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. Thatuniforms 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___________
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Opponent:_____Italy_______
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Score:___________
5x2
Famous player: ___Vav, Pel,
Zagalo_________

1994

Score:____3x1_________
Famous player: ___Amarildo, Zito,
Vav____________

Score:___4x1_______
Famous player: __Pel,
Jairzinho,
carlosalberto________

2002
Important questions:
- What team do you cheer for?
- Whats the score?
- Whos winning?

Where:
___USA__________

Where:
____Korea/Japan____________

- Its 4 to 0 to Barcelona.

Opponent:___Italy__________
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Opponent:
___Germany_______________

Score:____0x0 Penalties
3x2______

Score:___0x2__________

Famous player: ___Romrio,

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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