Unit 17                                                         Sport

Lessons 1-2

A. Look, listen and say.

B. Listen and say.

Baichong:         Do you play or do any sports?

Anousha:          I love badminton. I play with my family on weekends.

                           I also go swimming and cycling a lot.

Baichong:         I play cricket, and I do weightlifting.

Anousha:         Weightlifting! Are you strong?

Baichong:         Not very, but I want to get stronger. My brother is

                          very strong.

Anousha:         My brother is strong, too. He plays kabadi and 

                          volleyball. He's good at sports.

Baichong:        I'd like to try kabadi. I'd also like to learn how to

                         play volleyball.

Anousha:       Volleyball is exciting, but I like playing football more.

Baichong:      I love football too, but not as much as cricket. That's my 

                        favorite sport.

C. Pairwork. Act the dialogue.

Lessons 3-4

D. Read and circle.

1 Anousha plays badminton / volleyball / cricket with her family. 

2 Anousha / Baichong / Anousha's brother likes to swim.

3 Anousha / Baichong / Anousha's brother plays kabadi.

4 Baichong doesn't know how to play

  badminton/football/volleyball.

5 Anousha likes football/cricket/cycling more than volleyball.

6 Football / Cricket/Weightlifting is Baichong's favourite sport.

E. Pairwork. Ask and answer the questions.

1 What games or sports do you like? 

2 How often do you play or watch that sport?

3 When do you play or watch it?

4 Who do you play or watch the sport with?

F. Read the dialogue again. Write go, play or do before each of 

     the sports. Then write a sentence about each sport.

1                    badminton                5                   kabadi

2                    cricket                        6 swimming                   .

3                    cycling                        7 volleyball

4                    football                      8                    weightlifting

G. Write in your exercise book the paragraph your teacher dictates. 

     The paragraph is about cricket in Bangladesh.

Lessons 5-6

H. Listen and read.

The Olympic Games is the biggest sports competition in the world. The 

Olympics are held every four years in a different host city. More than 200 

nations send a total of about 13,000 athletes to compete in more than 30 

different sports.

The first Olympic Games was held in Greece almost 3,000 years ago. The 

modern Olympic Games started in 1896, and there have been 31 Olympic 

competitions since then.

1. Read again. Answer the questions.

1 How often are the Olympics held?

2 How many countries compete in the Olympics?

3 How many athletes compete in the Olympics?

4 How many sports are there in the Olympics? 5 When was the first Olympics?

6 When did the modem Olympic Games begin?