Sports lover

1. Read the text. Open the brackets using the verbs in Present Simple.
Mike _____________ (to have) many hobbies. The boy ____________ (to like) doing sports. He
______________ (to play) soccer. He _______ (to be) a forward in his team. Mike and his friends _____________
(to play) baseball. Mike ___________ (to throw) balls. He ________ (to be) a pitcher. His friend
Stan ______________ (to catch) balls. Stan ___________ (to be) a catcher. Every summer the
friends ___________ (to wait) for a baseball tournament. The tournament _________ (to be) in
June. Sometimes Mike and his friends __________ (to go) in for
mountaineering. They _____________ (to climb) mountains
and rocks. It ________ (to be) a risky but interesting sport.
Mike __________ (to use) special ropes when he _____________ (to climb) a
rock.
2. Write if the sentence is true or false.
1. Mike has many hobbies. __________
2. Mike doesn’t like sports.___________
3. Mike is a forward in his soccer team. __________
4. Mike plays a catcher in his baseball team. _________
5. Every spring there is a baseball tournament. __________
6. Mountaineering is very easy. ___________
3. Write in the proper word.
1. Mike plays ___________________ in his soccer team.
2. Stan is a catcher. He _______________ balls.
3. Mike throws balls in his baseball team. He is a ______________.
4. The baseball tournament is in ______________.
5. Mike goes in for mountaineering. He climbs _________________________________.
6. Mike uses special _______________ to climb a rock.
4. Imagine Mike is a grown-up. Write about Mike’s doing sports when he was a child. Use Past Simple.
Mike _____________ (to have) many hobbies. The boy ____________ (to like) doing sport. He
______________ (to play) soccer. He _______ (to be) a forward in his team. Mike and his friends ______________
(to play) baseball. Mike ___________ (to throw) balls. He ________ (to be) a pitcher. His friend Stan
______________ (to catch) balls. Stan ___________ (to be) a catcher. Every summer the friends ___________ (to
wait) for a baseball tournament. The tournament _________ (to be) in June. Sometimes Mike and his friends
__________ (to go) in for mountaineering. They _____________ (to climb) mountains and rocks. It ________ (to be)
a risky but interesting sport. Mike __________ (to use) special ropes when he _____________ (to climb) a rock.
5. What sports do you like doing? Write about sports you do and the reasons you like them.
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 Answers
1. Mike has many hobbies. The boy likes doing sports. He plays soccer. He is a forward in his team. Mike and
his friends play baseball. Mike throws balls. He is a pitcher. His friend Stan catches balls. Stan is a catcher. Every
summer the friends wait for a baseball tournament. The tournament is in June. Sometimes Mike and his friends go in
for mountaineering. They climb mountains and rocks. It is a risky but interesting sport. Mike uses special ropes when
he climbs a rock.
2. 1) true;
2) false;
3) true;
4) false;
5) false;
6) false.
3. 1) a forward;
2) catches;
3) pitcher;
4) June;
5) mountains and rocks;
6) ropes.
4. Mike had many hobbies. The boy liked doing sports. He played soccer. He was a forward in his team. Mike
and his friends played baseball. Mike threw balls. He was a pitcher. His friend Stan caught balls. Stan was a catcher.
Every summer the friends waited for a baseball tournament. The tournament was in June. Sometimes Mike and his
friends went in for mountaineering. They climbed mountains and rocks. It was a risky but interesting sport. Mike
used special ropes when he climbed a rock.