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1 A question of sport
Grammar present simple + frequency adverbs
c d Vocabulary sports; hobbies; a kind of
a
Revision there is/are
b

f h

g
e
cycling

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Introduction
1 Put the letters in order to make the names of sports.
You can write the name of the sport by its picture above.

I
S
I N A L L T F N A K
E E D R U
K A G S R
N L G T O O I R G
S T O
K S E O L Y N
G C C A B B M I H H
I Y B L Y C C S IG B Y

I N N G T AI N O L L D FU L A
E I N S
L G I U S S B A R E
L I
T N E L I H T
I S F R B E E W N
A S N N T V Y L S G T C I

2 Read the statements about sport. Tick () the

statements that are true for you.
Corpus spot Do, play, go
I play football. We say: play + a sport with a ball,
I go swimming. do + a sport that shows one persons skills,
go + a sport that ends in -ing.
I do athletics.
Put the names of sports from Exercise 1 in the correct
I never do any sport.
column. Add any other sports you like.
I watch lots of sport on television.
play do go
I never watch sport.
football athletics swimming
I sometimes watch sport.

Compare answers round the class. Complete these sentences by PET students with the
Does anyone in the class not like sport? correct verbs.
What does he/she like doing instead? a Shes really nice and she can volleyball well.
b In my free time I skiing in winter.
c We often table tennis in our room.
d You can horse riding if you want.
e First we run, then we some gymnastics.

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3 Work with a partner. Look below at the names of equipment used in

sport. Match the equipment to the sports in Exercise 1 and write the
name of the sport(s) next to the equipment. Some equipment matches
more than one sport. Use your EnglishEnglish dictionary if necessary.
basket basketball bat
bike board
boat helmet
net racket
sail skis
stick

a
Listening c

1 Look at the
photographs.
They show some
unusual sports
bossaball, curling,
snowfering and karting.
Can you guess which
sport is in each photograph?

2 1 Listen to four people talking about these sports.

02

Which sport is each person talking about?

Write 1, 2, 3 or 4 next to each photo.
3 1 03 Listen to some more information about these sports.
Write the answers to these questions.
Bossaball 4 Listen again. The speakers say how they feel
a What do they always wear? They always wear shorts. about these sports.
b When do they usually play this? Which words do they use?
Curling 1
c What do they use? 2
d What do people sometimes say? 3
4
Karting
e How fast can you go indoors? Can you suggest any more words like these?
f What is a kart?
Snowfering
g Where do they do this?
h What do they use?

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Language focus 2 Work with a partner. Use the adverbs

in the box in Exercise 1. Ask and answer
a kind of questions like these:
Answer these questions. Use Its a kind of and the words in the box. Do you often finish your homework?
a Whats a helmet? Yes, always!
tennis Does your dad sometimes play tennis?
Its a kind of hat.
hat Yes, often.
b Whats a racket? team game
c Whats windsurfing? Are you always tidy?
car No, never!
d Whats table tennis? windsurfing on the snow
e Whats rugby? bat Use these words, or your own ideas:
f Whats a kart? surfing on water make breakfast play computer games
g Whats snowfering? be polite wear expensive clothes
remember your friends birthday
Present simple + frequency adverbs
I play football. Corpus spot Word order
+ sometimes
He plays football.
Correct the word order mistakes in these
We dont sentences by PET students.
usually play football.
She doesnt a She comes often to my house.
b I meet them sometimes in my free time.
Do you c At weddings people usually are happy and
? often play football?
Doesnt she have fun together.
d I dont go often to the countryside.
e He usually doesnt make jokes.
To be + frequency adverbs f We have a basketball team and we play
She is often against other teams.
+ usually happy.
We are

He isnt 3 Complete these sentences about

always happy.
They arent yourself and your family and friends.
Is he Use the frequency adverbs in the box in
? never happy?
Are you Exercise 1. Use not in some sentences.
a I dont often eat cheese for
breakfast.
Grammar spot Frequency adverbs b My brother usually plays football
Look at the table above. Circle the correct words to complete this sentence: after class.
Frequency adverbs go before / after a main verb but before / after an auxiliary c
verb and to be. very tired in the morning.
d
1 Look at the table above. Rewrite each sentence below, adding one a sleep in the afternoon.
of the adverbs in the box in the correct place. Do other people e
agree with your answers? in the spring.
never sometimes often usually always f
quiet in English lessons.
a Basketball players are tall. g
Basketball players are often tall. sport on television.
b Cyclists go very fast. 4 Now write three true sentences using
c Footballers are very rich. the frequency adverbs with your own
d Surfers get wet. ideas.
e Gymnasts wear helmets. GF page 206
f There are two people in a tennis match.
g Good athletes smoke.

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Pronunciation
Vocabulary spot

shorts
1 Think about the words like and big. ts
boo

sh
capta
Do they have the same vowel sound Word trees are a useful way to

irt
learn and remember word families. goa
as wheel and please? al

in
Make a vocabulary tree of words lke go
epe clothes
for a sport or activity that you r
2 Say these words aloud and put enjoy. equipment
player people
them into the correct column.

ba
am

ll
steep quite hill field like te

knee kind people ice little football

stick line big street ride

rich wheel bike team
/ai/ /i/ /i /
Activity Make a poster
quite steep hill
Make a poster about a sportsman or sportswoman you admire. Put their
picture on it if you can. Write this kind of information on it:
3 1 Listen to the recording and
04 What sport does he/she play?
check your answers. What does he/she usually wear?
What equipment does he/she use?
4 Write four ways we can spell the What does he/she often/sometimes/never do?
sound /i/ in English: How do you feel about this sport?

Activity Free time

1 Work with a partner. Choose a sport
or hobby (its better if its unusual!).
Write down some information
about it. Write sentences like these:
You play in a team. / You can
do this alone.
You play in a field. / You usually
do this in a swimming pool.
2 Now talk to another pair of
students. Dont tell them the name
of your sport or hobby. Try to guess
their sport or hobby and let them
try to guess yours. Ask questions
like these:
Do you usually do this in summer?
Do you use a kind of board?
Do you always play with friends?
Do you wear special shoes?
How many people are there in the
team?
Is it sometimes dangerous?
You can answer:
Yes, (sometimes / usually / often /
always) or No, (never) or We dont
know.

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