Sports personalities

I) Please write down the names of two sports which:

(Por favor escribe los nombres de dos deportes que:)

1 – you do in water: _____________ ______________

(se practican en el agua)

2 – you do on snow: _____________ ______________

(se practican en la nieve)

3 – end in “ball”: _______________ ________________

(terminan en “ball”)

4 – you play in teams: _______________ _______________

(se juegan en equipo)

5 – you play with a racket: ______________ ______________

(se juegan con raqueta)

6 – you do individually: ________________ ________________

(se practican individualmente)

II) Now please, read the text and complete the fact file below:
(Ahora por favor, lee el texto y completa el archivo debajo)
 Edinson Robero Cavani Gómez was born in Salto,
Uruguay on 14th. February, 1987. He is a famous football player
who plays for Manchester United, in the United Kingdom, and he
plays for the Urugayan selection too. He is one of the best and most
expensive forwards in the world. He can play football very well and
he loves it. He is a good sportsman and he doesn’t smoke, take
drugs or drink alcohol.
He has got four children: Bautista, Lucas, India and
Silvestre, who was born today 3rd, June, 2021!!!. He is married to
Jocelyn Burgardt.
In the UK he gets up at seven o’clock every morning, he
has eggs and toast for breakfast and then he goes running. At ten
o’clock, he trains with his teammates. He usually has an early
dinner at about eight p.m.
In his free time, he meets his friends and on holiday he
visits Montevideo and Salto to see his family and friends. His
favourite city in the world is Salto.
He never plays tennis but he sometimes does water
sports. He loves eating pizza and “chivito”. His favourite colour is
sky blue, like his Uruguayan t-shirt.
People are very fond of him, they love him. He is called “El
Matador”.

File:
Full name: _________________________________________
(nombre completo)
Date of birth: _______________________________________
(fecha de nacimiento)
Place of birth:_______________________________________
(lugar de nacimiento)
Occupation: ________________________________________
(ocupación)
Nationality: _________________________________________
(nacionalidad)
Family: ____________________________________________
(familia)
Lives in: ___________________________________________
(Vive en)
Favourite food: ______________________________________
(comida favorita)
Sports he does: _____________________________________
(deportes que practica)
Favourite colour: _____________________________________
(color favorito)
Nickname: __________________________________________
(sobrenombre)

III) Read the text again to find out what time Edinson does these
activities:
(lee el texto nuevamente para encontrar a qué hora Edinson hace estas
actividades:)

1 – He gets up at …

2 – He trains at …

3 – He has dinner at about …

IV) Now, please correct these false statements about Edinson as in the
example:
(ahora, por favor corrige estas oraciones falsas sobre Edinson como en el
ejemplo:)

E.G.: Edinson Cavani was born in France.

No, He was born in Uruguay.

1 – He is not famous.
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2 – He plays football badly.

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3 – He has got two children.

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4 .In his free time he watches TV.

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5 – His favourite city is Paris.

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