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In this unit you will:
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• learn sports vocabulary and sports action verbs • practise using can, must and adverbs of manner and degree
This will help you to:
• read an FAQ page and a sports article • listen to and understand conversations • talk about abilities and explain a game • write a description of a sport or game
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Real Athletes Look at the pictures. Do you know the names of the athletes? What other information do you know about them? Answers, page 70
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4. Is judo a violent sport?
Answers 1. Of course you can play basketball. Earl Boykins is only 1.65 metres tall but he is a professional basketball player, with experience in the NBA and at Virtus Bologna.
Listening and Speaking 6. Miranda phones the Sycamore Sports Centre. Listen
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3. Yes, it is. In fact, race walking is an Olympic sport. Race walkers walk very quickly, but regular walking is good for you, too. You can change your life with just 30 minutes of walking a day, and you don’t need expensive equipment to do it! 4. No, it isn’t. Actually, the meaning of the word judo is ‘the gentle way’. To win a judo match, an athlete must throw his or her opponent onto the floor or hold the opponent on the floor. But the athlete mustn’t hit or kick the opponent during the match.
throw • swim • run • ski • surf • jump • hit • kick • lift
correct the sentences.
1. Miranda is 16 years old. 2. The basketball team practise on Monday and Wednesday. 3. Miranda likes playing basketball. 4. Miranda’s sister wants to take judo lessons. 5. The judo lessons begin at six o’clock. 6. Alan has got a French lesson on Tuesday.
8. Which sports do you and your family do? Which sports do you watch?
I go running. I watch basketball on TV.
My dad plays tennis twice a week. He sometimes watches basketball.
Reading >> An FAQ Page 9. Read the questions on the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page above. What do you think the answers are?
10. Now read the answers to the questions. How many of your answers are correct?
11. Why does the FAQ page mention the following?
1. the number 1.65 2. the NBA 3. race walking 4. ‘the gentle way’
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Doctors recommend 60 minutes a day of physical activ ity for children and teenage rs. How much exercise do you get?
7. The sentences below are false. Listen again and
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3. Is walking a sport?
to her phone conversation. Which sports does she mention?
3. alone 4. in teams
FAQ
2. Can women lift weights without getting big muscles?
Earl Boykins
2. Which sports do you usually do … ?
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2. Yes, they can. Male weightlifters get big muscles for two reasons: 1. They lift very heavy weights. 2. They have got large amounts of the male hormone testosterone in their bodies. But women haven’t got much testosterone, so they can’t usually develop very big muscles like men. Lifting light weights doesn’t give women big muscles, only strong ones.
Centre. Listen and repeat the sports in green. Which of the sports have got similar names in your language?
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1. I’m not very tall. Can I play basketball?
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1. Look at the advert above for the Sycamore Sports
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FAQ about Sports
at the sports centre: There are many activities for teens • tennis lessons • judo lessons • weightlifting lessons • gymnastics lessons • swimming lessons We’ve also got: • a cycling club • a football team • a skiing club • a basketball team • a surfing club • a running club
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12. Answer the questions.
1. Why is it good to lift light weights? 2. In which famous competition can race walkers compete? 3. How much walking does the text recommend? 4. Can you win a judo match by kicking someone? 5. How much physical activity do doctors recommend for teenagers?
13. Judo originally comes from Japan. Do you know which country basketball comes from? Answer, page 70 Workbook, page 41
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5. Listen and check your answers to Exercise 4.
can 1. We use can to talk about ability and possibility. Read the sentences below. Which one describes ability? Which one describes possibility?
1. James can’t walk, but he can swim. 2. Laura can go surfing now. It isn’t raining.
2. Read the chart below. Does the form change for different pronouns? Affirmative Negative Interrogative
I / You / He / She / It / We / You / They
can surf.
I / You / He / She / It / We / You / They
can’t surf.
Can
I / you / he / she / it / we / you / they
surf?
Short Answers Yes, I can. / No, we can’t. Grammar Appendix, Workbook, page 98
3. What can the people in the pictures do? Write sentences using the words below.
play tennis • lift weights • do gymnastics run • play basketball • swim 2
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1. He can lift weights.
the correct form of can. Then match the questions to the answers.
Questions 1. you run fast? 2. your parents play tennis? 3. Where’s my basketball? you see it? 4. you go surfing today? 5. the children go swimming now? 6. Excuse me. How we join the cycling club?
Answers a. No, I find it! b. Yes, I , but I’m tired today. c. Yes, they . They’re very good at it. d. No, they . The water’s very cold! e. You come to the sports centre on Monday at 5.00. f. Yes, I , because it’s the summer holiday.
Write sentences with can or can’t and the words below.
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1. dance 2. speak / English 3. read / books in Russian 4. run / 100 metres / in 9.58 seconds 5. play / the violin
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1. You must kick the ball. 2. You mustn’t kick the ball.
9. Read the chart below. Does the form change for different pronouns? Affirmative
I / You / He / She / It / We / You / They
must run.
Negative
I / You / He / She / It / We / You / They
mustn’t run.
Can / Can’t you throw objects very far? Then you 2. can / mustn’t be in the World Haggis Hurling Championship. To play this unusual sport, you 3. must / can’t first cook haggis. Haggis is a traditional Scottish food from different parts of a sheep. The haggis 4. must / mustn’t be between 500 grams to one kilo. It 5. can / mustn’t be hot when you throw it, so prepare it the day before the competition. In the competition, people 6. must / can’t throw their haggis very carefully, because the haggis 7. must / mustn’t break. The world record for haggis throwing is 55.89 metres. So, what do you think? How far 8. can / can’t you throw a haggis? 1.
Grammar Appendix, Workbook, page 98
10. Copy and complete the rules for a judo class with must or mustn’t.
Rules for Judo Class 1. Students be late for class. 2. You always wear judo uniforms. 3. Your judo uniforms always be clean. 4. You wear shoes during the lesson. 5. A doctor check you before you join the class. 6. R emember! Judo isn’t a violent sport. You hit or kick your opponent.
A. It 2. (lift) very heavy objects. The objects are sometimes 20 times its own weight! Of course, human weightlifters 3. (not do) that!
4. What do you think Usain Bolt can do?
of can and the verbs in brackets. Then match the descriptions to the animals in the photos below.
C. How high 10. you (jump)? Some athletes 11. (jump) more than 1.5 metres high with the help of special equipment. But this quiet animal 12. (do) it without any equipment at all.
unusual Scottish sport.
to talk about prohibition. Read the sentences below. Which one describes basketball? Which one describes football?
7. Complete the descriptions with the correct form
B. Usain Bolt 4. (run) very fast, but 5. he (win) a race against this amazing animal? No, he 6. . This animal 7. (run) 120 kilometres an hour. It 8. (go) from zero to 112 kilometres an hour in three seconds. Even a Ferrari 9. (not go) that fast!
13. Choose the correct answers to find out about an
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8. We use must to talk about obligation and mustn’t
Some of the best athletes in the world are animals! 1. you (guess) which animals they are? 3
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11. Listen and check your answers to Exercise 10. 12. Look at the photos of a very unusual sport – noodling. Write sentences about this sport. Use must and mustn’t and the words below.
catch a catfish • be in the water • use your hands use any equipment • be strong • drop the fish
You must catch a catfish.
14. Discuss each of the following with a partner. Find at least three similarities between you.
1. things you can do 2. things you can’t do 3. things you must do at home 4. things you mustn’t do at school
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I can play the violin. Can you?
No, I can’t. But I can play the guitar. Oh, I can play the guitar, too. Workbook, page 42
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Adverbs of Manner and Degree
Putting It Together
1. We use adverbs to describe actions. Read the
5. Choose the correct answers to complete
chart below and answer the questions.
Meet Danica Patrick from the USA. Danica is the first woman to win an Indy car race – one of the top races in the world. Danica loves her profession and she works very hard. Have a look at the work of a professional racing car driver.
An NBA Star
Racing car drivers drive quickly and carefully. Irregular: good – well hard – hard fast – fast high – high Racing car drivers drive fast! Adverbs of Degree
helmet You must have very strong arm muscles to control a racing car, so drivers usually lift weights. They also do hundreds of stomach exercises. Stomach muscles help drivers stay in their seats when the car is moving very fast.
Regular: quick – quickly careful – carefully bad – badly
There are many cars on the racetrack. A driver must get in front of the other cars to win a race. Drivers must look at the track very quickly to find a place without cars. Racing car drivers often use computer games like Forza Motorsport 2 and Gran Turismo 5 to practise doing this. It looks quite easy to stop the car with the brakes, but it’s like moving 130 kilos of weights with your feet! You can’t do this without very strong leg muscles, so racing car drivers run or go cycling. Danica Patrick runs for an hour every day.
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He drives quite carefully. She works very hard. She doesn’t play tennis at all well.
Reading >> A Sports Article
form of the adjectives below. bad • careful • quiet
1. Danica Patrick is famous because she is the first woman to be a racing car driver. 2. The article shows how difficult it is to be a professional racing car driver. 3. Racing car drivers wear a helmet at home to practise having a helmet on their head. 4. Racing car drivers must develop their stomach muscles because they can’t eat for many hours. 5. Racing car drivers go cycling or running to develop their leg muscles.
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Use the adverb form of the adjectives.
the body does it mention?
1. My parents are sleeping. Speak . 2. There are many trees. Lisa must ski . 3. Ben mustn’t dance in the competition. He dances
3. Write true sentences about the people below.
1. Read the sports article above. Which parts of 2. True or false? Correct the false sentences.
Grammar Appendix, Workbook, page 99
2. Copy and complete the sentences with the adverb
racetrack
Listening 4. Listen to Peter and Claire talking about female racing car drivers. What is similar about Peter and Danica Patrick?
5. Copy the sentences into your notebook. Then
Venus and Serena Williams • Pau and Marc Gasol Plácido Domingo • Usain Bolt • Lionel Messi
listen again and complete the sentences.
1. Peter is surprised to hear about female . 2. According to Peter, small people control a car well. 3. Danica Patrick is a racing car driver and a , too. 4. Danica goes running . 5. She has , cereal and peanut butter for breakfast. 6. Danica eats frequently because she needs .
Do you know / You know / Have you got the athlete in the picture? He is strong and fast. He jumps 2. good / very / high like a superhero and he 3. can / must / mustn’t do amazing things with a basketball. His name is Kobe Bryant, and he is one of the best players in 4. a / the / some history of the NBA. It 5. has got / haven’t got / isn’t surprising, because Kobe 6. have got / has got / hasn’t got basketball in his genes. His father is an ex-basketball player and ex-coach for US and Italian 7. team’s / teams’ / teams. So, Kobe 8. speak / speaks / is speaking Italian (and he also speaks Spanish). He 9. has got / love / loves football, too. He is a big fan of FC Barcelona. Maybe Kobe 10. watch / watches / is watching them on television right now!
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Adverbs of Manner
Racing cars turn very quickly on the racetrack. Drivers must have strong neck muscles so they can hold up their heads when they turn their car. Some drivers wear helmets with weights at home to make their neck muscles strong. Imagine watching TV with a heavy helmet on your head!
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the text about a famous athlete.
1. What ending do we usually add to an adjective to form an adverb of manner? 2. Where does an adverb of degree belong in a sentence – before or after an adverb of manner?
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1. can / run / very / fast Usain Bolt can run very fast. 2. can / play / tennis / very / good 3. can / kick / a football / hard 4. can / sing / beautiful 5. can / jump / quite / high Answers, page 70
6. Correct the mistakes in bold to find out about another special athlete.
Michael Phelps Sometimes Michael Phelps seems like 1. an superhero, not a human athlete. 2. How much medals can one man win? Phelps 3. have got 14 Olympic gold medals and 37 world records in swimming. 4. There isn’t any other athletes in the world like him. What is his secret? Of course, he always 5. is working hard. Also, Phelps has got the perfect type of body for 6. some swimmer … and he 7. use his body to do fantastic things!
4. Tell your partner about activities you can or can’t do. Use the adverbs below. very well • quite quickly • not at all well • beautifully
I can dance hip-hop very well. Workbook, page 43
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Listening
Speaking
4. Listen to Paul and Rose talking about a
6. Match the questions in A about different computer games to the answers in B.
computer game. Look at the screens below. Which screens are from their game?
1. Look at the menu of computer games below. Listen and repeat the sports action verbs in blue. Which computer game would you choose to play?
Then practise the mini-dialogues with a partner.
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The Game Zone
1. What are the rules of the game? 2. How many players are there? 3. What equipment do you need? 4. What can you do in the game? 5. How do you win the game?
Can you attack the dragon and rescue the princess from the dragon? Play Castleworld and be a superhero! Can you fly an aeroplane? The answer is “Yes” with Flight-Pro.
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a. You can drive a car and you can ride a bike. b. You must be the first player to climb Mount Everest. c. You mustn’t kick the ball. You can throw the ball three times. d. There are two teams with five players on each team. e. You need five balls.
Say It Right! Listen and repeat. 1. must not • mustn’t
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7. Choose a sport or a computer game you know. Ask and answer the questions in Exercise 6 with a partner to explain the game or the sport.
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With the new Raceworld game, you can drive a Formula 1 car, sail a boat with an Olympic team and ride a bike in the Tour de France.
What are the rules of the game?
Anyone can dance – thanks to the Dance-o-matic computer game.
You must juggle the balls. The balls mustn’t fall. What can you do in the game?
You can choose how many balls you want to juggle.
You can climb Mount Everest in our new game To the Top. How many balls can you catch? Learn how to juggle with Circus King and win this game.
2. Look at the menu in Exercise 1 again. Which of the actions can you do in real life? Which can your parents do?
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1. You can fly a car around town. 2. You can sail a bike on the street. 3. You can drive apples with your hands. 4. You can climb a tennis match. 5. You can juggle a boat. 6. You can rescue a mountain. 7. You can ride an aeroplane. 8. You can win a person from a dangerous animal.
5. Listen again. Choose the correct answers.
1. What can you do in the game? a. You can drive a car. b. You can fly an aeroplane.
2. What are the rules of the bike race? a. You must ride on the green line. b. You must ride on the yellow line.
3. What are the rules of the swimming race? a. You must attack all the fish. b. You mustn’t swim near the fish.
4. How do you win the swimming race? a. You must swim carefully for ten minutes. b. You must be the first to swim ten kilometres. Workbook, page 45
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Bowling
yone can play Bowling is my favourite sport. It’s easy and fun. Ever two, of course). it and you can have any number of players (at least and you must How do you play? First, you must go to a bowling alley ball – a heavy get special shoes. Then you can choose your bowling You must throw ball or a light ball. In the game, there are ten pins. can throw the the ball very carefully and hit the pins. Each player the most pins. ball twice in each turn. To win the game, you must hit I can hit ten pins in one turn! I usually win!
• Do you want to go to a football match? • Do you feel like going to a football match?
B: Name of the sport / game: bowling Number of players: Equipment: Rules: How to win:
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Writing Help >> Word Order 2
• Who’s playing? • When is it? • Where is it? • When does it start?
• It’s on Tuesday. • It starts at 8 o’clock. • It’s at the Emirates Stadium. • Arsenal are playing against Chelsea.
2. Read the sentences below. Then copy and complete the rules with the words before or after.
Sims 3 is a fun computer game. You develop a new character. The Sims characters are interesting. You play very well.
1. The subject comes the verb. 2. Adjectives usually come a noun. 3. Adjectives can also come the verb to be. 4. Adverbs of manner and degree come the verb.
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example for each rule in Exercise 2.
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1. dance / well / I / can 2. run / must / fast / very / you 3. likes / Tom / sports / unusual 4. doesn’t / at all / swim / she / quickly 5. fun / bowling / is 6. an / sport / is / amazing / gymnastics
• Sorry, I can’t. • I’m sorry, but I’m busy. • I’m not sure. I’ll think about it.
Task Write a description of a sport or game. • Before you write: Choose a sport or game. Then complete the chart in Exercise 1 about it.
Writing Plan, Workbook, page 121
Writing Guide, Workbook, page 114
3. Look again at the model in Exercise 1. Find an
• That’s a good idea. • That sounds great. • Yes, I’d love to.
• Now write: Use the writing model in Exercise 1 and your chart to help you write your description. • Check your writing:
Checklist: 3 Word Order (pages 18 and 68)
2. Which of the questions in green in Exercise 1 can you ask when someone invites you to …?
1. see a film 2. go to a party 3. go to a basketball game 4. go to a tennis match 5. a judo lesson
Did you know
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Sport is very popular in the UK, but people prefer watching it on TV – not doing it. The most popular sport is football. About 46% of the British watch football on TV, but only about 10% play it.
3. Make dialogues inviting someone to at least two
3 Punctuation (page 30)
of the events in Exercise 2. Use the questions and responses in Exercise 1 to help you. Then practise the dialogues with your partner.
3 Prepositions of Time (page 42) 3 Capital Letters (page 56)
Workbook, page 46
Real World Extra, page 132
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Grammar
Sports
Sports Action Verbs
can
basketball
attack
lift
cycling
catch
rescue
football
climb
ride
gymnastics
dance
run
I can play football. She can’t do judo. Can they ski? Yes, I can. No, we can’t.
judo
drive
sail
must
running
fly
ski
skiing
hit
surf
You must hit the ball. We mustn’t throw the ball.
surfing
juggle
swim
swimming
jump
throw
Adverbs of Manner and Degree
tennis
kick
win
I can dance very beautifully. I can play basketball quite well. I can’t swim at all fast.
weightlifting
Speaking Explaining a Game What are the rules of the game? How many players are there? What equipment do you need? What can you do in the game? How do you win the game?
Correct It! Copy and correct the mistakes in bold. 1. We can to play football at the weekend. 2. Usain Bolt cans run 100 metres in 9.58 seconds. 3. Students mustn’t to be late for judo classes. 4. My friends can swim very fastly. 5. Danica carefully must drive.
You can drive a car. You mustn’t kick the ball. You need five balls.
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What’s On?
Do you want to go to a match? Do you feel like going to a match? That’s a good idea. That sounds great. Yes, I’d love to. Sorry, I can’t.
Extra Practice
Web Extra
I’m sorry, but I’m busy.
• Dictation, Workbook, page 47 • Check Your Progress, Workbook, page 47 • Language Builder, page 14
• Vocabulary Games • Grammar Exercises • Dialogue Builder • Web Activity
I’m not sure. I’ll think about it. Answers
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