Unit 2
Categories of sports Individual: cycling, chess, athletics, gymnastics Team: volleyball, football, basketball, hockey Summer: golf, swimming, surfing Winter: skiing, skating, curling, snowboarding Indoor: fencing, weightlifting, judo, squash Outdoor: mountain climbing, riding, sailing, surfing
Ball: squash, table tennis, tennis, water polo Field: baseball, softball, football, basketball Water: rafting, kayaking, diving, swimming Combat: karate, Kung Fu, kick-boxing, judo Olympic: wrestling, gymnastics, athletics, canoeing
Play, go, do play (team sports, ball games) go (sports that end in -ing) do (other sports) badminton baseball basketball football golf ice hockey rugby table tennis tennis volleyball cycling surfing swimming weightlifting snowboarding skating skiing rollerblading athletics gymnastics judo karate Kung Fu
Collocations: sports and games compete in/ lose/ win a race lose/ win a match, a game lose/ score/ win a point miss/ score a goal, a penalty hit/ kick/ pass/ throw a ball
Talking about sports What kind of sports do you know? (winter/ summer sports, indoor/ outdoor sports, ball games etc.) What do you like the best? Are you a sports fan? Do you do any sports regularly? What do you do to keep fit? Why do you think it is important to do some sports? Do you prefer doing sports to watching them on TV? What do you know about the Olympic Games?
How many trainings/ P.E. lessons have you got a week? What kind of exercises do you do during these lessons? What are the most popular sports in Hungary/ England/ America? Can you name some famous Hungarian sportsmen and sportswomen? What sports are Hungarians good at? Who are your favourite players/ teams? Do you support any teams?
Free-time activities chat with a friend on the phone/ online go out with friends go to a café/ to the park/ to the cinema go away for the weekend have relatives/ friends to stay listen to music/ the radio read a book/ magazine visit some relatives
I. Positive sentences Past Simple The Past Simple form of be regular verbs was/ were 1.work worked 2.decide decided 3.study studied 4.stop stopped irregular verbs have had go went cut cut read read
II. Questions and negative sentences did/ didn t + the infinitive without to + I went to school last week. - I didn t go to school last week.? Did you go to school last week? Yes, I did. No, I didn t.? When did you go to school?
We use the Past Simple: for a completed action or event at a definite point in the past for actions and events that happened one after another with certain verbs that are not used in continuous tenses (like, love, hate, believe, know, want etc.)
Past Continuous was/ were + verb+ ing We use the Past Continuous: to describe an action lasting for some time or serving as the background to other events. We use the Past Simple: to describe a shorter action or event that happened during the longer action or interrupted it.
We were having dinner when the phone rang. (action already in progress) While I was cooking, the children were playing in the garden. (at the same time) Yesterday at 4 o clock Chris was playing football. (emphasising progress)
Test I. Complete the sentences with the correct answers. A lot of children in our country cycling. A go B play C do She gymnastics when she was at school. A went B played C did My friend snowboarding next month. A is going B is playing C is doing A lot of people at my gym body building. A go B play C do I ve never golf. A gone B played C done
II. Complete the sentences with the words. cheer sink race spectators crash The only took two minutes! The watched the match. Cars sometimes in Formula 1 racing. Did his boat in the Atlantic during the competition? The crowd didn t at the end of the game.
III. Complete the sentences with the correct past simple form of the verbs in brackets. Marvin (come) home, (switch) on the computer and (check) his e-mails. The thief (break) into the house, (steal) the money and (leave). After school I (do) my homework and (have) a rest. He (show) me how to use the camera. My favourite team (score) one goal in the first half.
IV. Write questions in the past simple for these answers. I took off my coat because it was hot. (Why?) Mozart wrote more than 600 pieces of music. (How many?) I learnt to drive when I was 20. (How old?) They went to bed at about 11 o clock.(when?) We saw Rose in town 2 days ago. (Who?)
V. Complete the sentences with the past continuous form of the verbs in the box. Matt fell asleep while he (watch) TV. This time last year they (live) in Argentina. At 8 yesterday evening I (have) dinner. Jenny (wait) for us when we arrived. She (walk) in the street when she heard something strange.
VI. Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets. When I (do) the washing up, I (break) a glass. While Tom (play), his parents (chat) in the kitchen. He (drink) some orange juice and then he (eat) a few chips. When Maria (do) a language course on England, she (visit) the capital city too. I (not/ understand) what they (talk) about.
VII. Write an article (100-120 words) for a student magazine about a famous sportsperson from the past. family early years, education first experience of sport greatest achievement why you admire him/ her