Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Reading
1 Read about football and explain why the words below are important. (10 marks)
What is the most popular sport in the world? Its football! More than 240 million people play it
regularly in over 200 countries. Its difficult to know where and when football began. There are
some people who think it started in China in the second or third century but other people have
different ideas. We know that by the 13th century people were playing a sport like football in many
different countries. However, at that time there werent many rules! There were hundreds of people
on the pitch and the game was more like a big fight than a sport! The modern game of football
really started in the UK in the 19th century and it was at Cambridge University where the first clear
rules were made. The Football Association, which is very important in football today, was formed in
1863 and soon after this they made some important changes to the rules. A new rule was that
players mustnt run with the ball in their hands. Many football clubs didnt agree with this rule and
they left the Football Association and started a new sport rugby!
1 240 million 240 million people play football regularly.
2 China _________________________________________________
3 a big fight ___________________________________________
4 Cambridge University __________________________________
5 1863 __________________________________________________
6 rugby _________________________________________________
Vocabulary (14 marks)
2 Use eight sports equipment words to complete the definitions. (8 marks)
1 You use this to breathe underwater = _______
2 You try to get this into a goal in ice-hockey = ______
3 You use this to hit number 2 = ______
4 You wear this over your face = ______
5 You wear these on your hands = ______
6 You wear these to swim faster = ______
7 You wear these on your shoes to run faster = ______
8 You wear this on your head when you swim = ______
3 Complete the sentences with sports words. (6 marks)
1 We couldnt play tennis because there was too much rainwater on the ______.
2 My tennis is terrible! I keep hitting the ball into the ______.
3 At football matches the ______ sometimes makes difficult decisions.
4 Some tennis players are very rude to the ______!
5 The children play football in the garden and use bottles as ______.
6 When he won the match the player threw his ______ into the air.
Grammar
4 Complete the dialogues with the correct indefinite pronoun. (10 marks)
A: Who presented the prizes?
B: Im not sure. It was (1) ______ from the tennis club.
A: Did (2) ______ from our school win a prize?
B: Not this year.
A: I cant find my football shirt!
B: Dont worry. Its (3) ______ in the house!
A: But Ive looked (4) ______.
B: Then look again!
Listening
1 Listen to Andy and Sarah talking about the new sports centre. Are the sentences true (T) or
false (F)? (5 marks)
1 Sarah knows about the new sports centre.
T/F
2 You can only do sports there.
T/F
3 Andy is going to use the hair salon.
T/F
4 Sarah is pleased the sports centre is in their town.
T/F
5 Sarah loves exercise.
T/F
2 Listen again and answer the questions. (5 marks)
1 How does Sarah know about the new sports centre?
_______________________________________
2 Name three things you can do there?
_______________________________________
3 Where did they want to build it, according to Sarah?
_______________________________________
4 Who can use it?
_______________________________________
5 What is Andy going to teach Sarah?
_______________________________________
Writing
Write about a sport you practise and the sport facilities at your town. Write two paragraphs
and use appropriate connectors.