IX. Fill in each sentence with an appropriate preposition. 1. Do you play sports _______ school? 2. We go swimming _______ Tuesdays and Saturdays. 3. Sports is good _______ your health. 4. Jimmy is very good _______ volleyball and basketball. 5. My karate club is _______ Nguyen Trai Street. 6. What sports do you play _______ your free time? 7. Pelé was bor _______ October 21 st , 1940. 8. _______ 1958, _______ the age of 17, Pelé won his first World Cup. X. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets. 1. He gets a lot of ______________ from football. (enjoy) 2. Playing sports is a fantastic way to improve your ______________. (fit) 3. My brother is not very ______________. He doesn’t like playing or watching sports. (sport) 4. Nearly half of the people in the world are ______________ in football. (interest) 5. Pelé is ______________ regarded as the best football player of all time. (wide) 6. Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese professional ______________. (football) 7. Pelé is a ______________ hero in Brazil. (nation) 8. Winning three gold medals is great ______________. (achieve) XII. Complete the passage with the words from the box. score; without; spor;t each; play; game ;positions ;boring Basketball is a pretty cheap (1)___________ to play in terms of equipment. So long as you have shoes and clothes and a ball, you can play. You can play with 1 hoop or 2, but it is way more fun to have a full court to (2)___________ on and several friends to do it with. Of course, you can have knee braces, expensive shoes, and some fancy jerseys if you want, but you can play (3)___________ them if you want. Basketball is a (4)___________ of 5-on-5. There are 5 different (5)___________: point guard, shooting guard, center, small forward, and power forward. Unlike some oter sports, all players can (6)_________ points, and there is NO goalkeeper. There isn’t a (7)__________ position to play! Basketball has 4 quarters. For pro games, quarters are 15 minutes. Teams switch directions of play after (8)___________ quarter. XIII. Put the words or phrases in the correct order. 1. our/ important/ an/ sports and games/ in/ play/ lives/ part. 2. players/ how/ match/ there/ in/ many/ are/ football/ a? 3. by/ she/ to keep/ every day/ tries/ fit/ jogging. 4. yesterday/ who/ play/ football/ you/ did/ with? 5. sports/ building/ physical strength/ necessary/ are/ for. 6. to switch/ before/ go/ don’t/ the TV/ off/ you/ forget/ to bed. 7. Sunday/ I/ usually/ friends/ swimming/ on/ go/ mornings/ with/ my 8. match/ you/ on/ the/ did/ television/ last night/ watch/ basketball/ the? XIV. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. 1. What sport do you like best? What is 2. Mark plays football better than Tim. Tim doesn’t 3. Beckham was a very good football player. Beckham played 4. How long have you played basketball? When 5. Shall we play badminton this weekend? How about 6. No sport in Britain Is as popular as football. Football 7. My brother is not so interested in basketball as I am. I 8. It’s good for you to do morning exercise regularly