I. Fill in the blank with a suitable word.
“Do you like sport?” You can hear this (1) very often. Many people answer
“yes, I do”, and (2) think about watching a game of football at a stadium, or (3)
TV while sitting in a comfortable armchair. But watching sport events and going
in for sport (4) two different things. Let‟s hope that you prefer the second.
Sport holds (5) important place in our life. When you listen to the radio early
in the morning, you can always (6) sports news. When you open a
newspaper, you will always find (7) about some game or other or an article about
your favourite kind of sport. Especially interesting stories are (8) famous men
or women in the world of sport, how they became champions and about (9) plans
for the futures.
Television programmes about (10 ) are also very popular, and you can watch
something interesting practically every day.
II Complete the conversation with the words in the box.
them played end score scored dear
Pauline: You look tired.
Owen: I am. I (1) football this morning.
Pauline: What was the (2) ?
Owen: 5-1 to (3) .
Pauline: Oh (4) .
Owen: It's not the (5) of the world. I (6) our goal.
III. Match the questions and answers, and then write the answers in the blanks.
1. What's your favourite sport? a. No, not really.
2. Who's your favourite sportswoman ? b. Three or four times a week.
3. How often do you go swimming? c. She's a skier - but I can't think of her name right now.
4. What's your favourite football team? d. Liverpool.
5. Do you like volleyball? e. Running