60737 talking about sports

Unit 5 – Talking about sports
1) a) Look at the example below:

I think this is Bebeto.
He is a soccer player from Brazil.

Do you know the names of these other athletes?

Wayne Rooney – UK – Soccer
Tiger wookds USA – Golf
Roger Federer – Switzerland – Tennis
Lewis Hamilton – UK – F! racing driver
Maria Sharapova –russia – tennis
Yao Ming – Cinha - Basketball

b) What sports do they play?
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c) From these sports, which one do you prefer to play or to watch?
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d) Is there a sport you would like to try?
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e) Is there a sport you would never try?
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f) Do you prefer team or individual sports? Can you give examples?

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g) Who is your favorite sports personality?
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2) Remember the demonstratives below:

THIS ball

THESE balls

THAT ball

THOSE balls

3) Correct the mistakes:
1. This players are clever. _____________________________________________
2. That sports are very expensive. _______________________________________
3. This medals are beautiful. ___________________________________________
4. Look at these team! It is very bad. _____________________________________
5. Those move is not good! ____________________________________________
6. This tickets are very expansive. _______________________________________
7. That uniforms have a very strange color. _______________________________
8. I love these game. _________________________________________________


9. These is the final game. _____________________________________________
4) Read the text below and complete the information:
Soccer is considered the most popular sport in the world. In this sport, ___2_____
teams of ____11____players try to put the ball into the adversary goal.
The game is played on a rectangular field with a goal on each
___side_____ of the field. The goalkeeper is the man who protects

the____goal____. He is the only player who can use his hands to touch
the ___ball_____ in the game. The winner is the team that scores the most
___goals_____ at the end of the ___90_____ minutes of game. If at the end of this time,
both teams have scored the same number of goals, they play an extra time and/or
penalty.
In ___usa_____, this game is called Soccer, but in other countries, like England, this
game is called Football. ___FIFA_____is the Federation that rules games and cups
around the world. Competitions are organized nationally, continentally and
internationally. The most prestigious of football competitions is the ___World
Cup_____________. It is played every four years and the biggest champion of all is
__Brazil______. This country is a five-time champion.

7)Complete the information about Brazil at the World Cups:
1958
1962

1970

Where:
_______Sweden_______

Where:
____Chile____________

Where:
_____Mexico_______

Opponent:
_____Sweden___________

Opponent: ____
Czechoslovakia______________

Opponent:_____Italy_______
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Score:___________
5x2
Famous player: ___Vavá, Pelé,
Zagalo_________

Score:____3x1_________

Score:___4x1_______

Famous player: ___Amarildo, Zito,
Vavá____________

Famous player: __Pelé,
Jairzinho, carlos
alberto________

1994

2002
Important questions:
- What team do you cheer for?
- What’s the score?
- Who’s winning?

Where:

Where:


___USA__________

____Korea/Japan____________

Opponent:___Italy__________
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Opponent:
___Germany_______________

Score:____0x0 – Penalties
3x2______

Score:___0x2__________

- It’s 4 to 0 to Barcelona.

Famous player: ___Romário,
Dunga, BAGGIO,
MASSARO________

- They won by penalties.

Famous player:___Ronaldo,
PODOLSKI____________

5) Can you give information about these other sports?
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6) Homework: Write a minimum of 5 sentences about a sport not mentioned in the
lesson today.
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