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SPORTS
AND GAMES

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1 Warm up

Look at the questions about sports and games below and with your partner try and guess the correct
answer.

1. In which sport do teams try to win the Stanley Cup?

a. ice hockey b. baseball c. basketball

2. Which sport was originally called "poona"?

a. football b. tennis c. badminton

3. What are Olympic gold medals mostly made of?

a. gold b. silver c. bronze

4. How old is the earliest known board game?

a. 1,000 years old b. 3,000 years old c. 5,000 years old

5. How many cards are in a normal deck of cards?

a. 32 b. 42 c. 52

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2 Talking point

In pairs, discuss the following questions.

1. Are you a sporty person? Which sports are you a fan of?

2. Do you think most people watch sports or play sports?

3. Do you prefer board games or video games?

4. What kind of card games do people play in your country?

3 Visual guide: sports

Look at the images of sports below and then try and fill in the gaps.

Group 1:

cricket football horse racing rugby tennis

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Group 2:

athletics boxing golf table tennis volleyball

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Have a chat with your partner using the questions below.

1. Which of these sports have you tried before?

2. Do you prefer team sports or playing a sport on your own?

3. Which of these sports do you like to watch?

4. Do you prefer to go to a stadium to watch sports to watch it on television?

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4 Focus on keywords

Match the underlined words to the definitions below.

1. Manchester United have supporters all over the world.

2. It had rained all night so now there were puddles all over the pitch.

3. I grew up with three big brothers so playtime was always really rough.

4. At the moment our team is made up of students from the university.

5. I was so excited when I started my new job, but in reality, it has actually been a disaster.

6. She had a beautiful lawn outside her house, and she used to lie on it during the summer.

7. Football’s popularity really grows during the World Cup.

8. The horse stopped suddenly, and the jockey was lucky not to fall off.

a. (n) a true situation, what life is really like

b. (n) area of ground covered by short grass

c. (adj.) not gentle or careful

d. (n) state of being liked by lots of people

e. (n) a person who rides on horses

f. (n) an area of ground, usually grass that is used for playing a sports game

g. (phr. v) form something, consist of something

h. (n) people who are fans of a particular sports team

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5 Listening comprehension
Part A: Look at the expressions below, and with your partner try and link them to five different sports.
When you have made your predictions, listen and check then discuss the questions underneath.

Tennis / Football / Cricket / Rugby / Horse racing

expressions sport

1
1863

2
40 million supporters

3
two million people

4
hit a four or a six

5
last up to five days

6
Birmingham

7
150,000 fans

Talk to your partner.

1. Which of the sports above do you like the most?

2. Do you know anything else about any of these sports?

3. Have you ever been to watch a horse race? Would you like to go?

Part B: Read the sentences from the script and think about which words from the vocabulary section
could go in the gaps, only five are needed. Afterwards, listen to the audio and check your predictions.

jockey make up pitch popularity rough

1. ... with a on their back encouraging them to run as fast as they

can ...

2. ... a little less in the other countries that the UK. ...

3. ... love to play rugby as a hobby and despite its nature, it is loved
by kids as well...

4. ... On the , the most famous English player is probably David Beckham...

5. ... is a sport that grows in during the summer months...

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Part C: Listen one more time and try to answer the following questions.

1. What is David Beckham’s other name?

2. Which body part do you use more of when you are playing rugby?

3. What other countries is cricket well-liked in?

4. Which word does tennis come from and what does it mean?

5. What is the biggest horse race in the UK called?

6 Vocabulary for conversation

Look at the examples of natural language from the story, with your partner and from the context, try
to guess the meaning of each one. To help you remember the expressions, have a discussion with
your partner and use them to talk about your life.

• ... the sport of horse racing has been around since the 12th century...

• ... Races come in two forms ...

Let’s chat

1. Which types of sport have been around since 1800?

2. Can you think of a type of food that comes in two forms?

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7 Focus on vocabulary

Look at the crossword puzzle below and with your partner use the clues to complete it. Once you
have completed the crossword have a chat with your partner about games

Across

2) a two-player game where the goal is to be the first to put together four discs in a row

3) a tile game where players match the number of dots on the ends of their tiles

4) a two-player game where the aim is to move all your pieces around the board and get them off before
the other player does

7) a game where players draw pictures to get their teammates to guess a word or phrase

8) two-player game played on an 8x8 board where the aim is to catch the other player’s king

9) a board game where players buy, trade, and develop properties

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Down

1) a party game where players act out a word or phrase without speaking while their team tries to guess
it

3) a two-player game where the goal is to capture all of the other player’s pieces by jumping over them,
called Checkers in the USA

5) a term for games played with a standard deck, including games like Poker, Bridge, and Solitaire

6) electronic games played on a computer, console, or phone

Let’s chat!

1. Do you like playing any of the games from the puzzle? Which one?

2. Do you prefer board games or video games? Why?

3. Do you know the names of any card games? When is the best time to play cards?

4. Do you think it is good for families to play games together? Why?

8 Optional extension / homework

Look at the pairs of expressions below, do you think the words are the same or different? Talk to your
partner and then share your ideas with the class, then try to make a sentence for each expression.

1. sport / games

2. football / soccer

3. rugby / American football

4. hockey / ice hockey

5. bat / club

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