Exercise 1- These pictures show things related to swimming.

Color the numbers the same to the letters and read out loud
how the items in each pair are the same and how they are different.
Both items protect the eyes, but the first ones are used for competitive
A swimming and the others are used (often with snorkels, as in the
picture) for diving in the sea.

1-bathing suits and trunks

Both items are worn on the head, but the first ones keep the pool water
B clean while the others protect you from the sun.

2- flippers and flip-flops

Both items are worn on the feet, but the first ones are worn in the
C water to swim faster and the other ones are worn before and after
going in the water, often for health and safety reasons
3- goggles /gagolz/and
a mask
Both items are worn for swimming, but the first ones refer to female
D attires, and the other ones refer to male attires.

4- a swimming cap and

a baseball hat
Exercise 2- Listen to the audio and fill out the gaps with the words you hear. Students read the dialogue out loud.
Nick: : Wow, it’s so hot! I can’t wait to finish (5) _WORK_ _TODAY_.
Margaret: : Do you (6) _HAVE_ _PLANS_?
Nick:: Yeah, I’m going swimming!
Margaret: : What a great idea! Are you (7) _A_ _GOOD_ _SWIMMER_?
Nick: : Not really. I’m going to do a few laps and then lie in the sun and read my book for a bit. Do you like to swim?
Margaret: : Well, I was the junior diving champion (8) _WHEN_ _I_ _WAS_ at school and I worked as a lifeguard for a few
summers when I was at college.
Nick:: Junior diving champion? That’s amazing! I was a little afraid (9)-_OF_ _THE_ _WATER_ as a kid. It took me years to get
out of the shallow end of the pool. I didn’t like all the splashing and dunking the other kids did and I certainly didn’t like the
deep water.
Margaret:: Lots of people feel the same way. It’s great that you learned how to swim and (10) _YOU_ _CAN_ _ENJOY_ the
water now.
Nick: : Yeah. I love hanging out at the pool these days. I go at least (11) _ONCE_ _A_ _WEEK_.
Margaret: : Which pool do you go to?
Nick:: It’s the Splash Club, just (12) _AROUND_ _THE_ _CORNER_ from here. They’ve got indoor and outdoor pools. There’s
even a water slide for the kids!
Margaret:: What are the changing rooms like?
Nick: : Pretty good - they’re really clean and the showers are always hot. The only thing (13) _I_ _DONT_ _LIKE_ about the
Splash is that you have to wear a swimming cap in the pool. No one looks good in one of those!
Margaret:: I know, but it keeps the water clean. Tell me (14) _HOW_ _MUCH_ _IT_ costs to join the Splash Club. I think I’d
like to start swimming again ...
Exercise 3- Match words or phrases in bold from the dialogue with these meanings. Write them down in the space.
15. spending time relaxing in a specific place = _ hanging out_
16. To swim many times across the pool for exercise = _do laps_
17. playing and fighting in the water = _ splashing and dunking_
18. the places where you take off your clothes and put on your swimming costume = _ changing rooms _
19. To get down horizontally on the ground to take the sun= _lie in the sun_
20. a person who watches swimmers and saves them if they are in danger = _ a lifeguard _
21. the part of the pool where the water is not deep = _ the shallow _
22. a play structure that you climb up and then go down quickly = _ slide _

Exercise 4- Take turns to answer to the questions.

23- Who has more experience at swimming?
Margaret Has more experiencie
24- What’s Nick’s opinion about swimming caps?
No one looks good in one of those!
25- What’s the weather like at the time of the conversation?
Is Very Hot