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EXERCISE 1 ERROR IDENTIFICATION

There is an error in each line. Underline the error and replace it with a correct word.
Ever since David Beckham had made a name of himself, more 1. ___________
and more professional athletes have emulated him and request bigger 2. ___________
bucks for their huge earnings with each passed year. Entertainment is 3. ___________
now an extremely importance feature of life and to many people ween 4. ___________
that sport events spelling entertainment. However, some people would 5. ___________
always turned censorious about the high wages of these athletes. They 6. ___________
resended the fact that the earnings of these players are so much greater 7. ___________
than those people who play a more helpful roll in society. Let us look 8. ___________
into the rationales behind why these talented players are offered 9. ___________
ridiculously wages. 10. ___________

EXERCISE 2 VOCABULARY
Match each vocabulary to its definition, then apply it in the gap using the correct form.
Vocabulary Definition
1. (adj) extensive a. highly aggressive, doctrinaire
2. (adj) irrefutable b. shudder or tremble
3. (n) coverage c. smile mockingly
4. (n) exponent d. tinged with blood
5. (n) extent e. threateningly
6. (n) performance f. say quickly and irritably
7. (n) telltale g. revealing/ indicating
8. (v) recompense h. a gleam/ faint or brief light
9. (v) roister i. move something fast or suddenly

Are sport events ______________1 by the general public? The answer is a definite

‘yes’. The huge amount of ______________2 that all these sport events receive on television

and radio can be a ______________3 of the ______________4 of the popularity. Although

some people see no interest in them and complain unnecessarily about them, the extensive

coverage goes on. Newspapers, too, report ______________5 on sport success and failures:

sports ______________6 of the athletes are discussed in detail, readers are virtually ignoring

the news on the front pages. The ______________7, ______________8, deserve to be

handsomely ______________9.

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EXERCISE 3 SENTENCE RELEVENCY
Match the sentences from Part A to Part B to make them relevant. An example is given.
PART A
1. Not only that, we know very clearly that only those talented and professional players
2. They do so because the demand for these professional sports stars
3. To illustrate, a huge number of people have a fierce passion for a certain sport,
4. These supporters regularly watch their team play, unknowingly boosting the sales of
5. Again, the exponents to these hike in sales
6. Moving on, in order to make a victory more possible, the team’s supporters
7. Without dissembling, that requires spending the most money and
8. There is a limited supply of elite sportsmen with
9. Moving on, most sports confers skills that cannot be
10. . The sportsmen earn
11. However, they retire young:
12. Worse off, they face limited occupational opportunities and,

1. a 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

PART B
a. earn astronomical sums of money.

b. deserve to be handsomely recompensed.

c. faithfully following every single game of their favourite team weekly.

d. insist on the team in employing the most talented players possible.

e. many sportsmen have to give up their career in their early thirties, or earlier if they
sustain injuries.

f. paying the highest salaries.

g. possibly transferable to other occupations.

h. sadly, income uncertainty upon retirement.

i. substantially at their prime.

j. the tickets and merchandises, all because they are fond of certain players.

k. to join a sport club is exceptionally high.

l. world-class skills, thus they deserve that pay.

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EXERCISE 4 GAP-FILLED TEXT
Fill in each gap with a correct sentence.
SENTENCES
1. Thus, stop being so censorious about the pay they are being offered.
2. Put simply, it is just the ones who get all the media attention earning all the big money.
3. Oftentimes, with some sports gaining their ground over the recent years, many people across
the world are involved in them in an amateur capacity.
4. Entertainment is now an extremely importance feature of life and to many people ween that
sport events spelling entertainment.
5. As they have turned into renowned public figures, they also channel their income from other
areas.

On the other hand, one should remember that the large sums of money earned by top athletes do

not all come from playing for their team. For instance, portraiture rights, coaching, becoming

a spokesperson or even a model.

In sooth, a great many of these sportsmen are not highly paid at all. In the end, with more

supply than demand, these amatuers are paid nothing at all. Let’s lift the lid off, with so many

professional players worldwide, only a very small proportion earn enormous sums of money.

All in all, these professional athletes deserve their large pay, there is no knowing how much

time, effort and sacrifice they have made in order to be who they are today.

EXERCISE 5 SAMPLE ESSAY

Jobs: Underpaying or Overpaying?
As thinking and feeling beings, what a person considers worthwhile may be

considered unworthy by other individuals. For instance, footballers might be lauded in some

societies while in others, they may be considered a nobody. How do we define whether it is

a worthwhile job? The pay?

At bottom, there are as many worthwhile jobs that pay well as those which do not,

and vice versa. In truth, those in the South East Asia would assume that professionals in the

health care, modern art and financing fields are having worthwhile jobs. However, in the

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eyes of these people, jobs like live streamers and sportsmen are considered as unworthwhile.

Let us dive into the worthiness of these jobs.

In the yesteryears, we witness the history and tales portraying artists who died of

poverty. In sooth, there are, today, starving painters and writers who are still seeking better

career prospects and advancements. However, some writers and painters are blessed with

riches beyond their wildest dreams. All we can admit is that it is unfortunate that oftentimes,

good artists are not recognised, but at times, these allegations are just exaggerations.

Between the very successful and the failures, there are also the in-betweeners: the ones whom

have reached the glass ceiling but are still earning a decent living.

If we take the opposite stand, that people with worthwhile jobs gain more, we see

that the argument is equally baseless. Many would consider medical officers and investment

officers as people with worthwhile jobs. For my money, it is indeed an exaggeration to think

that all these people are minted people. Again, some might succeed; some also lose their

freedom and mental stability, be swept aside and disappear into oblivion. Just like in

'unworthwhile' areas like sports stars and live streamers, there are successful public figures

and there are those who face abject penury and failures. Similarly, we could expand the

'unworthwhile' list to other jobs, such as scrap dealers or drug dealers, it would still be a

chicken-and-egg situation.

In toto, there is not a job that is overpaying or underpaying. Every job contributes

equally to the society. There are successes and failures in every job. The worthiness to the

job may be in the person themself. Perhaps they haven’t given their best in the chosen field

and profession, or they are just not cut for it. Correct the fault, stop pointing finger, and that

would help stop the moan on whether a job is overpaying or underpaying.

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