1. Study the Vocabulary box. Check if you understand the words. In pairs, answer the questions below.
1. Is there on international tennis tournament in your country?
2. Who were the football league champions in your country last year?
2. Listen to a radio phone-in and match the speakers (1-4) with the information (a-d).
1. Keith a. ran in a race
2. Emma b. is a sports fanatic
3. Sam c. talks about 2016
4. Jim d. tells a sad story.
3. Listen again and choose the correct answers.
1. Where was Keith when Andy Murray won Wimbledon?
2. What was Emma's best time for ten kilometers before last Sunday?
3. How much were the train tickets that Sam bought?
4. What does Jim do every day?
4. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs below. Listen and check.
do go play win lose
1. Andy Murray won the Wimbledon tennis tournament in 2016.
2. Emma often running. Her friend the race last Sunday.
3. Liverpool was in the cup final but they the game 2-1.
4. Jim jogging every morning. At weekends he badminton and judo. He for the school football team.
5. Choose the correct option. Listen and check.
I love sport. I often (1) do /go cycling and I (2) do / play gymnastics after school but my favourite sport is basketball. I (3) go / play basketball a lot. I (4) play for / win my school team. This year we (5) scored / won our first three matches in the national tournament. In the semi-final. I (6) lost/ scored twenty points! I was really happy. In the final we (7) played for/ lost the game by one point.
6. In groups, talk about a sporting moment when you were really happy or sad. Use these ideas below to help you.
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I saw it on TV/ I was there in the stadium.
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I played in a tournament.
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I scored a goal/won the match.
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The final score was ...
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It was surprising/fantastic/ great/crazy/terrible. I was really happy/ sad.