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

1. “In soccer, Bill Brown had the best game of his career.”
2. “The Tour de France bicycle race started yesterday.”
3. “In California, the Children’s Olympics started yesterday.”
4. “Tonight is the big tennis match between rock star Maxi and Peter Anson.”
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

_____________________ _____________________
_____________________ _____________________
_____________________ _____________________
_____________________ _____________________

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

I play _________________________________.
I prefer _________________________ because ___________________________.

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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, _____

2. In the Children’s Olympics, Natasha Svedova

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

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

4. Actor Peter Anson says that rock star Maxi

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

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_______________________________
__________________________________________________.
In athletics _________________________________________
_________________________________________________.
In this year’s Tour de France, the new_____________________
__________________________________________________.

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?

________________________________________________________________
2. What are your favorite sports?
________________________________________________________________
3. Do you get excited when your team wins?
________________________________________________________________
4. Do you prefer to play sports or watch sports?
________________________________________________________________

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.

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

Yes, that’s a good idea. Let’s go!
Let’s go swimming this morning.
Because Suzy said she is going swimming today and I don’t want to see her.
Why not?
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: ________________________________________________________

Your friend: ________________________________________________________

You: ________________________________________________________

Your friend: ________________________________________________________

You: ________________________________________________________

Your friend: ________________________________________________________

You: ________________________________________________________

Your friend: ________________________________________________________

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) ____________ (unfair) match I’ve

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

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

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

She’s the (5) _____________ (bad) player I’ve ever seen! So anyone who thinks that

she really won that match is (6) _____________ (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 _________________________________.

_________________________________________________________________.

I’m a much______________________ than ______________________________.

I won the game because _____________________________________________.

c. Read Maxi’s account to your partner.

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