SPORTS (23) ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE (ELEMENTARY)

ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE (ELEMENTARY)

                                      SPORTS (23)

A	Ball games We play these sports
B	Other popular sports   We can use go with all the sports listed in B, apart from judo and karate. I go running every day. I went skiing last year. We use do with judo and karate. She does judo. (See Unit 39: Go / went / gone.)
C	Where we do sports We play tennis / badminton / volleyball / basketball on a tennis / badminton / volleyball / basketball court. We play football / rugby on a football / rugby pitch. We swim in a swimming pool. Many towns have a sports centre - you can do lots of different sports there.
D	Expressions Do you do any sports? Yes, I go swimming / running / sailing / kayaking. Do you play football / tennis / badminton? I play tennis. Which sports do you play? What’s your favourite sport? I like motor racing best.

Exercises

23.1	Cover the opposite page. What are these sports?
23.2	Which sports use these things?
23.3	Ask questions for these answers. 1 ____Where do people play tennis?_________ On a tennis court. 2 Do you _______________________________________ Yes, but only American football. 3 _________________________________________________ No, I don’t do any at all. I prefer watching TV. 4 Do you ____________________________________________ Yes, I go to the swimming pool every Friday. 5 What ________________________________________ I like running best. 6 Where _______________________________________ On a rugby pitch.
23.4	Look at the different sports in this unit. 1 Write the names of the sports you have done. _______________________________ 2 Where did you do them? _______________________________ 3 Which ones do you like? _______________________________ 4 Which do you not like? _______________________________ 5 Which ones would you like to do? _______________________________ Over to you Make a page in your vocabulary book for ‘sports’. Look at the sports pages of an English-language newspaper. Write down the names of sports you do not know. Look them up in a dictionary.

 

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