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UNIT 1 – FREE-TIM FUN! LEAD-IN: Look at the picture and answer the following questions. 1. They are at school/ at a basketball court. 2. They are playing basketball. 3. Yes, they are. 4. They are using torches. LESSON 1 VOCABULARY 1. Read the text and do the tasks. 1a. In the text, you’ll read information about different types of sports that these kids play. Also, they’ll describe one more sport that you need to make guesses about. Read the text and fill in the gaps with your guesses. 1. volleyball 2. cycling 3. skiing 4. table tennis 1b. Underline all the sports in the text. Then put the sports in the text into the correct columns. Go Play Do scooting snowboarding cycling skiing ice skating volleyball rugby baseball table tennis yoga athletics 2. Complete the sentences with the words from the text of task 1. 1. Snowboarding 2. basketball 3. cycling 4. yoga 5. Skiing 6. athletics 7. baseball 8. rugby 3. Write sentences using the given prompts 1. What is your favourite sport? 2. Do you enjoy playing baseball? 3. What is your hobby? 4. I love playing table tennis but I hate playing tennis. 5. Which sports do we usually do outdoors? 6. Harry often goes snowboarding with brothers.
7. How often does Amy do yoga? 8. She usually does karate in the gym. 4. Answer these questions. You can discuss them with your partner. Answers can vary 1. I really love football because it can help me keep fit. 2. I do sports every day. 3. I would like to have a go at ice skating. 4. I prefer team sports because playing sports with other friends is great fun. 5. I often play sports with my friends because my parents don’t know how to play basketball. READING 1. Discuss with your partners. Answers can vary 1. I prefer indoor sports such as table tennis because I can play it in bad weather. 2. I think playing computer games, watching TV and playing sports are popular in my country. 2. Read the article and do the tasks below. A. Match paragraphs 1-4 to pictures a-d. 1. d 2. c 3.a 4.b B. Decide whether these statements are true (T) or false (F) 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. F 6. F 3. Discuss with your partners. Among four activities in task 2, which one would you like to try? Why? Answer can vary
LESSON 2 GRAMMAR TIME (The present simple vs. the present continuous) 2. Read the conversation again Tick or cross. 0. a. Sarah is going to school. X b. Sarah is going to the swimming pool. √ 1. a. Lucy likes swimming. X b. Lucy doesn’t like swimming. √ 2. a. Lucy usually plays badminton after school. X b. Lucy usually plays basketball after school. √ 3. a. Lucy goes cycling every day. √ b. Lucy goes cycling at weekends. X 4. a. Sarah does yoga on Mondays and Thursdays. √ b. Sarah does yoga on Mondays and Fridays. X 5. a. Lucy is sitting and breathing now. √ b. Lucy is swimming now. X PRACTICE Exercise 1. Choose the correct answers. 1. today 2.usually 3. at the moment 4. on Saturdays 5. is going 6. often 7. now 8. does 9. Is she going 10. love Exercise 2: Choose and write sentences in the past simple tense. 1. Do they meet their friends every Saturday? Are they meeting their friends today? 2. He doesn’t go ice skating on Mondays. He isn’t going skating at this time. 3. Marry doesn’t do the gardening in the morning. Marry isn’t doing the gardening at the moment. 4. We go to the swimming pool twice a week. We are going to the swimming pool right now.
5. It doesn’t play with a ball every day? It isn’t playing with a ball now. 6. Does Alex often take photos? Is Alex taking photos at the moment? 7. I read books every day. I’m reading a book now. 8. What sports do you play in your free time? What sports are you playing now? Exercise 3. Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous. 1. is he doing 2. does 3. are you going 4. are going 5. Do you always go 6. play 7. go 8. are you doing 9. am reading 10. read Exercise 4. Listen to the dialogue and look at the picture. Complete the table with a number and words in the box. Bill Tony Harry Peter Picture (0) 3 (3) 4 (6) 1 2 Job chef photographer (7) mechanic (9) footballer Usual city (1) London (4) Paris (8) Oxford (10) Manchester Current city (2) New York (5) Sydney Beijing Los Angeles Exercise 5. Complete the email using the present simple or the present continuous forms of the verbs in brackets. 1. is raining 2. is blowing 3. are staying 4. come 5. get 6. loves 7. want 8. Do you like 9. Do you have 10. do you often go Exercise 6. Write sentences with the prompts. 1. They are going shopping now. 2. My dad usually makes models on weekends. 3. How often do they go to the cinema? 4. My parents and I are going to the park today. 5. Her aunt does not often play tennis. 6. Billy is riding a bike to school at the moment? 7. We are not going skiing now.