Note Taking

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IGCSE AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CB

Reading Gap Fill

Read the text carefully, then complete the table with the necessary information. You may not be able to fill in all
the gaps. Solo synchronized swimming has been done as an example for you.

Sport Olympic debut Final Olympic Equipment Other

(When & Where) Appearance Information
Solo synchronized Los Angeles 1992 None Swimmer performs
swimming 1984 ‘water ballet’
Live pigeon 1900 Paris 1900 gun 300 pigeons were
shooting killed, winner got
21 shot
1904 none
1932 rope
Clubs
Barcelona Roller skates
1992
Boats
2000 trampoline
La canne cane
rope Country could win
multiple medals

For the following questions (a-j) about the text, choose one of the ten sports in the text you previously read.

a. Allowed a country to be represented by one or more teams?

b. Both gives and deducts points?
c. Could be described as a type of fencing?
d. Could be described as ballet in the water?
e. Has the same rules as another sport but different equipment?
f. Ended after its second appearance?
g. Has been an Olympic event for longer than any of the others?
h. Involved a race to the top of something?
i. Involved competitors using a gun?
j. Used boats, but not for transport

Answers:
a. .
b. .
c. .
d. .
e. .
f. .
g. .
h. .
i. .
j. .
Note Taking
You have been asked to report back to your class about Robert Scott’s journey to the South Pole. Prepare some
notes to use in your talk.

Make short notes as a timeline:

January 1912 - Only 5 team members remained

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Language Focus:
Past Perfect Simple

1. The past perfect tense shows that something occurred before another action or event in the past. It can
also show that something happened before a specific time or period of time in the past. Look at these
examples from the text:
a. In the 1900 Games in Paris, swimmers climbed a pole, before which they had crawled over
and swum under boats…
b. On 17 January, they reached the pole, only to find that a Norwegian party, led by Roald
Amundsen, had beaten them there.
In each example, find (i) the event in the past perfect tense, and (ii) the event or events that happened
after it.
a. (i)
(ii)
b. (i)
(ii)
Exam Focus:
Reading, Exercise 2, multiple matching

You are going to read four blogs in which four bloggers comment about people who they admire. For questions
a-j, choose the bloggers A-D. The bloggers may be chosen more than once.
Which person …
a. Admits to feeling fear at the thought of pain?
b. Believes that money is well deserved?
c. Believes that their heroes lead a solitary lifestyle?
d. Explains that their choice of hero is a very personal matter?
e. Has always wanted to get away from home?
f. Has difficulty deciding what a hero is?
g. Says that their heroes only have a short time in which to perform?
h. Thinks their heroes improve life for everyone else?
i. Thinks there are too many heroes in the world?
j. Describes a group of people as their hero?

Answers:
a. .
b. .
c. .
d. .
e. .
f. .
g. .
h. .
i. .
j. .