ing words, a) championship athlete @ athletic 8) competition @ Complete these words. Use the table in Exercise 2 to help you. 1 Some of the best ath ‘come from Jamaica, 2 This year, the golf champ. was held in Scotland, 3 You have to be a very comp. person to succeed in sport, 4 | don't like sports. 'm not very ath, ‘Match sentences 1-3 with sentences a-c. 1 The first modern Olympics took place in Athens in 1896. a These included gymnastics, swimming, cycling and 2 More than 240 athletes, who were all men, tennis. competed in 43 events, b itis the biggest international sports event in the 3, Now more than 11,000 athletes from over 200 ¢ Teams from around 13 countries competed there. countries take part in the Olympic Games. ford, Look at sentences a-cin Exercise 4. What do the underlined words refer to?& Exam task Exam tip Five sentences have been removed from the text below. First decide ifeach sentence (A-H) relates For each question, choose the correct answer. There are to the topic of the paragraph. Then three extra sentences which you do not need to use. look fr clues such as pronouns in the sentences before and after the gap to help you. DU a a Ce eda g all was one of the Foo! fi big ‘ond Belgium. 3 leam games to become an Olympic sport. The foorball gomes were a he Paris Olympics in 1900, but t wasnt a ve competition, wih only three teams takin rance, Great Britain However, in the 1908 London En ised a proper cor took part this ime. [4 Diympic Games, the Football Association of tition with new rules. Six national teoms The fits! South American team, Uruguay, took part in he Paris Games in 1924 and easily won the event. [2 | The Uru included the fis! Olympic black footbal 1nd 3-0 in the final gold by defeating Argentina in yan side, which mong the best in the work ‘omateur athletes were allowed to For many years, orl pottcipate at the Olympic Gomes. [3]_] But af the Berlin games in 1936, this changed and countries were able to include their top athletes in their teoms. fa new rule which soid that the mojorily of players had to be under the age of Only thiee players over this age could play in each team. The idea wos that it would give African and Asian leams a chance agains! the big faotbaling nations in Europe and South America, This helped to mate it possible for counties like Nigetia a 996 and 2000. Women's football, however, didn't become unl 19% h 1920, an all red a h ery popular ogain, and there are more opportunities for girs to learn to ploy Do wssnalacdisswevemeieetebaniat nC ANAM 8 NEUE a8 A Asa result, they decided not to include football at the 1932 Games. B Another important change happened in 1992 in Barcelona € This was surprising, because it had been a very popular game in the UK in the early part of the 20th century. D Because of this, they didn’t win the match. E It continued to grow after that and is now one of the most popular Olympic events. | F They impressed everyone with their amazing display of skill. G The highest score in Olympic history was Denmark's defeat of France in 1908, 17-1 H This meant that the best professional players in the world could not compete. = unr 2 earr > Pome 80 Til Look at the text and options A-H on page 15 again 1 Underline three examples of regular past simple verbs. 2 Circle three examples of irregular past simple verbs. 3 Find an example of the negative past simple form of be. 4 Find an example of a negative past simple form of another verb. EB choose the correct form of the verbs. 1 The boys didnt like /liked the new football shirts 2. We was / were very happy when we won the match. 3 Brazil first won / did win the World Cup in 1958, 4 Snowboarding became / become an Olympic winter sport in 1998. EX complete these sentences with the past simple of the verbs in brackets. 1 Layla and Brooke both. (play) forthe school basketball team last year. 2 Max (not learn) to ride a bike until he was eight, 3 Jay. (win) the diving competition. 4 Where (Lauren / buy) her tennis racket? 5 (be) the ticket for the match expensive? 6 There. (not be) enough players to have a game of football eee ey Page 81 HD Look tthe past continuous sentences below. Which sentence describes a aninterrupted action? b something that happened over a period of time? © an incomplete action happening at a particular momentin the past? 1 twas clear that the South American teams were becoming among the best in the world, 2 While my brother was racing down the hill he fell off his bike and broke his leg, 3. At6.00 pm. yesterday, |was walking home from the park, Choose the correct form of the verbs: past simple or past continuous. 1 Did you go / Were you going shopping when | saw/ was seeing you on the bus yesterday? 2. We were winning / won by two goals, but then the other team was scoring /scored three goals in the last ten minutes. 3 While Megan did / was doing her homework, she was also watching /also watched TV. 4 Was Dan singing / Did Dan sing when his friends were arriving / arrived? 5 When Saskia skied / was skiing, she was breaking / broke her leg, 6 They walked / were walking quickly into the classroom while the teacher talked /was talking. Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about what you were doing yesterday. shower / 7.00 a.m.? breakfast /8.30 am? study maths / 10.30 a.m2 lunch £12.30 p.m2 walk dog / 2.30 p.m? watch TV/ 6.00 p.m? | Were you having a shower at 7.00 a.m?Cerin) HE IE) ister anak) he numbers your 113th April oO 30th April [_] 2 1919 1990 C 3 £1.35 ars [ 420 2001 5 1.68 metres 1.86 metres ED EAD) Listen and complete this text with the correct numbers. Born: (I) 1997 Became national champion at the age of (2) Be rid champion in (9) Height (4) netres over (8) points pairs. Discuss these questions. = 1 Which of these things do you think is most important to become a sports champion? ambition family goodteachers help luck money talent 2 Doyou think itis more difficult to be a professional footballer, surfer or gymnast? G Exam task International SPORTS ; For each question write the Academy (ISA) WIR correct answer in the gap. For students aged (0)....12=18. Write one or two words or a Interviews number ora date or atime. The interview date for new students is . You will hear a man called Len Bartle talking about a special sports school on the radio. To arrange an interview, call Jed (2) on 0998 354678. Programme Work in pairs. Discuss thes ions. a . eee Students choose one main sport (the ISA is offering 1 Would you like to go toa special sports @) as anew sport). school lke the ISA? Why? / Why not? Students must do sports training and 2. What sports lessons do you have at school? (4) ‘each week after school. What do you like or dislike about them? 3 How.cld were'you when’you learned wo To perform well in competitions, students must also learn swim /ridea bicycle /...? totrein their) The personal coach helps students with organising their (6) and any difficulties they might have. unt 2 eaA Yre1 TU eleva IE complete the sentences below with the correct form of the phrasal verbs in the box. believein getin givein handin’ joinin stayin 1 | mustn't forget to... hand.. in... my homework tomorrow. 2. Harry always knew he would be a champion, He always. himself. 3 She never wants to with any team games. 4 We arrived late and the gates were locked, so we couldn't to see the match, 5 Ali's not coming out this evening. He's 6 Real champions never They fight to the end, ED Match each sentence ending (1-10) withthe correct begin is polite. isrude, has a positive attitude has a negative attitude. 1 z 3 4 A Absdiever 5 shows respect for their opponent. 6 7 8 9 B_ Agood loser shows a lack of respect for their opponent. often bursts into tears never bursts into tears shows their disappointment. 10 hides their disappointment. El choose the best verbs to complete these sentences. 1 She beat / won her 100m record by 0.2 seconds. 2 We won / defeated our match by two goals. 3 They lost / failed to reach the final of the competition, 4 The other team didn't defeat / defend us because we wanted to win more than they did. 5 You can achieve / succeed your dreams if you work hard enough. 6 He succeeded / achieved in beating the former champion.Do you enjoy team games? Why? / Why not? Cross out the verb which you CANNOT use with the nouns in bold. Et Tots) eg Bcc: (0) 1's a good idea to work out so you can stay /get/ reach fitand heathy. 2 I's important to fel/ show / make respect for yourself 3 The team achieved / enjoyed / got a high level of success in the competition 4 You shouldn't give up too easily and admit / ask / accept defeat. 5 We're lucky to have / get / make the opportunity to learn team games at our school Fy : 6 t’simportant to supply offer / provide support to your teammates, @ Exam tip Reading Part 5 often tests which repositions come after certain &Y Exam task ee G adjectives and verbs, so make sure For each question, choose the correct answer. eens Toking part in games and sports teaches young people a lot of very useful skills, as well as helping them to (1) fit ond healthy. Firstly, gomes which involve more than just ¢ contest between two competitors teach people to (2) respect for rules, because no game will work unless everyone plays according fo them. The other thing you discover is that you cannot @ success by yourself in a team game You have to (8) ‘each other, otherwise you con never win. Team games also teach you that losing is not the end of the world, You will abvays have another opportunity ond you moy be more svecessful against your opponents next time. It's ‘extremely (5) to learn how to be a good loser because being able to (6) defeat is on important losson in life 1 1Akeep — Bincrease ¢ grow D come 2Aget Be © have D sive 3-Aknow Breach —€ bring D achieve 4A share B support. C work D participate 5 A fantastic B clear € important challenging 6 Amect Bhandle € ty D lose unr 2ee) es IED ead this example exam task anda student's answer below. Decide whether the teacher's comments (1-4) are true or false Your English teacher has asked you to write a story. Your story must begin with this sentence: Itwas.a sunny day and ! was walking home from school. Write your story in about 100 words. lt wae a eunny day and | was walking home from schoo! Then | aly a etter, it's mo ng curious, { openes aw a leer in my maibor. It's not \ice an invitation card. Fe ‘the iovitation, and on the f rst page of the card it say ‘A Sleepover Party’ Weird, | bought, a very unusual Many friends of mine recieved this invitation, too, The ‘only thing on the card is the address, withthe time and date, There waerit a single hint about who it was from where it came from. But al of us decided to go to the party, a we all think it would be very adventurous ‘And co that day, we went to the address which was given ‘on the card. We arrioved at the house. It was very quiet around the area. We went in the hause and look around the dark room, Suddenly, the lights in the room were switched on and we saw a big beautiful raom, and Ay! I had forgotten to include her name while preparing those invitations. wae quite a silly thing, was Amy after all but we had lots of fun att party, all thanks to that unusual invitation 1 This isa well-organised story with clear paragraphs. 2. The introduction is very good because the reader wants to find out what happens in the end, 3 The storyis too short, 4 There is no clear ending to the story. EB © Bam candidates often make mistakes with the past simple, Look atthe story in Exercise 1 again and find . 1 six examples where the present simple is used instead of the past simple 2. two spelling mistakes with regular past simple forms. Your English teacher has asked you to write a story. ‘Your story must begin with this sentence: When | woke up, | was very nervous because | wanted to win the competition so much. Write your story in about 100 words. EX Workin pairs. ist plan your story. Look at this list of ideas and decide which information to include ‘+ Why you wanted to win the competition A description of what you ate for breakfast What kind of competition it was ‘What happened in the competition How you felt about winning/losing ‘What the prize was Other ideas EX complete these sentences using your own words. 1 Although | was very nervous, | was also feeling quite confident because 2 While | was getting ready, 3 The other competitors looked 4 You won't believe what happened next, but 5 The most amazing/embarrassing thing was that 6 All my friends and family were really surprised/ delighted/disappointed, but! EF Now write your story BB Work in pairs. Look at your partner's story, Does it have... + avariety of tenses? + avariety of adjectives? + the correct number of words? + aninteresting ending? ED Work in pairs. Discuss these questions 1 Doyou think it's a good idea to have sports competitions at school? 2 What kind of competition (sport/music/art, etc) would you like to win? Why?Speaking ED Think ofat least two reasons foragreeing or eyes disagreeing with these statements. Then discuss ‘your opinions with a partner and use some of the ‘expressions in Exercise 1 to agree or disagree. El Putthese phrases for agreeing and disagreeing into the correct category You'te right. I don't agree That's true, Yes, but don't you think ...? Imnotsure about that, I suppose so, [think s0 too, That's how Ifeel. a Listen and decide which student you agree with: Lina or Max. Tick (/) the expressions in Exercise you hear. EDI2) Listen to the examiner and do the task. une 2Grammar Past simple & past continuous [El complete these sentences with the past simple of the verbs. 1 He (buy) avery expensive pair of trainers last week. 2 When. you (learn) to play tennis? 3 They (not be) very happy with the result. 4 My school (organise) a fantastic sports day last year, 5 She (become) an Olympic skiing champion in 2018, 6 (be) he upset about losing the match? 71 (not take part) in the competition because | (be) injured. 8 We. (do) really ‘well this year in basketball - we (win) the school championship! EX complete this text with the past continuous of the verbs in the box. eat laugh shine sit sunbathe talk This time last week | (1) outside in a comfortable chair ata restaurant by the beach having lunch with my family. We (2) a delicious rice dish called ‘paella: The sun (3) and people (4) and swimming in the sea. | (5) tomy cousin Alex and we (6) alot. twas fun! FER. oir wane & tosine Winning & losing choose the correct ve forms to complete thistext. It (1) was / was being the last two minutes of the ‘match and we (2) lost /were losing 2-1. (3) had / was having the ball and (4) saw/was seeing a chance to score, but while | (5) ran /was running towards the goal, (6) slipped / was slipping and (7) fell over/ was falling over. We (8) didn’t win / weren't winning the match, which was a shame! Vocabulary Match the sentence beginnings (1-6) with the correct endings (af) my application form for the tennis club. to the game asall the tickets were sold out. tonight ~ he's too tired to go out. with the game? you could still win the game! my team ~| know we can win! Don’t give in He's staying in I believe in Horgot to hand in We couldn't get in weange 1 2 3 4 Don't you want to join in 5 6 EF complete these sentences withthe correct form of the words in the box. achieve beat defeat lose succeed win 1. She played really well but didi opponent, 2. Ourteam hasn't ‘a match yet this season. I don't know. what we're doing wrong 3. He got to the semi-final, but was. there bya much younger player. 4 They have played well all season and have in staying at the top of the league. 5 We the match when the other team scored a goal in the last few seconds of the game, 6 Millions of teenagers would like to become famous footballers, but only a tiny number their dream, anage to, her E]l complete this text with words in the box. athletic athietics competition competitive | don’t consider myself to bea very (1) person, but 'm not bad at sports that involve running, jumping and throwing - in other words, (2) At my school every summer, we hold a sports day, which is actually a big (3) Where we compate against other schools. I'm not usually a very (4) person = normally, | don’t care whether | win or lose ~ but at the sports day I really try and do my best. towin!& Exam tasks Reading Part 4 Five sentences have been removed from the text below. For each question, choose the correct answer. ‘There are three extra sentences which you do not need to use. rammone> THE HISTORY OF TENNIS Re encreay nate eis cee erfetined a a ancy Peres sissies ten ise Ls Se ree sear ee 5 a TE Sat SOT pop hte af Tepars thay the ah cette aa sonia core uirste ie theaans bred popaa'o Enel eo King Henry Vilbeings prob Keen layerinthe 1520 the Royal Pleo Hampton Court, rine ioanese ta cs olen pom ete aaa) Modern tennis began in the 1870s in England, with some small changes to the rules and scoring. In 1877, the All England Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, held a tennis tournament for which, 22 players signed up. (3) For the first few years, only men could take part, but, from 11884, there was a tournament at Wimbledon for women, too. (4) itwasn't until the carly 20th century that they were able to start wearing clothes that were more suitable for sport, e.g shorter dresses with short sleeves. The rules of modem tennis are the same today as they were in the 19th century, apart from one ~ the'tie-break’- introduced in the 1970s to prevent matches going on for too long, (5) The longest match on record took place there in 2010 between a player from the United States, John Isner, and the French player Nicolas Mahut. It lasted for 11 hours and 5 minutes, with the American finally winning by 70 games to 68! This was the first of the tennis championships at this location. They had to play wearing long dresses with long sleeves, and hats. Successful players made lots of money from tennis even in the 1800s. In fact, that court still exists today. However, at Wimbledon, this rule doesn’t apply. Tennis became popular in the USA, too, although with different rules. At the Wimbledon tennis championship, players still have to wear white clothes. You played with your hand, not a racket, for example. UNIT2 WINNING & LOSING ETIlistening Part 3 For each question, write the correct answer inthe gap. Write one or two words ora number ora date ora time. You will hear a woman called Susan Chapman telling a group of secondary school pupils about a sports centre. Westfield Sports Centre The Centre was closed for improvements until (1) of this year. New facilities and activities include: An (2) swimming poo! ‘Team sport: (3) Individual sport: a (4) class Two new (5) courts Fees: Under 18s pay (6) less than usual for membership at the moment. BEB. onir2 wane 2 1osincReading Part 5 For each question, choose the correct answer. ORGANISED SPORT Lots of people love organised sport, whether a team game or an individual activity, They enjoy being a member of a team or a club so they have the opportunity to a part in matches and events. As well, they enjoy sharing the (2) (or failure, with others. However, there are many people who just don't like organised sport and who have to find other ways to (3) {it and healthy. Perhaps they had a bad experience with a (4) sport when they were younger. Maybe they feel embarrassed because they think they're not very good at a sport and worry about disappointing the rest of the team if they (5) badly. Organised sports are usually all about competitions and (6) and for some people, this pressure is too stressful 1A join B give C take D make 2 A success B score C effort D result 3A continue B reach C bring D keep 4 A limited B separate C particular general 5 A achieve B perform ——C produce D deliver 6 Achallenging _B staying reaching —_D winning Writing Part 2 Your English teacher has asked you to write a story Your story must begin with this sentence: This was the most important game of the season and we were losing. Write your story in about 100 words. UNIT 2 WINNING & Losin ET