[ English Discovery] Giải Tiếng Anh 6 Starter Unit 6: A question of sport - English in use

1. Match pictures A-D with captions 1-4.

1. ❑ The Ancient Romans loved team sports.

2. ❑ In the early years of the twentieth century, motor racing was a popular sport. It was very exciting.

3. ❑ In prehistoric times, people were big sports fans. Sometimes they ran very fast.

4. ❑ The Ancient Egyptians were keen on sport. They did a lot of weight training.

=> Answer:

1. C               2. D                3. A                 4. B

2. Study the Language box. How do you say the phrases in your language? 

=> Answer:

• ten seconds ago: mười giây trước

• twenty minutes ago: hai mươi phút trước

• an hour ago: một giờ trước

• a few days ago: vài ngày trước

• three weeks ago: ba tuần trước

• six months ago: sáu tháng trước

• many years ago: nhiều năm trước

• a long time ago: trước đây

3. In pairs, work out how long ago these things happened.

1. The first Tour de France was in 1903 _____ ago.

2. Women first swam in the Olympic Games in 1912 _____ ago.

3. Basketball legend Michael Jordan was born in 1963 _____ ago.

4. Serena Williams won Wimbledon for the first time in 2002 _____ ago.

5. Spain won the Football World Cup in South Africa in 2010 _____ ago.

6. The Olympic Games were in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 _____ ago. 

=> Answer: HS tự làm.

4. Complete the text with one word in each gap. Listen and check. 

I'm very keen (1) on sport. I (2)_____ a lot of exercise. Two weeks (3)____ I ran in a ten-kilometre race and I won a gold (4)_____ ! (5)____ week I played tennis on a beautiful tennis (6)____ at Wimbledon. I lost, but it (7)____ a great game. Yesterday I played (8)____ England in the football World Cup. We won the (9)____ 4-2 and I scored all four (10)____ . Yes, I'm a big fan (11)____ sports video games! 

=> Answer:

2. do                  3. ago

4. medal            5. Last

6. court              7. was

8. for                  9. match

10. goals           11. of

5. Write 5-8 sentences about a sport game that you played recently. You can use the text in Exercise 4 as an example. You may answer these questions:

- How long ago did you play that sport?

- Who did you play with?

- Did you win or lose the game? 

=> Answer:

About two weeks ago my class and class 6A held a soccer competition. Each team consists of 10 members. My team has Long, Duy, Nam, Hung and some other friends. The match was very suspenseful and thrilling. In the end our class won with a score of 2-1. I am very happy and proud of this result.