In this unit ... talk about sports explain how to play diferent sports O make invitations O make predictions about what a text is about O understand a video about college sports 1 what sport does Piper ike? 2 What sports do you enjoy watching? Well, baseball isn’t my Saturday afternoon activity. a EatT Qa Read the messages. ‘What is Jack doing this afternoon? 2 QW Label the pictues. tsten, check, and repeat. basketball karate sailing skateboarding soccer surfing swimming tennis track and field volleyball, 2 3 Listen and chonse the correct words, 4 Read the sentences in exercise 3. EESKERDAD soccer inthe gym Complete the rules with do, go, or play. 1 They are playi 2 Kate isn't at home. She always goes skateboarding / surfing We use after school + “play for sports with a ball. 3 ARBill's school, they are doing track and field / karate. os for sports that end 4 Fiona is playing tennis / volleyball. with -ing. 5. They go sailing / swimming twice a week. * >for individual sports or martial arts 6 forty5 Write the sports in exercise 2 in the chart. Add two more examples of sports you enjoy. do 90 karate 6 Complete the sentences with verbs and sports in exercise 5 1 Wecan't play __ volleyball _. The beach is too busy. 2 They have a new boat. They. init every weekend, 3. We wanted to in the ocean, but it was too. cold! We went to the poo! instead, 4 You have to wear white clothes with a colored belt to 5 Atour school, we______alot of Giz 7 Write true sentences. Then compare with a partner. events, like running. 1 Love playing 2 I never play 3 Onweekends, | sometimes go 4 never do 5 Iwatch__on tv. P METRO EXPRESS 012 2 III | DISD Sports quiz 1 In pairs, read the quiz and guess the answers. Riga ball sport? eeu d Be en eee ecto et ead te ed 2 QD tisten and check 3 erent time eerste correct words. 1. Basketball is older thanGolleybalDy soccer. 2 Real Madrid has more than $0 million / 450 milli 3 On flat ground, the fastest cyclist’s speed is 34/134 km/h, fans! 4. Over 78,000 / 99,000 people can fit into z Estadio do Maracand. 2 5 An Austratan tens player hita tennis bal at 3 160 / 263 km/h. wyforty-eight C 3D Read the blog quickly. Find two things Olivia won and one thing she didn’t win, My trip to the Olympic Training Center Olivia Underwood, 15, Day1 I flew with my mom from my home in Dallas to Colorado Springs. It was my first flight. My mom hated taking off, but Hoved it! We stayed in a hotel next to the training center. Day2 I met the team. They were super-friendly. We had the most delicious brealfast ever - bigger and healthier than at home! | usually have a chocolate muffin, but there | had juice, eggs, cereal, yoghurt, and fruit. The team is going to the ParaPan-American Games soon and they explained their training to me. They have to throw the ball and move their wheelchairs, so they need strong, arms and shoulders. Here, a team member is exercising to make his arms stronger. The best part ofthe visit was when we played basketball. I didn't score, butit was a fantastic experience. My team won! Day3 (On my last morning, we had a wheelchair race. | wasn't the fastest, but | wasn't the slowest either! It was alot of fun, Then we flew home again. That night, | was so tired | slept for ten hours! Read and check (/) three things we know about Olivia 1 her age a 3 hermom’sname 2 herhome city O 4 her favorite team Answer the questions. 1 Why did Olivia visit the Olympic Training Center? Because she won a contest. 2. Who doesn't like flying? 3. Where did Olivia sleep in Colorado Springs? 5 her breakfast at home Qo 6 how long she usually sleeps 4. What was Olivia's favorite moment? 5. Why do you think Olivia was tired after her trip?(Grammar) Superlative adjectives 4 Look at the information. Write sentences with the adjectives in parentheses. 1 QD Whois the man in the picture and why was : e he famous? Read the text and check. AYRTON SENNA (1960-1994) [f James Gareth Bale Paul Pogba Rodriguez 2 Read and complete the chart. = kD TORS nes sites Height | 1.80m 1 es m 1 in ight | 77 4 ETT Weight |77kg 74kg 801g Price | $86.1 million | $78.3 million | $59.2 million fast He wasn't! driver. A ogba is the youngest player. safe Formula 1 isn’t the safest sport q - (young) the «y+ -iest 5 friendly | He was the friendliest guy in (on) ‘motor racing, A the + double consonant + -est an hot Saturday was the hottest day. Py Long adjectives (short the most + adjective 5 successful _| She's the most successful player. (heavy) famous He's one of 2, 6 Formula 1 stars. ight) Irregular adjectives 7 good Itwas the best soccer game. —_________________ expensive) bad They got the worst results ever! 8 I think (good) 3 Complete the sentences wth the superative form of @Gi=z=> the adjectives. _ How many superlative sentences can you make? Da Use the ideas below or your own ideas. the heaviest Gan) eaanentcan busy cheerful delicious easygoing vi expensive fast funny good hot peas interesting long popular small (wet) month in my country. 3 Basketball is (popular sport cell phone city food in my country in my schoo hair sports player month” teacher 4 Dad bought ______ (good) tickets ‘Mia is the funniest girl in my class. for the basketball game. ies hes ae eae 5 Who can swim (long) distance underwater? “METRO EXPRESS 1112 6 Hemever runs. He's (zy) player on the tear Wim 4 au-A 10} DI, RIED Cy(VJ vocaburary) Sports verbs 1 (lH) Label the pictures. Listen, check, and repeat. 2 complete the semtences with the correct pars of verbs. is throwing / hit lesesteatehing shoot / kicked won / scored 1 Our basketball team often loses games because we aren't good at catching the bal 2 We two goals in the last five minutes and we the match 3 “The goalkeeper the ball to Smith.” “Oh, no ~the ball Smith’s hand!” 4 When Susie the ball to me, | decided to__. twas a great goal. 3 Complete the chart with the verbs. ‘catch hit kick score win throw, ‘catch. aball a point, a game a goal, a point 2 Gam 4 Check (7) the sentences that are true for you, Then compare your answers with a partner. 1 V'm good at catching balls. a 2 I can kick a ball well with my left or my right foot. C1 3. My favorite team lost a game last week. a METRO EXPRESS 012 II (ED CL) tistening) Handball 1 Listen to the conversation. What is the main topic? The difference between handball and soccer b How to play handball ¢ How to score goals in handball Z OD what are the rules of handball? Listen again and check (7) two more correct answers. Hancoal players can 1 touch the ball with their hands. 2 throw the ball. 3 kick the ball. 4 bounce the bal 5 take four steps th te al oooog 3 Read the tip. Good listeners identify key words Ti P 7 in the questions before they listen, Read the statements and underline the key words. 1 Lucydoesn’t know how to play handball. TZ FO 2 Josh enjoyed playing handball last semester. TC] FC] 3 Asoccer field is 20 m x 40 m. TOoFO 4 Handball i always an indoor sport. Toro 5 You have to throw the ball into a goal to score. TOoFO 6 Lucy can remember the rules forhandball, TC] FC 4 QW Listen again and choose T (True) or F Fase) in exercise 3. ummm(G)} Grammar) can / can't for rules 1 Qi) Read the conversation, Who knows how to play volleyball? Greg: Do you want to play volleyball? Jon: Greg: | don’t know the rules. ‘They're easy. Players can hit the ball with their hands, but they can’t throw it OK. Can players use their feet? Yes, they can. They can kick the ball 2 Read and complete the chart with can or can't. Uimess 4. 4 Look at the rules for the park. Write questions and short answers. ( cotibing Towtous saree dogs, camp sve breadto the bids go ( cotibing Towtous saree have picnics 28) 2 a No, you can't Affirmative 1/ You / He / etc. “can kick the ball Negative 1) You / He / etc. * throw the ball Questions Short answers 4 fyou/ he / | Yes, 1/ you / he / ete. ete, touch the ball? 4 No, |/ you / he / etc. 3 Choose the correct words. 1 dn mice oye Go GRY te the bal ws Ha her head. Goalkeepers can / can’t kick the ball in soccer. or in teams of two. In tennis, players can / can’t hit the ball with their hands In basketball, you can / can’t carry the ball A player can’t kick / kicks the ball in basketball ‘vk.com/club1 54894262 You can play / plays tennis against one other person, > BF | e 6 5 In pairs, write three sentences about the rules of a sport. Use can and can't. Can other students guess the sport? You can kick the ball, but you can’t touch it! au0-Ayy METRO EXPRESS 012 ummm jam fam Gl(S¥} speaxing) Invitations 1 QUE ster res nrcl orev te epcrtona 1 What mes the soccer game? 2 Where ae Milly and Zac meeting? Zac: Hey, Milly! Would you like to go to a soccer game on Saturday? Sa ne Milly: Surel That would ih Tie be awesome. Who's | hue playing? Zac: It’s FC Dallas against UA Galaxy. Milly: What time does it start? Zac: At three. Let's meet at your house at two. Milly: Cool. See you then, 2 Listen to another conversation. ‘Then answer the questions. 11 What does Bruna invite Lucas to? 2 Does he decide to go? Would you like to .. Sure! That would be awesome, Sorry, | can't. I'm busy. 3 1n pars, practice making Invitations and responding. Use ideas 1-3. 1 play tennis ths aftemoon element trial 3 go shopping ths weekend Would you like to play tennis this afternoon? Sure! That would be cool, 4 write a longer conversation about the event below. Use the conversation in exercise 1 to help you. CR} Reading ) 1 Read the tp. Good readers make predictions TP D) about a text before they read it. What do you think are the good and bad things about being a professional athlete? Copy and complete the chart in your notebook. Good things Bad things ‘you have a lot of money | you have to stay in shape 2 Read the article quicly. Which of your Kdeas in exercise 1 does it mention? 3 Read again. Match the sentences A-D with the gaps 1-4. Then listen and check. A Don't forget about the other important things in life. B_Remember: not many people actually become professional athletes. C Think about why you want to be a sports star. D The lifestyle of a sports star isn’t always easy, 4 Read again. Choose T (True) or F (Fase). According tothe atic, . 1. most professional athletes make a lot of money. Tord 2. 50,000 people become professional basketball players every year. Toro 3. professional athletes need more sleep than non-professionals. Toro 4 professional athletes can eat fast food. TC) FC] 5 people shoulin’t become professional athletes. Toro 5 Complete the sentences with the highlighted. words in the article. 1 My dream is to be a professional handball player. 2 Two people on our team aren't playing today because of leg 3. My dad and | are Chelsea but my ‘mom likes Liverpool. 4. Professional soccer players for three hours every day. 5. My parents go running so that they can stayWhat to consider ie before choosing a career in sports SO YOU WANT TO BE A SPORTS STAR? Maybe you just love sports and you're very good at them. Or maybe it's the money and the chance to be famous, It's true that the best athletes and players sometimes make over $50 million every year. They have millions of fans and they are in magazines and on websites everywhere, But many professional athletes don't make a lot of money. They aren't famous and their families and friends are their biggest fans! oH Inthe U.S. and Canada, only ‘one in $0,000 children becomes a professional basketball player. You're more likely to win an Oscar! But that doesn’t mean it's impossible, With hard work and a bit of luck, some people will be successful A —— Professional athletes train for over 25 hours a week. They sleep longer than non-professional athletes do, so they can't go to bed late. This also means they don't see their friends and family as much. Professional athletes need to be careful about their diet, so they can't eat fast food. They are often worried about injuries But, of course, it’s one of the healthiest jobs in the world! _A_ Playing sports is fantastic keeps you in shape, you learn ah about teamwork, and you make a lot of friends. But remember that education En is important, too. You can follow your : dream, but don't stop studying,(Ww) watch ) Before you watch 1 Look atthe pictures. Complete the sentences. arty hit score 1 Basketball players can't 2 American football players 3 In cricket, players arty __ the ball. by making a the ball with a bat. touchdown, 2 Have you watched or played any of the sports in exercise 1? Would you like to? While you watch 3 GARD Watch the preview. Write the sports you see. 5 QUBD Correct the sentences about sports at AS.U. Then compare your answers. ‘Then watch again and check. American football, 1 A.S.U.’s American football team isn’t successful. It is successful. 2 field goals worth two point. 4 GAD watch the video. Complete the sentences. Aerenmeerenenrenic eer amet: 3 Basketball players are often stronger and heavier 2 Touchdowns are worth ____ points. than football players. 3 Basketball players are usually than football players. — 4 In basketball, you carry the ball through the hoop 4 Basketball players can’t____the ball. ees 5 ___is the world’s most popular sport. eet 5 In shotput, you throw a long stick, atASU. 7 Runners from all over the _ compete atAS.U. 6 Most A.S.U. students don't enjoy sports. 8 There are two big __ at A.S.. After you watch (Gl nace spac foet ox olen scat apres your schon) alt, or country. Answer these questions: + What spots are popular? + Where do people play them? © What ae some of the rules? + Add any other information you know. =D (om >a oo | ——_, fifty-four(VP vecabutary) 1 Complete the sentences with jobs words. 1_ I'm interested in clothes and fashion. | want to be a fashion __ designer _. 2 My uncle isan a. He designs houses. 3 Ap. ©. hhas to help people and protect the community. 4 My sister loves cooking, She wants to be a — 5 My dad works in a hospital. He'san__. 2 choose the correct personality adjectives 1 Toby gets good grades at schoo, but at home he's day. a hard-working) lazy © confident 2 like your brother. He's realy a rude b easygoing ¢_anxious 3 Carla looks . What’s wrong with her? a confident —_b_polite € miserable 4 dont like going to big parties. I'm a shy b cheerful © polite 5 Don'tbe_____! You shouldn't say that a hard-working b rude © cheerful fal tcokantha pictures!and chouee thefenrrect sports verbs. She's hitting / Our team. kicking the ball. won / lost! Ye SS We scored / Throw / Hit the Phil shot at the lost 3-0. ball to met goal, but he didn’t score / hit, 4: Match the sport withthe pictures. Use the correct verbs: do, play, or go. basketball karate sailing skateboarding suing swimming tennis volleyball 1 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of have to. 1. You don’t have to shout . (you / not / shout) I'm standing next to you! es before 11 o'clock?” (Jon / get back) "Yes, he fe 3 Max can’t hang out with us. . (he / study) 4 more goals in the next 20 minutes. (we / score / two) ee your ‘grandparents next weekend?" (you / see) “No, |__." Eg Q any-Auy7 iReview) 2 Read the situations and write sentences. Use as ... 5 oF not as... os. 1. My best friend Jules is 15. 1am 15. My sister is 12. ules is as old as me. ules / old / me) 2 My sister isn't as old as us __ (my sister / old / us) 3 Today it's really hot, but yesterday it was hotter! (today / hot / yesterday) 4 The movie was great, but the TV series was boring. (TV series / good / the movie) 5 I'm 1.65m. My mom's 1.65m, too. (/ tall / my mom) 3 complete the sentences. Use 00. oF not. enough: 1 ean’t follow her! She's cycling and she's too fast _______! (fast) 2 Jose isn’t on the team because he (good) He should practice more. 3 We don’t want to buy anything. Everything is (expensive) 4 Ican't carry this bag. 'm_—_______t (strong) 4. Complete the sentences. Use the superlative form of the bold adjectives 1 Science is interesting, but | think geography is the most interesting _ subject. 2 The history exam was hard, but it wasn't exam. The math exam was worse! 3 This ce cream is good, but Gino's Deli makes —_______ ice cream. 4 Tina's funny, but she isn’t person in our class. 5 Relax, you aren’t bad at soccer. | think I'm | 6 Skateboarding and skiing are exciting, but I think surfing is sport. 5 complete the rules for soccer. Use can and can‘. Player and they? it, but they? the ball. Players * use their heads to hit the ball, but kick the ball run with carry only goalkeepers 5 touch it with their hands. Teams «___have more than eleven players on the field Players” playin any position ‘onthe field, but there only be one ‘goalkeeper on each team. Consolidation Read the conversation about a sports camp. Then choose the correct answers. G) When dos tne aay start? (@ tts too early __ forme. Breakfasts at 6am.!S0 we? togotobed at9 pm, and we 3 go online or play games ater that! (Oh, no! What's the food like? Is it * at school? No! Its super-healthy, and its delicious. The’ is great. @ re tnecher people coor @ Verh Like them, Everyone ely 10) co, wats the tanng program ke? Its fun, butitstarts at 730 a.m. We? swimming first, and then its soccer practice for the rest of the day. We play a 90-minute game every afternoon. ‘That's the® part of the day. TG tex no ener era 2a have b cant has 3 a donthaveto b can't doesn't have to 4a toobad ——b badenough ¢ as bad as ‘Sa chef b doctor ¢ nurse 6 a anwious ——b easygoing shy 7 ago b do ¢ play 8 a good b better « bestSuperlative adjectives ‘We use superiative adjectives when we compare three or more things. Tennis and basketball are good, but soccer is the most exciting sport. ‘We add -est to most short adjectives (adjectives with one or sometimes two syllables). They change their spelling in the same ways as comparative adjectives. Volleyball is the easiest sport to learn. ‘August i the wettest month of the year. ‘To make the superlative form of long adjectives (two or more syllables), we use the most + adjective. We do not add -est to the adjective. J think sailing is the most interesting sport (NOT Hiek-seting the most iterastngest sport) A few adjectives, including good and bad, have irregular superiative forms. He's the best surfer in the word. {'m the worst player on the team. 1 Complete the chart with the superlative form of the adjectives. ne slow slower the slowest dangerous | more dangerous |# hot hotter 2 expensive | more expensive | + sate safer : bad worse : good better 7 2 Complete the sports facts with the superlative form of the adjectives. © ‘The tallest (tall) basketball player in history is Gheorghe Muresan. He's 2.3 meters tall ~ 0.7 meters taller than 2 (shor!) player, Muggsy Bogues. = (noisy) sports game in history was an American football game in 201.4. Fans of the Kansas City Chiefs made a noise of 142.2 decibels. © Alter soccer, * (popular) sport in the ‘world is cricket. There are 3,500,000,000 soccer fans and 3,000,000,000 cricket fans. o (big) vietory in the history of international soccer was Australia’s win against American Samoa in 2001. The score was 31-0. Australia’s Archie Thompson scored 13 goals and became & (good) {goal scorer in an international soccer game. € Student Book 7.49 Short adjectives Cd cold + the coldest Cea nice + the nicest eas noisy * the noisiest Cree wet the wettest eee the most + adjective exciting + the most exciting tie eee good + the best bad 9 the worst 3 Write superlative sentences using the information in the first sentence and the adjectives in parentheses. 1 Paris is smaller than London, but bigger than Berlin. London is the biggest city. (big) Berlin isthe smallest city. (small) 2 Adam is a better player than Rafa, but Matthew is better than Adam. player. (good) player. (bad) 3. Math is easier than English, but English isn’t as difficult as history. subject. (easy) subject. (difficult) 4 Chez Pierre is more expensive than Pizza Roma, and Pizza Roma is more expensive than Andy's Burgers. restaurant. (cheap) restaurant. (expensive) | can use superlative adjectives. @O @O eO€ Student Book p.51 can / can’t for rules Et 1/ You / He / She / It / We / They. hem 1/You / He / She / It / We / They can swim in the river. can’t eat here, Yes ‘can [ert 1 /you [he / she /it/ we / they ‘camp in the forest? can't. 5S Rewr 4 Look at the rules and complete the sentences with can or can’t. No diving No food or drink. (only in diving pool) | (except water) backs ; Sam: 1 You -can't dive in the main pool. 2 Dogs swim in the pool ——— e Jack: 3 You drink water in the pool. Sam: 4 People dive into the diving l Pa Jack: 5 People drink cola in the pool 6 You eat in the pool YN | can use can and can’t for rules. sam: Wh- questions Where I/you/ he / she / | sunbathe? J we / they We use can / can’t to talk about abilities and also to talk about rules — what is and isn’t permitted, Joe shouldn't go in the pool. He can’t swim. (ability) You can't swim in the river. It isn't permitted. (rule) Can has the same form for all subjects. We don’t add -s in the he / she / it form. We don’t use the vert do in negative sentences and questions with can. ‘She can ride a bike. (NOT She-cansride-o-bike) can't run 10 km, (NOT ton -can-dn-HOd) Can you cook? (NOT Bepoweaneook?) rite the sentences in exercise 4 as questions and. short answers. 1 Can you dive into the main pool? eae in the pool? inthe poor into the diving pool? in the pool? in the pool? Correct the green phrases in the conversation. One phrase rect You said soccer players don’t can touch "can't touch the ball with their hands. Why is that player throwing it? A player cans throw? the ball when the other team kicks it off the field. (Ok. And that player hit the ball with his head. He can do that? Yes, he can. Look at that player! He doesn’t can carry e the ball! He can use ® his hands! He's the goalkeeper!