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A QUESTION OF SPORT UNIT 8

6 Answer the questions. (£]>) 8 .0 4 Listen again. Who expresses these ideas?
Write the name.
1 Two of the sports in Exercise 5 have players and
a team. Which ones are they? 1 I practise a lot.
2 Seven of the sports in Exercise 5 add -er or -or for
the people who do them. Which ones are they? 2 I am not competitive.
3 What do we call someone who does gymnastics?
3 I like doing things alone.
7 We use different verbs for different kinds of sports.
Read the rule and then complete the table with the
4 I' m learning another sport.
sports in Exercise 5.
5 I can't do my sport at school.
RULE: play + game (e.g., foot all)
go + -ing (e.g., running)
do + activity (e.g., athletics) 11 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Which of the five
teenagers are you like? Tell your partner.
play go do
football running atletics
I'm like Ryan. I love all sports.

I'm like Andy because
I prefer individual sports.

8 SPEAKING Work in groups. Answer the questions You can use like to say that you have similar interests to
about the sports in Exercise 5. somebody or that you have the same abilities.
Which sports... Sarah’s like Greg. She loves tennis.
Matt's like his brother. They’re both good at gymnastics.
1 are team sports? 4 are in the Winter Olympics?
2 are dangerous? 5 are expensive?
3 are water sports? 6 are difficult to play or do? @ FUNCTIONS
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Talking about feelings

Q LISTENING 12 You are going to answer the question: 'How do
you feel about sport?' List some sports you want
9 <|>) 8 .0 4 Five teenagers were asked the question: to talk about.
'How do you feel about sport?' Listen and draw the running, football, swimming, surfing
correct emoji for each sport they mention.
13 What do you want to say about each sport?
Mark them / for positive comments; and X for
negative ones.
They really like it. f It’s OK for them. They don’t like it.
running/ football/ swimming / surfing 7
14 Think about why you put / or X. Look at the
■ ■■ words and ideas in Exercise 8. Use these words
Gemma
Paul
Tracey
and / or other words you know.
football running / boring football / team sport
swimming / fun surfing 7 difficult and fun
swimming
15 Work in pairs. Ask each other: 'How do you feel
running
about sport?'

skateboarding
How do you feel about sport?
gymnastics
Well, I don't like running because it's boring.
skiing But swimming is fun and I love surfing
■ because it's fun and it's difficult to do.

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