Play the Game! Vo c a b u l a r y Sports Look at the pictures. Complete the crossword with the sports. Complete the sports. ba _ s k _ e _ t b _ a _ l _ l i _ e h _ c y s _ o _ b _ a _ d _ n g 5 i c_ sk _ 3 m n _ n b _ k _ 6 f _ b _ l _ 7 8 cross 6 3 G Y M N S T I C S 5 3 Complete the text with do, go or play. dam and Vince play football every weekend. Their sister Judy doesn t football she doesn t like it but she and her friends 3 tennis on Saturdays. They also gymnastics at school, and they want to compete in the Olympic Games one day. During the Christmas holidays, dam, Vince and Judy 5 snowboarding, and their parents 6 skiing. During the summer vacation they all 7 mountain biking. Next year the children want to start a new sport; dam wants to 8 judo, Vince wants to 9 archery and Judy wants to 0 horseback riding. 6 7 8 Write sentences with do, go and play. we / swimming in the summer / judo in the winter We go swimming in the summer and do judo in the winter. eth and Mark / basketball on Mondays / ice skating on the weekend 3 I / gymnastics at school / judo at home Down they / horseback riding every day / tennis on Saturdays 3 5 5 Sam and illy / judo / football at school 6 we / ice hockey in the winter / mountain biking in the summer Vocabulary page 0 8 Unit Play the Game!
Re a d i n g Look at the photo. Which sport is the interview about? a Skiing b Ice skating c Ice hockey rain Trainer Underline these words in the text: Olympic sport other sports easy 5 swim 3 want 6 night Now do Exercise. Read the interview. nswer the questions. Is ice skating an Olympic sport? Yes, it is. Is it an easy sport? 3 What do Martin and Madeleine want to do one day? Do they do other sports? 5 Can Martin swim? 6 What time do Madeleine and Martin go to bed at night? Cool Sports! In Teen Sports this week, James iggs interviews twins Madeleine and Martin Rogers. Their favorite sport? Ice skating. 3 Read the interview again. re the statements true (T), false (F) or don t know (DK)? Madeleine and Martin practice ice skating for two hours on school days. They practice ice skating once a day on the weekend. 3 Martin likes his dance lessons. Madeleine talks about ice skating and two other sports. 5 Martin doesn t like the ocean. 6 Madeleine and Martin s friends do their homework before school. Complete the sentences. Madeleine and Martin practice for fifteen hours a week on school days. They practice for hours every week. 3 Good ice skaters can move well on the ice because they can. In the mornings Madeleine and Martin have before they do their. 5 During vacation Madeleine goes, but Martin goes. J a m e s Madeleine, most young people do sports like track, swimming or tennis. Why is ice skating your favorite sport? M a d e l e i n e ecause it s so beautiful. J a m e s ut is it really a sport? M a r t i n Yes, it s an Olympic sport, and it isn t easy! Madeleine and I practice every day after school for three hours. nd on the weekend we practice for two hours in the morning and two hours in the evening. We want to win an Olympic medal one day. M a d e l e i n e We also have dance lessons once a week because ice skaters must move well on the ice. J a m e s Do you do any other sports? M a d e l e i n e Well, I do gymnastics at school, and on vacation I go swimming. I love the ocean, but Martin hates the water. M a r t i n That s right. I can t swim, so I don t go with Madeleine. I go mountain biking instead. J a m e s So when do you find time to eat and sleep and do your homework? M a r t i n It s difficult. We get up at five every morning two hours before our friends! Then we have breakfast and do our homework before school. M a d e l e i n e We can t do our homework at night because we re tired. We go to bed at nine. J a m e s That s a long day! Well, thank you for speaking with me, and good luck in the next Olympics! F Unit Play the Game! 9
Grammar Present simple Choose the correct options. James play / plays basketball at school on Monday. He don t / doesn t do judo every day. 3 Do / Does they go mountain biking on the weekend? We don t / doesn t play tennis every Thursday. 5 What ball games does Julia play / plays at school? 6 I watch / watches football on TV. Look at the table. Match the questions ( 6) with the answers (a f). Liam Sarah Melissa go swimming ü û û play hockey ü û ü go snowboarding ü ü ü do gymnastics û û û Does Liam go snowboarding? d Do Sarah and Melissa do gymnastics? 3 Does Liam do gymnastics? Does Sarah go snowboarding? 5 Do Liam and Melissa play hockey? 6 Does Sarah go swimming? a No, he doesn t. b Yes, she does. c Yes, they do. d Yes, he does. e No, they don t. f No, she doesn t. Write questions and answers in the Present simple. your friends / play / basketball after school? ü Do your friends play basketball after school? Yes, they do. you / go / mountain biking / on the weekend? û 3 your sister / like / team sports? ü you / play / a sport / on Fridays? ü 5 your brother / watch TV / every day? û 5 Complete the email with the Present simple form of the verbs. New Message Hi Matt, Send I love (love) it here, and Helen (love) it, too. We 3 (not want) to go back to the US! ustralia is a great country. The weather is fantastic, and Helen and I (go) swimming at the beach every day. Mom and Dad 5 (come) with us, but Dad 6 (not go) in the water. He can t swim! What 7 (he / do)? Well, he 8 (sit) under an umbrella all day and 9 (read) a newspaper! Write soon, James dd ttachments: 3 Look at the table in Exercise again. Complete the sentences with the Present simple form of the verbs. Liam and Melissa don t do (do) gymnastics. Melissa (play) hockey. 3 Sarah (go) swimming. Liam and Sarah (go) snowboarding. 5 Sarah (do) gymnastics. 6 Sarah and Melissa (go) swimming. 0 Unit Play the Game!
Verb + -ing 6 Complete the sentences. love: like/enjoy: don t mind: don t like: hate: Emma doesn t mind staying at home. Cathy going running. 3 you watching the Olympic Games on TV? I going skateboarding. 5 ndrea swimming. 6 Dad watching baseball. 7 I getting up early. 8 Eddie playing basketball? 7 Complete the sentences with the -ing form of the verbs. We love watching (watch) football games on TV. They don t like (do) judo at school. 3 Why does my hate (play) ice hockey? The boys don t mind (take) me with them to the gym. 5 Do you enjoy (swim) in cold water? 6 Mom doesn t like (go) horseback riding. 8 Write sentences. Helen and Nick / / play / tennis Helen and Nick like playing tennis. my brother / / watch / the Olympic Games / on TV! 3 we / / swim / in the ocean Sonia / / practice / every day 5 David / / snowboarding / in winter? 6 I / / do / my homework / on the weekend Vo c a b u l a r y Compound nouns Match 6 to a f to make compound nouns. soccer tennis 3 hockey judo 5 ice 6 swim a skates b stick c racket d suit e belt f cleats Complete the sentences with these words. court court field pool rink I play basketball on the basketball court. She doesn t like swimming at the swimming. 3 Do you go ice skating at the new ice skating? We play football on the football. 5 He plays tennis on this tennis. 3 Complete the sentences with these words. cleats court judo stick swimsuit tennis You have soccer practice after school. Please take your soccer cleats with you. She is swimming in the ocean. She s wearing a blue. 3 I don t have a racket. What color belt do you have? 5 You can t play ice hockey! You don t have a hockey. 6 There are ten players on the basketball. Complete the text. On Mondays Rachel plays ice hockey, and she takes her hockey stick with her. On Wednesdays she does judo. She s very good, and she has a green. On Fridays she does gymnastics, and she practices at the 3. On Saturday mornings she puts on her tennis clothes. Then she takes her and goes to the 5. In the afternoons she goes ice skating at the 6. She loves this sport. Grammar Reference pages 86 87 Vocabulary page 0 Unit Play the Game!
Chatroom Opinions Sp e a k i n g and Listening Complete the sentences with these words. do favorite it like of think I can t play tennis! That s it! I quit! What do you think my new tennis racket? 3 Mrs. Marshall is my teacher. I don t going to the ice skating rink. It s boring. 5 I Usain olt is amazing. 6 you like watching the Olympic Games on TV? 3.3 Complete the conversation with these phrases. Then listen and check. Do you like I don t like I think What do you think Good idea I love Nadal is my favorite player Carlos Do you want to watch tennis on TV? Zak Good idea! Carlos What about you, Nadia? Nadia Sorry, Carlos. tennis is boring. Carlos Really? I love it. 3 of Novak Djokovic, Zak? Zak I think he s great, but. Jody M y favorite sport is horseback riding. I go horseback riding every weekend. Zak 5 horses, Nadia? Nadia Yes, I do. 6 them. I can t ride, but I want to learn. Jody Do you? What about you, Zak? Zak No, thanks! 7 horses. Read the conversation in Exercise 3 again. re the statements true (T), false (F) or don t know (DK)? Zak wants to watch tennis with Carlos. T Nadia doesn t like tennis. 3 Roger Federer is Jody s favorite player. Jody likes horseback riding. 5 Nadia goes horseback riding every weekend. 6 Zak doesn t want to go horseback riding.. Match the questions ( 5) to the answers (a e). Then listen and check. What do you think of oston? c Do you like watching archery? 3 What do you think of Usain olt? Do you like Rihanna? 5 What do you think of the ulls? a He s my favorite athlete. I think he s amazing! b I think they re good, but the Thunder is my favorite team. c Well, I think the weather is terrible, but I like the people. d Yes, I do. I think it s an amazing sport. e No, I don t. eyoncé is my favorite singer. 5 Look at the table and write a conversation between ndy and Eva. Use the information below and expressions from Exercise 3. ndy Eva Likes playing football listening to music watching TV swimming reading books playing computer games Speaking and Listening page 3 Doesn t like reading books shopping cooking watching TV getting up early cooking Unit Play the Game!
G ra m m a r dverbs of frequency Complete the table with these adverbs of frequency. always hardly ever never often sometimes usually never sometimes / rain Trainer Draw pictures to help you remember words. usually hardly ever Now do Exercise. 3 Rewrite the sentences with the adverbs of frequency in the correct place. We play tennis on Saturday afternoons. (always) We always play tennis on Saturday afternoons. Julia goes skateboarding with her friends on the weekend. (sometimes) 3 I meet my friends at the gym after school. (often) I wear a basketball shirt at home. (hardly ever) 5 Sam takes his tennis racket to school. (never) Look at the table. Complete the sentences. Naomi Jake Harry Isobel 6 I am happy on the weekend. (usually) go swimming on Tuesdays do homework after school Write sentences and questions. we / always / not get up / late on the weekend We don t always get up late on the weekend. I / sometimes / be / tired / in the evening watch TV on the weekend Naomi usually goes swimming on Tuesdays. Harry does his homework after school. 3 Harry and Naomi watch TV on the weekend. Isobel goes swimming on Tuesdays. 5 Jake and Isobel do their homework after school. 6 Jake goes swimming on Tuesdays. 7 Isobel watches TV on the weekend. Grammar Reference pages 86 87 3 he / often / cook / dinner / for his family? our teacher / hardly ever / give / us / tests 5 you / usually / meet / your friends / after school? 6 I / not / always / watch / football / on Sundays 5 nswer the questions. What do you always do in the evening? I always listen to music. What do you and your friends usually do on the weekend? 3 What do you sometimes do on vacation? What sports do you hardly ever watch on TV? 5 What do you never do? Unit Play the Game! 3
Re a d i n g Read the article quickly. Find: one country France two people 3 a movie four sports 5 two places in a town IT S FST, IT S EXCITING IT S FREE RUNNING! Free running is an exciting new sport from France, but it has fans all over the world. You don t usually see free runners on tracks. You see them in the street or in parks. They climb walls, jump from building to building and do a lot of other amazing movements. It is important to move fast, but it is also important to move beautifully. Good free runners practice every day. They don t wear special clothes, but good running shoes are important. Free runners sometimes run with their MP3 players and listen to their favorite music. Free running is a difficult sport, but it s very popular with teenagers. Free runner Robbie Dowling, 7, says, Free running is different from sports like track, football or judo. When I go free running, I don t want to win or lose; I just want to have fun. Sure, there are competitions, but they aren t important to me or my friends. We don t take part in them. For other young people, free running competitions are important, and you can watch some amazing videos on YouTube. You can also watch Sébastien Foucan, the man who started the sport, free running in the James ond movie Casino Royale. Sébastien says that free runners practice all the time. He also says there is no good or bad in free running, but it is important to learn from your experiences. Read the article again. Choose the correct options. People all over the world enjoy / don t enjoy free running. Free runners usually practice in the street / on a track. 3 ll / Some free runners practice every day. Free runners don t wear special shoes / special clothes. 5 Robbie Dowling wants to win / doesn t enter free running competitions. 6 You can watch free running competitions on YouTube / in the movie Casino Royale. 3 Complete the summary with words from the article. Free running is a sport with fans all over the world. Free runners usually run in the or in parks. Some people go free running because they want to have 3. Other people like taking part in, but there is no good or 5 in free running. It s a great sport! L i s te n i n g.. Listen to the radio show about sports clothes. Mark the words you hear. gym soccer shirts soccer cleats ice hockey tennis racket running shoes L isten again. Choose the correct options. Mark always / sometimes wears soccer shirts. He likes / doesn t like playing soccer. 3 Soccer / Ice hockey is Mark s favorite sport. Elena loves / hates wearing running shoes. 5 She always / never wears soccer shirts. Unit Play the Game!
Wri ti n g description of a sport Match 5 to a e. comma a! period b 3 question mark c, apostrophe d? 5 exclamation point e. Put the correct punctuation in the sentences. t school, we play football, basketball and tennis. Do you enjoy playing tennis with your friends 3 I dont like watching ice hockey on TV, but I love playing it Lionel Messi is an amazing player He s great 5 This is Lucys sisters judo belt 6 re there ten or eleven players on a soccer team Think about sports at your school. Complete the sentences. Sports at school are t my school, there s 3 My favorite sport is We play 5 I think sports at school are 5 Write a description of sports at your school. Use the paragraph guide from Exercise 3 and your sentences from Exercise. 3 Read the text. Match the questions ( 3) to the paragraphs ( C). What s my favorite sport at school? What do I think of sports at school? 3 What sports are there at school? Sports at School Sports at my school are amazing. There s tennis, basketball, football and track. We sometimes go swimming in the swimming pool. My friends love tennis, and they play every day. I hardly ever play tennis because I don t like it. I think it s difficult. C My favorite sport is basketball. I think it s an exciting sport, and I play on the school basketball team. We play basketball every Monday and Wednesday, and there are games every week. We aren t very good and we usually lose, but we have fun! I think sports at school are great. I love playing on a team with my friends. It s never boring. Unit Play the Game! 5