Reading

Chapter 1
The most popular sports in the world
Chapter focus

1. Content
• What are the most popular sports in the world?
2. Reading skills
• Scanning
• Taking notes
3. Vocabulary skills
• Understanding synonyms
Discussion

1. Look at the photo and describe

what you see. What do you
think the chapter is about?

2. Read the quotation. How can

you understand it? Do you
agree or disagree?
Before you read
Study the pictures below. Which of the sports do you play?
Which do you like to watch?

Cricket Field Football Tennis Volleyball

hockey
 How many teams are there in a cricket
game? How many players in each team?

Work in group, In tennis game, can the ball hit or touch

the players?
search for the
information on the
How long a basketball game usually lasts?
Internet and answer
the questions:
Can a volleyball game last longer than 3
hours?

In what ways are football and field hockey

similar?
Reading skill: Scanning
Read quickly over the text to find
specific information. For example:
names (of people, places or
organizations); countries; numbers
(dates or percentages); fact.
To scan, think about the
information you need. Then move
your eyes quickly over the text
looking for important words or
numbers (to scan for names,
places or countries, look for proper
nouns starting with capital letters).
ExB – p.2:
Read the sentences below and circle True or False in
the My Guesses column.

ExB – p.2:
Look quickly over the article on
page 3 for the same information
and circle the answer from the
reading.
1. Football is the most popular sports in
the world. TRUE
2. The most popular sport in India is
tennis.
3. Table tennis is popular in China.
4. Basketball is one of the five most
popular sports in the world.

ExB – p.2:
Look quickly over the article on
page 3 for the same information
and circle the answer from the
reading.
1. Football is the most popular sports in
the world. TRUE
2. The most popular sport in India is
tennis. FALSE
3. Table tennis is popular in China.
4. Basketball is one of the five most
popular sports in the world.

ExB – p.2:
Look quickly over the article on
page 3 for the same information
and circle the answer from the
reading.
1. Football is the most popular sports in
the world. TRUE
2. The most popular sport in India is
tennis. FALSE
3. Table tennis is popular in China. TRUE
4. Basketball is one of the five most
popular sports in the world.

ExB – p.2:
Look quickly over the article on
page 3 for the same information
and circle the answer from the
reading.
1. Football is the most popular sports in
the world. TRUE
2. The most popular sport in India is
tennis. FALSE
3. Table tennis is popular in China. TRUE
4. Basketball is one of the five most
popular sports in the world. FALSE
Listen to the reading passage
Understanding the text
ExA - p.4:
Read the article on page 3 and complete the chart below

3.5 billion

originally from UK, more popular

cricket 3 billion than football in India and Pakistan
in US, mainly for high school girls,
field hockey 2 billion was played 4,000 years ago in Egypt

Originally from France, longest

tennis 1 billion game lasted over eleven hours

table tennis ball can go more than 100

900 million mph
ExB – p.4: Comprehension
Read each sentence and check (√) True or False

Answers:

1. T (line 1) 6. F (line 16,

2. T (line 7) 17, 29)

3. F (line 16) 7. T (line 26)

4. F (line 18) 8. T

5. F (line 24)
 ExD – p.5: Vocabulary
Choose the correct words to complete each
paragraph.

approximately especially mainly percent players popular

popular percent
approximately

especially
mainly
players
ExD – p.5: Vocabulary
Choose the correct words to complete each
paragraph.

professional about rules similar

similar

professional rules

about
ExE – p.5: Understanding synonyms
Find a synonym in the article then use it to complete the
sentence.

• Approximately (adv) = Roughly (adv)

• Goes on (v) = Lasts (v)
• Mostly (adv) = Mainly (adv)
• Alike (adj) = Similar (adj)