience in the NBA and at Virtus Bologna Yes, they can Male weightlifters get big muscles because they lift very heavy weights and because they have got large amounts of the male hormone testosterone in their bodies Women haven t got much testosterone, so lifting light weights doesn t give them big muscles, only strong muscles Yes, it is In fact, race walking is an Olympic sport Race walkers walk very quickly, but regular walking is good for you, too You can change your life with 0 minutes of walking a day No, it isn t Actually, the meaning of the word judo is the gentle way To win a judo match, an athlete must throw his or her opponent onto the floor or hold the opponent on the floor But the athlete mustn t hit or kick the opponent during the match 9 0 8 Listen again Are the sentences true or false? Miranda is years old The basketball team practises twice a week Miranda likes playing basketball Miranda s sister wants to learn judo Judo lessons are at four o clock Alan has got a French lesson on Tuesday Who or what is it? He s not very tall It s a basketball team It s a good thing to do once a day It s Japanese for the gentle way Answer the questions Judo originally comes from Japan Do you know which country basketball comes from? Answer, page 70 What s special about Earl Boykins? Why is it good to lift light weights? In which famous competition can race walkers compete? How much walking does the text recommend? Can you win a judo match by kicking someone? 0 Workbook, page
Grammar What can the people in the pictures do? Write sentences with the words below Can Affirmative Negative Interrogative Short answers I can swim I can t swim Can I swim? Yes, I can You can swim You can t swim Can you swim? No, you can t He can swim He can t swim Can he swim? Yes, he can She can swim She can t swim Can she swim? No, she can t It can swim It can t swim Can it swim? Yes, it can We can swim We can t swim Can we swim? No, we can t You can swim You can t swim Can you swim? Yes, you can They can swim They can t swim Can they swim? No, they can t He She They can She can play tennis play tennis lift weights do gymnastics run play basketball swim What can or can t Usain Bolt do? Write sentences with can or can t and the words below dance () speak / English () read / books in Russian (7) run / 00 metres / in 98 seconds () play / the violin (7) Grammar Appendix, Workbook, page 98 Copy and complete the questions and answers with the correct form of can Then match the questions to the answers Questions you run fast? your parents play tennis? Where s my basketball? you see it? you go surfing today? Excuse me How we join the cycling club? Answers a No, I find it! b Yes, I I can run 00 metres in 0 seconds c Yes, they They re very good at it d You come to the sports centre on Monday at 00 e Yes, I, because it s the summer holiday Listen and check your answers to Exercise Complete the descriptions of the animals with the correct form of can and the verbs in brackets A An ant (lift) very heavy objects The objects are sometimes 0 times its own weight! Weightlifters (not do) that! Must Affirmative I must run You must run He must run She must run It must run We must run You must run They must run Negative I mustn t run You mustn t run He mustn t run She mustn t run It mustn t run We mustn t run You mustn t run They mustn t run Grammar Appendix, Workbook, page 98 Copy and complete the rules for a judo class with must or mustn t Rules for Judo Class Students (not) be late for class You always wear judo uniforms Your judo uniforms always be clean You (not) wear shoes during the lesson A doctor check you before you join the class Remember! Judo isn t a violent sport You (not) hit or kick your opponent 7 Write sentences with must or mustn t and the words below Make them true children / go / to school you / run / next to / a swimming pool babies / drink / milk you / throw / the ball / in basketball you / play / football / in a museum 8 Write sentences about the signs Use must or mustn t and the words below turn right / the corner stop / here eat / the cinema be quiet / the library B Usain Bolt (run) very fast, but he (win) a race against a cheetah? No, he This animal (run) 0 kilometres an hour It 7 (go) from zero to kilometres an hour in three seconds Even a Ferrari 8 (not go) that fast! You mustn t eat in the cinema 9 Choose the correct answers to find out about an unusual Scottish sport Haggis Hurling Can / Can t you throw objects very far? Then you mustn t / can be in the World Haggis Hurling Championship To play this unusual sport, you can t / must first cook haggis Haggis is a traditional Scottish food from different parts of a sheep The haggis must / mustn t be between 00 grams and one kilo In the competition, people must / can t throw their haggis very carefully, because the haggis must / mustn t break The world record for haggis throwing is 89 metres So, what do you think? How far 7 can / can t you throw a haggis? 0 Talk with your partner and find one thing you both can do one thing you both can t do one thing you both must do at home one thing you mustn t do at school I can play the violin Can you? No, I can t But I can play the guitar Oh, I can play the guitar, too Workbook, page
Reading Grammar A Sports Article Read the sports article below Which parts of the body does it mention? Adverbs of Manner quiet quietly careful carefully RacingCar Car Driving Driving Racing good well hard hard fast fast high high Racing cars turn very quickly on the racetrack Drivers must have strong neck muscles so their heads don t turn, too Some drivers wear helmets with weights at home to make their neck muscles strong Imagine watching TV with a heavy helmet on your head! Speak quietly He plays tennis very well helmet A driver must get in front of the other cars to win a race Racing car drivers often use computer games like Forza Motorsport and Gran Turismo to practise moving around and between other cars You must have very strong arm and stomach muscles to control a racing car So drivers usually lift weights and do hundreds of stomach exercises seat brakes It looks quite easy to stop the car with the brakes, but it s like moving 0 kilos of weights with your feet! You can t do this without very strong leg muscles, so racing car drivers run or go cycling racetrack T rue or false? Correct the false sentences The article shows how difficult it is to be a professional racing car driver Racing car drivers wear a helmet at home to practise having a helmet on their head Racing car drivers must develop their stomach muscles because they can t eat for many hours Racing car drivers go cycling or running to develop their leg muscles Find the following information in the article Adverbs of Manner and Degree Adjectives Danica Patrick, from the USA, is the first woman to win an IndyCar race one of the top races in the world Tina Ben Joey Tina is running very Joey is looking at Ben Change the adjectives below to adverbs happy nice serious ook at the pictures Then copy and complete the L sentences with adverbs from Exercises and Adverbs of Degree very quite not at all Grammar Appendix, Workbook, page 99 slow easy nervous opy and complete the sentences with the adverb C form of the adjectives below quiet bad careful calm quick I need help Please come There are many trees Lisa must ski Ben mustn t dance in the competition He dances I can t hear you You re talking very Don t be nervous Explain the problem Jessica can lift weights Andrew sings W rite sentences about the people below Use the adverb form of the adjectives Usain Bolt / can / run / very / fast Usain Bolt can run very fast Venus and Serena Williams / can / play / tennis / very / good Lionel Messi / can / kick / a football / hard Plácido Domingo / can / sing / beautiful Pau and Marc Gasol / can / jump / quite / high T ell your partner about activities you can or can t do Use the adverbs below very well quite quickly not at all well beautifully I can play tennis very well two types of sports equipment the names of two computer games Workbook, page
Explaining a Game Vocabulary Action Verbs isten and repeat Then match the verbs to the L pictures Listening Speaking attack rescue fly drive sail ride dance climb catch juggle win isten to Paul and Rose talking about a L computer game Look at the screens below Which screens are from their game? W hat are the rules of the game? H ow many players are there? W hat equipment do you need? W hat can you do in the game? H ow do you win the game? atch the questions in A about different computer games to the answers in B M Then practise the mini-dialogues with a partner A Speaking Task 7 You must juggle the balls The balls mustn t fall 9 B a You can drive a car and you can ride a bike b T here are two teams with five players on each team c Y ou mustn t kick the ball You can throw the ball three times d Y ou must be the first player to climb Mount Everest e You need five balls SAY IT RIGHT! Listen and repeat must not mustn t cannot can t hoose a sport or a computer game you know Ask and answer the questions C in Exercise with a partner to explain the game or the sport What are the rules of the game? 8 What can you do in the game? You can choose the number of balls you want to juggle 0 T he verbs in bold are in the wrong sentences Write the sentences with the correct verbs 7 8 You can fly a car around town You can sail a bike on the street You can drive apples with your hands You can climb a tennis match You can juggle a boat You can rescue a mountain You can ride an aeroplane You can win a person from a dangerous animal Listen again Choose the correct answers What can you do in the game? a You can drive a car b You can fly an aeroplane What are the rules of the bike race? a You must ride on the green line b You must ride on the yellow line What are the rules of the swimming race? a You must attack all the fish b You mustn t swim near the fish How do you win the swimming race? a You must swim carefully for ten minutes b You must be the first to swim ten kilometres Workbook, page 7
Writing A Description of a Sport or Game Communication Kit what s on? Word Order Adverbs of manner come after the verb You play well Adverbs of degree come before an adjective or an adverb of manner Mark is quite tall Sarah walks very quickly Writing Guide, Workbook, page Write the words in the correct order to make sentences dance / well / I / can run / must / fast / very / you likes / Tom / sports / unusual / quite doesn t / at all / swim / she / quickly Read Jan s description of a sport and find the adverbs of degree Do they come before an adjective or an adverb? Bowling Can you bowl well? Bowling is fun and it s quite easy, too You can play with two players, or more First, you must go to a bowling alley, get special shoes and choose your bowling ball Then, you must throw the ball very carefully and try to hit the pins Each player can throw the ball twice in each turn To win the game, you must hit the most pins Write a description of a sport or game Easy Start: Choose a sport or game Then complete the chart about it Name of the sport / game: Number of players: Equipment: Rules: How to win: Task: Write a description of a sport or game Use the writing model in Exercise to help you Extra: Add at least two sentences about your opinion of the sport or game Check your writing: Checklist: Word Order (pages 8 and 8) Punctuation (page 0) Prepositions of Time (page ) Capital Letters (page ) Writing Plan, Workbook, page Listen to the dialogues In which dialogue does B decide to go to the football match? A: Do you want to go to a football match? B: Who s playing? A: Arsenal are playing against Chelsea B: That sounds great I d love to go Who s playing? Rafael Nadal Do you want to go to a tennis match? When is it? Practise the dialogues in Exercise with your partner Choose the correct response a b a b It s on Monday England are playing against Spain That sounds great A: Do you want to go to a football match? B: When is it? A: It s on Tuesday B: Sorry, I can t Answer the questions about the model in Exercise What is the name of the sport or game? How many players can play? What equipment do you need? What are the rules? How do you win? a b It s on Friday Sorry, I can t The most popular sport in the UK is football About % of the British watch football on TV, but only about 0% play it Culture Kit SPORT AND WEATHER see page 8 8 Workbook, page 9
Quick Check Vocabulary Sports Action Verbs basketball attack rescue cycling catch ride football climb run gymnastics dance sail judo drive ski running fly surf skiing hit swim surfing juggle throw swimming jump win tennis kick weightlifting lift Choose the correct answers and write the sentences in your notebook Does a shark people? a fly b attack c win You must the ball in football a kick b juggle c lift Two or four people usually play a basketball b tennis c skiing Can you a car? a drive b swim c ride You need a bike for a gymnastics b surfing c cycling I can t a ball very well, but I can catch it a throw b climb c rescue Grammar can I can play football She can t do judo Can they ski? Yes, I can No, we can t must You must hit the ball We mustn t throw the ball Adverbs of Manner and Degree I can dance very beautifully I can play basketball quite well I can t swim at all fast Answers page 9: Rudy Fernández, Usain Bolt, Andrés Iniesta, Amaya Valdemoro, Fernando Alonso, Maria Sharapova page : the USA Choose the correct answers and write the sentences in your notebook A frog jump quite high a can b must c can t John is shy He is confident a very b not at all c quite The baby is sleeping Please talk a quite b quiet c quietly You get up now You re late for school! a can b must c mustn t I can t run very a fast b slow c quick Rachel swim so she never goes in the water a can b must c can t 7 You eat that cake now It s for the party a can b must c mustn t 8 I got 00 in my English test I m happy a not at all b very c quite Extra Practice Dictation, Workbook, page 7 Check Your Progress, Workbook, page 7 Language Builder, page Web Extra Vocabulary Games Grammar Exercises Dialogue Builder Web Activity wwwburlingtonbookses/englishworld 70