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UNIT 4:
DO YOU FOLLOW
THE HONDURAN
SOCCER
LEAGUE?

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UNIT 4: DO YOU FOLLOW THE HONDURAN SOCCER

LEAGUE?
INTRO: A: READING COMPREHENSION. READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

The Dallas Cowboys have been an NFL team since 1960. They are one of two teams that play
professional football in the state of Texas. It took the Cowboys eleven years before they made the
Super Bowl, the NFL championship game. They lost that game to the Baltimore Colts by a score of 16
to 13. The Cowboys soon got much better! In the 1970s, they played in five Super Bowls and won
two of them. After they defeated the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 12, people started calling them
America’s Team!

Although the Cowboys failed to make any Super Bowls in the 1980s, they played in three Super Bowls
in the 1990s and won all three of them, including two in a row against the Buffalo Bills and one
against their big rival, the Pittsburgh Steelers. It was during this time, that Quarterback Troy Aikman,
Running Back Emmitt Smith and Wide Receiver Michael Irvin all became big stars. All three would
eventually become members of the Pro Football Hall-of-Fame.

The Cowboys won their last Super Bowl in 1995 and haven’t made it back since. That hasn’t
discouraged owner Jerry Jones from spending big bucks, though. In 2009, Cowboys Stadium opened.
It can hold over 110,000 people, making it the largest domed stadium in the world. It cost over one
billion dollars to build!

1. The Dallas Cowboys played in their 4. Which of the following is true about the
highest number of Super Bowls in the… Dallas Cowboys?
a. 1960s a. They were recently in a Super Bowl
b. 1970s b. They recently won a Super Bowl
c. 1980s c. They have been in three total Super
d. 1990s Bowls
d. They have won five Super Bowls
2. What does the word “rival” mean
in the second paragraph? 5. The Dallas Cowboys defeated the …… in
a. friend Super Bowl 12.
b. team a. Steelers
c. victory b. Colts
d. important opponent c. Bills
d. Broncos
3. How many NFL teams play in Texas?
6. Who is the owner of the Dallas Cowboys?
a. 1 a. Michael Irvin
b. 2 b. Jerry Jones
c. 3 c. Troy Aikman
d. 4 d. Emmitt Smith

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B: READING COMPREHENSION. READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

Soccer in Honduras is a national sport. The first professional clubs were founded in the early 1900s,
and the Honduran national soccer team played its first international match in 1921. There are about
60 professional and amateur soccer teams, organized into three national divisions: Liga Nacional de
Fútbol de Honduras, Liga Nacional de Ascenso de Honduras (promotion league) and Liga Mayor de
Fútbol de Honduras (amateur league).

There are many accounts of how association soccer started in Honduras. Luis Fernando, a son of
French immigrants, recorded that some merchants in Puerto Cortes had given him a football in 1896,
and that soccer was played in Honduras since then. In 1906, the republic's government hired a
Guatemalan professor named Miguel Arcángel to teach soccer at the Escuela Normal de Varones in
Tegucigalpa. Three years later, the Spanish monk Niglia introduced the game at the Instituto
Salesiano San Miguel in Comayagua.

Football became popular, especially in higher classes, although it couldn't compete against baseball,
which remained the most popular sport until 1917. In 1912, the team known as Juventud Olímpica
founded the Club Deportivo Olimpia. Other clubs were founded in Tegucigalpa, such as Lituania,
Signos, Trebol, Honduras, Atletico Deportes, La Nueva Era, Colon and Spring. None of them still exist
now.

In the second most important city, San Pedro Sula, soccer began to gain strength only with the
foundation of Club Deportivo Marathón. Some contemporary historians say that a club named Club
Patria existed before Marathón, but only for a very small time. The president of the Republic, Dr.
Miguel Paz Barahona, named the sporting fields Patria Marathón.

In 1928 Club Deportivo Motagua was founded and named after the river Motagua, which was then in
dispute between Guatemala and Honduras. A year later in San Pedro Sula, Real España (known since
1977 as Real Club Deportivo España) was founded.

1. How many leagues and professional teams are there in Honduras? __________________
__________________________________________________________________________

2. What were the first clubs founded in Honduras? __________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

3. According to the article, how was soccer introduced to Puerto Cortés? ________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________

4. What were the first educational institutions to teach soccer? ________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

5. How did C.D. Motagua get its name? ___________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________
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PART 1: READ EACH DESCRIPTION. THEN ANSWER THE “WHO” QUESTIONS.

1. 2. 3.

My name is Jack. My name is Donna. My name is Max.

I'm a farmer. I am a music teacher. I am a doctor.
I have a horse. I like to sing. I have a computer.
My horse can run and jump. I have a guitar. I have a new bag too.
I can read books in English I can sing and play the guitar. I can play tennis and
and swim. I can't swim and play basketball.
I can't sing songs. football. I can't play football.

has a computer? __________________________________________

has a horse? _____________________________________________
can play basketball? ________________________________________
can’t sing? _______________________________________________
can play tennis? ___________________________________________
can’t swim? ______________________________________________
has a guitar? ______________________________________________

PART 2: TURN THE GIVEN SENTENCES INTO AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES, NEGATIVE SENTENCES, OR
QUESTIONS.
1. Olivia can play the guitar. → negative sentence
_________________________________________________________________________
2. Can the girls play hockey? → affirmative sentence
_________________________________________________________________________
3. Richard can play the trumpet. → question
_________________________________________________________________________
4. Can she write with her left hand? → affirmative sentence
_________________________________________________________________________
5. He can write good stories. → negative sentence
_________________________________________________________________________
6. Alex can write exciting articles. → question
_________________________________________________________________________
7. Henry can cook spaghetti. → question
_________________________________________________________________________
8. They can cook well. → negative sentence
_________________________________________________________________________
9. Can Carol cook chilli? → affirmative sentence
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PART 3: ANSWER THE INFORMATION QUESTIONS WITH “CAN”.

INFORMATION QUESTIONS ANSWERS

Where can I go to?
What can you play?
How can he come here?
Why can't she eat and drink?
Who can it bite?
When can we visit you?
What time can you call me?
Which cities can they go to?

PART 4: WRITE THREE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO AND THREE THINGS YOU CAN’T DO.

I can… I can’t…

PART 5: CHOOSE THE CORRECT FORM TO COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE.

1. In British schools, pupils __ wear a uniform. 6. I __ take a holiday whenever I want.
a. can a. can't
b. don't have to b. don't have to
2. They __ wear jeans to school. 7. Hilda __ travel a lot in her job.
a. don't have to a. can
b. have to b. has to
3. They __ take their own lunch to school. 8. I __ be late for work.
a. can a. can't
b. have to b. don't have to
4. They __ go to school on Saturdays.
9. I __ wear a uniform to work.
a. can't
a. can't
b. don't have to
b. don't have to
5. Abraham and Sara__ go to the stadium today. 10. Stefany__to go to class on vacations. She will
They will study. attend summer school!
a. don’t have to a. can
b. can’t b. has to
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PART 6: COMPLETE THE SENTENCE WITH THE CORRECT POSSESSIVE PRONOUN.

1. I'm riding my bike.
The bike is __________________________________

2. The rings belong to Lucy.

They are ____________________________________

3. There is a book on your desk.

Is it ________________________________________

4. That money belongs to him.

It is ________________________________________

5. This garden belongs to them.

It is ________________________________________

6. The houses belong to us.

They are ____________________________________

PART 7: IMAGINE THAT YOU ARE A TEACHER. WRITE IMPERATIVE SENTENCES TO THIS CLASS.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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PART 8: IN PAIRS, READ AND PERFORM “SHOPPING FOR CLOTHES”. THEN, ANSWER THE
EXERCISES.
Shop assistant: Can I help you?
Customer: Yes, have you got this T-shirt in other colors?
Shop assistant: We’ve got it in white, black, red, and purple. What size do you want?
Customer: Medium.
Shop assistant: OK, in medium we’ve got black and red.
Customer: And in purple?
Shop assistant: No, just black and red.
Customer: OK, red. Can I try it on?
Shop assistant: Yes, of course. The changing rooms are over there.
-----pause-----
Shop assistant: Is it OK?
Customer: Yes, I’ll take it.
Shop assistant: (at checkout) That’s L. 90.95. Would you like to pay by credit card or with cash?
Customer: Cash please. Here’s a hundred.
Shop assistant: OK, thanks; that’s nine lempiras and five cents change. Here’s your receipt.
Customer: Thanks. Bye.

EXERCISE A: USE THE UNDERLINED WORDS FROM THE DIALOGUE TO LABEL EACH PICTURE.
1. 3.

____________________________ ___________________________

2. 4.

_____________________________ ___________________________

3. 6.

_____________________________ ____________________________

EXERCISE B: WRITE THE CORRECT WORD TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS.

1. What size T-shirt does the customer want? _________________________
2. Does the shop have a medium size purple T-shirt? _________________________
3. What color T-shirt does the customer try on? _________________________
4. Does the customer buy the red T-shirt? _________________________

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PART 9. LABEL THE HUMAN BODY PARTS. THEN, SOLVE THE WORD SEARCH PUZZLE.

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PART 10. LOOK AT EACH PICTURE. GIVE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS. USE SHOULD AND SHOULDN’T.

1. _________________________________ 2. __________________________________
_________________________________ __________________________________

3. ___________________________________ 4.__________________________________
_____________________________________ _________________________________

5. ____________________________________ 6._________________________________
___________________________________ _________________________________

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WRITING: LOOK AT THE PICTURE. WRITE A SHORT PARAGRAPH

ABOUT JENNY’S OBLIGATIONS.
USE CAN, HAVE TO AND IMPERATIVE SENTENCES.

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