UNIT 10

SPORT

VOCABULARY

1 Complete the sentences with the correct missing words.

1 Tiger Woods is one of the most famous g_________ ever.

1 Yesterday we played a football match and nobody won. It was a draw_________.

2 My brother wants to have big muscles. That’s why he lifts works out_________ every day.

3 My father works as a referee_________. He uses a whistle to stop the game when needed.

4 I can’t go to school today, I’ve got a terrible s_________ throat

2 Usain Bolt is one of the most famous athlete_________ ever.

5 For all dangerous sports, you need a helmet_________ to protect your head.

6 Norway won 14 gold medal_________ at the Winter Olympics in 2018.

7 Yesterday, our team beat_________ Everton 5–0.

8 The b_________ of doing sports are fantastic. You feel better and lose weight.

2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of do, play or go.

1 My father loves __go_______ cycling, especially when the weather is good.

9 I’d like to ____do_____ boxing. I want to protect myself if I get into trouble.

10 New Zealanders are very good at ____play_____ rugby. It’s their national sport.

11 My sister _do________ athletics three times a week.

12 My mum’s back hurts a lot, that’s why she ___go______ swimming every day.

3 My brother loves ___go______ skateboarding with his friends. There is a new skate park

nearby.

13 We started __do_______ yoga in our PE classes at school. It’s great.

14 Some Americans ___play______ soccer, but very few Americans watch it on TV.

15 My sister is good at athletics, but she’s best at _________ the high jump. (do)

16 My friend and I _play________ golf. We are both keen on the sport.

3 Complete the text with the correct form of the words. There are two extra words.

early popular little interesting much low powerful spectacular famous

noisy wide many

Niagara Falls is a group of waterfalls which form a natural border between the United

States and Canada. It is one of 1 _the most popular_________________ tourist attractions on the
continent.

The Horseshoe Fall, which belongs to Canada, is 2 _____the most powerfull_____________ waterfall
in North

America. Every second, 3 __________________ than 2,400 m 3 of water fall over the edge

of the waterfall.

However, the Americans are fond of ‘their’ falls, too. They are 4 _____less wide_____________ and

5 _________less lower_________ than the Horseshoe Fall, but still a 6

_________spectacular_________ view.

The area is very noisy, 7 ______noisier____________ than, for example, the centre of a town. A

sightseeing attraction visited by 8 __________________ tourists is a ride into the fall. The

first Maid of the Mist steamboat was constructed 9 ________earlier than__________ 1846, and
since

1848 it has operated as a tourist adventure. Visiting the local Geological Museum is also an

interesting experience. What’s 10 _____most interesting_____________, especially for the Czechs, is

that

they play Vltava by Bedřich Smetana with a film about the Niagara.

4 Complete the sentences with the correct missing words.

1 Great, we won in the end! Our team scored_________ a goal in the last minute.

2 One of the cars caught fire on the r_________ during the last Formula 1 race.

3 The footballer was sent off for arguing with the referee_________.

4 Practising hard was definitely w_________ the effort, she won the game.

5 You need the same equipment for both, s_________ and parachuting.

6 Serena Williams won the tennis tournament_________ in Wimbledon seven times, between 2002

and 2016.
7 He didn’t have the strenght_________ to fight any further.

8 After the game, all my muscle_________ were sore.

9 The winner received £100 and the runner_________-up_________ got a £50 prize.

10 After a long illness he needs to restore(?)_________ his fitness level.