"Sport" exercises

Exercise 1. 

Look at the table “Do, play or go?”

(http://engblog4u.blogspot.com/2011/01/do-play-or-go.html).  What a great variety of sports we have nowadays! (Изучить данную таблицу вам помогут иллюстрации: щелкните левой кнопкой мыши по названию вида спорта и с помощью иллюстраций переведите те слова, которые представляют особые затруднения).

Exercise 2.

1) Remember the explanation above the table “Do, play or go?”

2) Fill in the gaps.

*         Глагол “to do” часто употребляется с
      ______________ видами спорта ( Эти виды спорта предполагают занятия в спортивных (гимнастических) залах.

*         В противоположность глаголу “to do”, глагол “to play” употребляется с ___________________ видами спорта.

*         И, наконец, глагол “to go” употребляется с теми названиями видов спорта, которые произошли от глаголов и имеют окончание “____”.

Exercise 3. 

Check yourself. Write the words in the right columns

You do	You play	You go

Exercise 4.

Ask your teacher the pronunciation of the words you don’t know for sure or look them up in the dictionary.

Потренируйся в соотнесении иллюстрации и видов спорта на сайте

 englisch-hilfen.de

Exercise 5.

Some kinds of sport come from definite verbs.Form the sports using the verbs:

To cycle (ездить на велосипеде или мотоцикле) – cycling (велоспорт)

To climb-_________________________________________________

To sail-___________________________________________________

To sail-___________________________________________________

To fish-___________________________________________________

To jog-___________________________________________________

To swim-__________________________________________________

Exercise 6.

What are your preferences in sport? Use the scheme for giving your opinion.

Use the appendix.

I’m fond of	(Playing)  football (Going) Skiing (Doing) aerobics
I’d like to	To play football To go skiing To do aerobics

Exercise 7.

Sharon, Mason and Dorothy share their stories with us. Answer the questions:

·         What kind of sport do they practice?

·         What else would they like to do?

Проверь себя на сайтеenglishexercises.org. Выполни упражнение, нажми кнопку DONE, чтобы проверить свои результаты.

Exercise 8.

What are these sports?

A bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each-___________

 an event that involves rising to a higher point-_____________________________

a sport in which participants must travel on skis-___________________________

an exercise that involves lifting weights-____________________________________

Exercise 9.

Match the words using prepositions to make a phrase.

To develop	-	different skills
To be good	at	swimming (skating, etc.)
To win	in	a championship
To award	with	a competition
To be fond	of	a medal
To take part

Exercise 10.

Carol is an 8^th grade pupil. She goes in for different sports.

1)    Fill in the gaps, using the phrases from Exercise 9.

2)    What kind of sport does she go in for?

3)    Underline several parentheses (вводные слова) in the text. The first one is done for

you.

Прочитайте о вводных словах в блоге engblog.ru

Exercise 11.

1)Match the parentheses with their translations.

2) Which of them is not given in Exercise 10.

On the contrary	Более того
In fact	Наоборот
More than that	Фактически
To my mind	По моему мнению
Actually	На самом деле

Exercise 12.

Let’s talk about you and your friends (parents, relatives).

What kind of sport do you go in for?

On the contrary	I’m fond of	Sports from the table "Do, play or go?".
In fact	I’d like to
More than that	I’m good at
To my mind	I practice
Actually

Exercise 13.

·         There’s a table of the words from this unit.

·         Scan it and say whether you know all of them, how to pronounce all of them correctly?

·         Complete the third column with your own examples.

Category	Examples	Your examples
Parentheses	On the contrary, To my mind As for me More than that Actually
Nouns	A technique A championship A skill Sense of coordination An injury A winner A loser A gym A race An exercise
Verbs and phrases	To keep fit To develop To master To prefer To be fond of To be good at To practice To play To throw To run To stay active To break a record

Exercise 14.

Check yourself. Listen to Grace. What advice does she give to those who are not sure what sport to choose?

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Exercise 15.
It’s time to share your opinion with the class.

Make your own project - 8-10 sentences.

Use…

A.    The information from this web-page;

B.   Verbs, nouns, parentheses from exercise 13;

C.   Appendix;

D.   Adjectives from exercise 14;

E.   Your own knowledge.