Basic 2 Unit 4

Unit 4
Sports

Sports
a. Mark the sentences you expect to hear in a sports report.

✔ 1. Sven Erickson is going to win this year’s tennis championship.

2. The Prime Minister is visiting the United Nations today.
3. The Russian ballet is performing in New York this week.
✔ 4. The London marathon started this morning.
✔ 5. Tonight is the big football match between Everton and Liverpool.
✔ 6. That’s all the sports news tonight!

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b. Match the pictures to the reports.

B C D E

c 1. “In soccer, Bill Brown had the best game of his career.”
b 2. “The Tour de France bicycle race started yesterday.”
e 3. “In California, the Children’s Olympics started yesterday.”

a 4. “Tonight is the big tennis match between rock star Maxi and Peter Anson.”
d 5. “In baseball, Toronto won first place.”

c. Put the sports in the correct categories. Some sports can go in both.

athletics • baseball • basketball • cycling • golf • swimming • soccer • tennis

Team Sports Individual Sports

_____________________
baseball _____________________
cycling

_____________________
basketball _____________________
tennis

_____________________
soccer _____________________
swimming

_____________________
athletics _____________________
golf

d. Which sports do you play? Which do you prefer, team sports or individual sports? Why?

I play _________________________________.
I play volleyball

I prefer _________________________
play individual because ___________________________.
I concentrate more

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e. Read the sentences below to find out what happened a few days later in the world of
sports. Match the phrases in column B to the phrases in column A.

A B

1. Sam Wilson’s baseball team won this year’s

a. to René Lion.
championship, too, _____
d

2. In the Children’s Olympics, Natasha Svedova

b. What a bad loser he is!
received her third gold medal _____
c

3. Last year’s Tour de France champion, Jacques c. for her wonderful athletics
Chardin, lost this year’s race _____
a performance.

4. Actor Peter Anson says that rock star Maxi

d. just as he said they would!
cheated in their tennis match. _____
b

f. You are a sports announcer. Prepare your next sports report. Use the sentences from
activity e. to help you. You can also make up your own sports news.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. This is Jack Hill with the
latest sports report.
Let’s look at baseball first_______________________________
where the season has just begun and we encourage you to go through the clouds
__________________________________________________.
In athletics _________________________________________
_________________________________________________.
Usain Bolt keeps grabbing his own and still retired continues to make his country proud.

In this year’s Tour de France, the new_____________________

__________________________________________________.
runner takes all the win And those are all sports news tonight!
And that’s all the sports news for tonight!

g. Read your sports report to your partner.

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People Are Crazy About Sports

a. Did you understand the difference between a sports fan and a sports player? Mark the
correct boxes in the table below.

Sports Players Fans

✔ 1. pay a lot of money for tickets to a match
✔ 2. get excited when their team wins
✔ 3. love to watch sports
✔ 4. earn a lot of money if they’re good
✔ 5. fill the stadium in the thousands

b. What do you think about sports? Answer the questions below. Write in full sentences.

1. Are you a sports fan?

________________________________________________________________
not really

2. What are your favorite sports?

________________________________________________________________
only volleyball

3. Do you get excited when your team wins?

________________________________________________________________
I don't have a favorite team

4. Do you prefer to play sports or watch sports?

________________________________________________________________
practice it

c. Compare your answers with a partner’s. Do you have anything in common?

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Let’s Go Swimming
a. Here are two more friends talking about sports. Number the sentences in the
correct order.

5 Oh. Then why don’t we play tennis instead?

6 Yes, that’s a good idea. Let’s go!
1 Let’s go swimming this morning.
4 Because Suzy said she is going swimming today and I don’t want to see her.
3 Why not?
2 Ah, I don’t think so.

b. You and your friend have the day off today. You suggest playing your favorite sport
together, but your friend prefers to stay home and watch a football match on TV. Write
a dialogue between you and your friend. Use the sentences above to help you.

You: ________________________________________________________
We are going to walk this afternoon

Your friend: ________________________________________________________

I do not think so

You: ________________________________________________________
why not

Your friend: ________________________________________________________

I want to watch today's game

You: ________________________________________________________
but it would be fun

Your friend: ________________________________________________________

no, I do not want to

You: ________________________________________________________
come on and then go through some tacos

Your friend: ________________________________________________________

Ok, let's go

c. Practice your dialogue with a partner.

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Comparison of Adjectives
a. Read Peter Anson’s account of his latest tennis match with rock star Maxi.
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of adjectives.

“Last week’s tennis match with Maxi was the (1) ____________
undeserved (unfair) match I’ve

ever played! That ball she hit was out! I’m a much (2) _____________
better (good) player

than her and everyone knows it! In fact, people say I’m (3) _____________
amazing (good).

Maxi is just a beginner. She can’t hit the ball (4) _____________
quickly (fast) me.

She’s the (5) _____________

worst (bad) player I’ve ever seen! So anyone who thinks that

she really won that match is (6) _____________

more moron (dumb) than a donkey!”

b. Imagine you are Maxi, the rock star. Write your own account of the tennis match.
Make comparisons between Peter Anson and yourself. Try to use all three forms –
equal, comparative and superlative – at least once.

Last week’s tennis match with Peter was _________________________________.

something too easy for me
_________________________________________________________________.

I’m a much______________________
better player than ______________________________.
all of them

I won the game because _____________________________________________.

I am the best player of all, it was super easy

c. Read Maxi’s account to your partner.

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