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1 Warm-up
Are you into sport? Which sports do you do or watch?

2 Sports, equipment and places

Complete the table below:

bat court field/pitch gloves golf

ice-skating piste pool racket track

Sport Equipment Place

football (UK)/ soccer (US) ball

tennis court

club course

swimming cap, goggles

boxing ring

motor racing racing car

basketball ball

skates rink

baseball field

skiing skis

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Work in pairs. Choose a sport and tell your partner. Ask your partner questions. Your partner should
try to recall the answers without looking at the table. Use questions such as:

Where do you play/do it? What kind of equipment do you need?

3 People in sport

Match the people below with their activities on the right:

1. a referee a. competes against other people in a race or competition

2. a coach b. controls a sports match and makes decisions

3. a manager c. leads the team on the field or pitch

4. a captain d. organizes a team and decides on tactics

5. a spectator e. plays against another person or team

6. an opponent f. trains a team (fitness and skills)

7. a competitor g. watches a sports event

Now complete the sentences below:

1. The decided to transfer one of his players to another team.

2. The team won the match in front of 40,000 .
3. Jack was offered the position of for a high school basketball team.
4. After 95 minutes, the signalled the end of the match.
5. Everybody was surprised when the coach chose Ted as the team .
6. Over 2000 took part in the New York City Marathon.
7. The tennis player beat all his easily and won the tournament.

4 Which sport?

Read the sentences below in pairs. Which sport do you think each spectator is talking about?

1. That was definitely a foul! The referee must be blind!

2. Another brilliant serve! I think she’s going to win the match.
3. I think he’s going to get knocked out in the next round.
4. He’s in pole position. That should give him a clear advantage.
5. Come on! One more home run!
6. What a slam dunk! He’s definitely on form today.
7. He’s broken the world record three times this year. I’m certain he’ll win this race.
8. At the moment it’s a draw. We need one more goal to win the match!

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5 Talking point

Which sports are popular or unpopular in your country? Why?

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Key

1. Warm-up

Encourage a brief conversation to set the tone for the lesson. Confirm that students understand the question ‘Are
you into sport?’

2. Sports, equipment and places

Point out the difference between ‘football’ (British English)/‘soccer’ (US English) and ‘American football’ (also
known as ‘football’ in the States.)
1. field/pitch 2. racket
3. golf 4. pool
5. gloves 6. track
7. court 8. ice-skating
9. bat 10. piste

Point out that we use ‘play’ with competitive games (usually ball sports), e.g. ‘play football’. With most individual
activities we use the verb from the sport, e.g. ‘swim’, ‘box’.

3. People in sport

1. b 2. f 3. d 4. c 5. g 6. e 7. a

1. manager 2. spectators 3. coach 4. referee 5. captain 6. 7. opponents

competitors

4. Which sport?

You can pair up students for this exercise. More than one answer is possible for some of the sentences. Compare
answers among the class, go through the words in bold and elicit further answers. Possible answers:
1. football/soccer, rugby, ice hockey, basketball 2. tennis, table tennis, squash
3. boxing, martial arts 4. motor racing/Formula One
5. baseball 6. basketball
7. athletics (any individual event), cycling, swimming 8. football/soccer, hockey

Words in bold:
foul - an action that breaks the rules of a sport (often causing injury to another player)
serve - when the ball is hit to start the game
knock sb out - to hit somebody so that they become unconscious
pole position - the best starting position in a motor race
home run - when the ball is hit so far that you have time to run round the four corners of the baseball field
slam dunk - a shot in basketball in which a player jumps up and pushes the ball down through the net
break the world record - achieve the best result ever achieved
draw - an even score, e.g. 1-1 (in football/soccer ‘one all’)
goal - a point scored in football/soccer and hockey

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