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Vocabulary Sports and equipment
3 Complete the names of the sports and activities.
Activities, equipment and dangers
The first letter is given.
1 Match the objects 1–8 to the definitions a–h.
1 face guard
2 helmet
3 stick
4 ski lift
1 r_______________________
5 ski run
6 kit
7 spectators
8 goal

A A way of getting to the top of a mountain. ___ 2 b_______________________

B What football and hockey teams try to get the ball in. ___
C Something worn on the head to protect it if you fall or are
hit. ___
D The people who go to watch sports events. ___
E What sports players wear to play their sport. ___ 3 b_______________________
F An area specially prepared for skiers to go down the
mountain on. ___
G Something worn to protect the mouth, nose and eyes
from being hit. ___
H What hockey players use to hit the ball. ___
4 c_______________________
2 Complete the text with words from the box.

bruised ironing rolling slope snowboarding

thrill-seeker twisted vacuuming

5 w_______________________
We were playing football at the top of a hill but
the ball kept 1_________________ down the
2
_________________ . One time, I ran after it to
try to stop it when I tripped and fell right to the
bottom of the hill. When I got up, I discovered
6 g_______________________
that I had 3_________________ my back and
4
_________________ my ankle.
My mum’s not a 5_________________ . In fact,
she prefers doing housework to playing sports or
doing other outdoor activities. She’s at her happiest
when she’s 6_________________ the clothes or 7 m_____________ a_____________
7
_________________ the floor. Last winter, we went
to the mountains because my sister and I wanted to
go 8_________________ . Mum spent almost all of
the holiday in the hotel café.
8 w_______________________
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4 Match the sports in the box with the instructions. Word formation: adjective prefixes
badminton cricket football golf 6 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
hockey snowboarding surfing tennis word in capitals.

1 Hit the ball over the net. ____________________ 1 He’s a very good player but he does badly because
he’s __________________________ and doesn’t try
2 Don’t go off-piste. It’s dangerous.
hard enough. CONFIDENT
____________________
3 Lie on the board and wait for a wave. 2 I can’t let you come snowkiting with us because
____________________ you’re too __________________________ and
there’s no one to look after you. EXPERIENCED
4 Hit the ball with one of the clubs.
____________________ 3 It is __________________________ for
5 Kick the ball as hard as you can into the goal. schoolchildren to go cycling without a helmet. LEGAL
____________________
4 I’ve been chosen for an __________________________
6 Hit the ball with your stick. ____________________ athletics competition. I’ll be running against teenagers
7 Hit the shuttlecock over the net. from all over Europe. NATIONAL
____________________
5 Our best player has left the club. He said he was
8 Hit the ball with your bat. ____________________ __________________________ and could earn
more money somewhere else. PAID
Phrasal verbs
5 Replace the underlined words with a word from each 6 I’m not surprised you were __________________________
box. Put the verbs in the correct form. from the martial arts competition. It was for beginners
and you’ve got a black belt. QUALIFIED
call catch get keep
send slow speed take 7 Take skis and boots with you. The equipment at the
ski centre is very __________________________.
down off off through to STANDARD
up up up with up with
8 Don’t you think it’s __________________________
1 I want to start doing a new sport but I don’t know to go to the burger bar and eat unhealthy food on
which one. your way home from the gym? RATIONAL
____________________
2 Be careful of this referee. He always orders someone Verbs for sports
to leave the game.
______________ someone ______________ 7 Complete the dialogue with the correct form of do,
3 He won’t reach the runner in front. He’s too far play or go.
behind. A: What sports do you play?
____________________
B: I 1_______________ jogging every day and I
4 I hate cycling with my friends because I can’t go as 2
_______________ gymnastics once a week.
fast as them.
In the winter I 3_______________ rugby and
____________________ 4
_______________ snowboarding. In the summer I
5 Mum and Dad say that if I reach the final, they’ll buy 5
_______________ cricket and I 6_______________
a video camera to film me.
athletics at school. On holiday, I sometimes
____________________ 7
_______________ surfing or wakeboarding. I also
6 Why do you always go faster when I want to jog next
like 8_______________ cards, but that’s not really a
to you?
sport.
____________________
7 I like skiing but I can’t go slower so I always fall over A: Have you ever 9_______________ golf?
when I go round a corner. B: No, it’s too expensive.
____________________
A: What about boxing?
8 We’ve travelled 150 km to see this match and now
we’ve found out that it’s been cancelled. B: No way. And I’ve never 10_______________ martial
____________________ arts either.
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 Grammar
too, enough, so/such, few/little
1 Complete the dialogues with one word in each gap.

A: Let’s go skiing.
B: I don’t like skiing.
A: Why? Is it 1 ____________ dangerous?
B: No, it’s 2____________ dangerous 3____________! A: Do you want to go surfing?
A: Let’s go to the pool on our bikes. B: Oh no. There are too 7____________ lifeguards on
B: What! The pool’s 4____________ far away that we’ll the beach.
be too tired to swim. A: I can look after you.
A: It’s not that far. B: No. You have too 8____________ knowledge of life
B: And there are too 5 ____________ cars on the road. saving. It would be dangerous.
A: We can go along the cycle path. A: But it’s 9____________ a lovely day that the waves
B: No, I’m sorry. I’ve got too 6____________ to do. I will be very small.
have to get dressed, er check my emails, er … B: No, I’m sorry but it’s not safe.

Inversion, So do I / Neither do I
2 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences. The first and last words are given.
1 also / football / boring / is / only / but / it / is
Not _____________________________________________________________ expensive.
2 only / he / play / is / does / also / tennis / at / good / but / Mark
Not _____________________________________________________________ skiing.
3 the referee / also / off / send / sent / did / he / but / off / one / our / players / of / only
Not _____________________________________________________________ the manager.
4 only / also / have / they’ve / closed / the / the / they / closed / gym / but
Not _____________________________________________________________ swimming pool.
5 you / late / but / your / forgotten / you’ve / are / also / only
Not _____________________________________________________________ kit.

3 Complete the responses.

1 A: I’ve never played ice hockey. 5 A: My dad can’t swim.

B:   ________________________ I. B: ________________________ mine.

2 A: I don’t like boxing. 6 A: My sister was in a tennis tournament last week.

B: ________________________ my brother, but I

B: ________________________ mine.
do.

3 A: I hope there’s a lot of snow in the mountains. 7 A: My brother never watches the Olympics.

B: ________________________ I. B: ________________________ I.

4 A: Our school has got a climbing wall. 8 A: Arsenal lost at the weekend.

B: ________________________ ours. B: ________________________ Chelsea.

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Use Your English 2 Complete the blog with one word in each gap.

Blog
1 Complete the second sentence so that it means the
same as the first. Use the word in capitals.

1 A helmet is important and it is illegal not to wear

Getting fit?
one. I’ve never been very
ONLY sporty and I was feeling
__________________________________ ill recently so I went to
important, but it is also illegal not to wear one. the doctor. He said that
not 1__________ do I eat
2 This ski lift is too small to carry all these people. 2
__________ much, but
BIG
I also don’t 3__________ enough exercise. So, I
This ski lift __________________________________
decided to take up a new activity. I wanted to
carry all these people. join a martial 4__________ club but there were
3 The ledge was so small that I had to shut my eyes too 5__________ people interested and it didn’t
when I stood on it. start.
SUCH
Next, I thought I would try skiing. I went
It __________________________________ that I on a holiday to the Alps but, when I arrived,
had to shut my eyes when I stood on it. there was too 6__________ snow for skiing. In
4 I’ll be happy if we reach the second round. fact, there wasn’t any snow at all and it was
THROUGH 7
__________ warm that I spent the holiday
I’ll be happy if _____________________________ sunbathing. Someone asked me if I wanted to
___________ the second round.
8
__________ sailing but I’ve never liked water
5 If you want to run as fast as us, you’ll have to get sports.
fitter. Then I joined a golf club and it’s really helped
KEEP me to lose weight. People ask me how
If you want to ______________________________
9
__________ golf can do this because it’s so
____________, you’ll have to get fitter. slow and easy. Well, joining the club and buying
6 I’m not strong enough to be a boxer. the clothes cost 10__________ a lot of money
that I can’t afford to eat now!
WEAK
I’m __________________________________ a
boxer. 3 Choose the correct answer.
7 I’ve skied down this ski run and I’ve skied off-piste.
1 I’m afraid you’re not ____ for our team.
ONLY
A good enough C enough good
__________________________________ down this
B too good D so good
ski run, but I’ve also skied off-piste. 2 We stopped playing cricket when the sun went
8 When are you going to start doing a sport? down because there was too ____ light to see the
TAKE ball.
When are you going to _______________________ A much C few
___________ a sport? B many D little
9 My sister is such a slow runner that our tortoise can 3 Not only ____ off the ski lift, but I also lost one of my
keep up with her. skis.
A did I fall C I did fall
SO
B I fell D I fall
My sister __________________________________
4 They were ____ good instructors that I learnt very
___________ when she runs that our tortoise can
quickly.
keep up with her.
A such C too
10 I have to buy a new kit and lots of equipment. B so D enough
ALSO 5 ‘I ____ the new gym.’ ‘So do I.’
Not only do I have to buy a new kit, _____________ A went to C often go to
___________________ buy lots of equipment. B have been to D am a member of
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 4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the 6 Choose the correct answer.
words in capitals.
Sports news
1 All the ___________________ in this chess
tournament are from schools in the area. CONTEST Two players were sent 1____ during a match between
Newcastle and Derby. Newcastle had just scored a
2 I can’t believe how much money he gets each week 2
____ when the players started fighting.
for doing nothing. He’s really ___________________.
PAY
3 Any golfer who moves the ball with his hand is The tennis match between Slovan Borac and
immediately ___________________ from the match. Mikhail Stepanov was called 3____ last night
QUALIFY because of bad light. It started late because
4 Jim is really ___________________ . He’s sure he’s Borac had forgotten his 4____ and then there was
going to win but he’s really not good enough. a problem with the 5____.
CONFIDENT
5 You can’t really call this an ___________________ Spectators at an international skiing competition
competition, can you? Everyone in it is English in Austria were shocked when Nikki Asikkala from
except for one French woman. NATIONAL Finland crashed into one of the ski 6____ carrying
competitors up the mountain. He came off the ski
5 Complete the dialogues with words from the box.
There is one extra word that you do not need.
7
____ and was unable to slow 8____on the icy
snow. Fortunately he was wearing a 9____ on his
head and wasn’t badly hurt.
clubs guard kit ledge pads spectators

1 A: Wow. If you hadn’t been wearing your face

___________________ that cricket ball would Golfer Peter Collins was disqualified when he was
have hit you right on the nose. found to be using a special set of 10____ that
helped him to hit the ball much further than the
B: I know. I’m glad the teacher told me to wear it. other golfers.

2 A: Did you climb to the top of the mountain? 1 A off B up C out D away
2 A point B goal C shot D win
B: No, I stopped on a small ___________________ a
3 A down B up C out D off
few metres from the top. There was a great view 4 A racquet B bat C club D stick
from there but I couldn’t get any higher. 5 A goal B basket C net D board
6 A chairs B pulls C rise D lifts
7 A route B run C area D place
3 A: You look upset. 8 A off B out C down D away
9 A pad B helmet C guard D suit
B: I am. Our football club’s new
10 A sticks B bats C racquets D clubs
___________________ is bright pink. I don’t want
to wear that!
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4 A: Will there be a big crowd at the match today? it’s useful to think how
it could be used in exam-
B: I don’t think so. Last week there were only about style exercises. Put these
thirty ___________________ in the stadium. in the order that you find
easiest to most difficult to
transform: (1= the easiest)
active/passive
5 A: Oh, my goodness. That ball hit him right on the
knee. for/since
too/enough
B: Why wasn’t he wearing ___________________ on
so/such
his legs?
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Skills Backup
Listening (CD track 5)
1 You are going to listen to three different conversations. Listen and choose the correct answer.

Conversation 1
1 Bob had an accident
A whilst doing a sport.
B at the end of a holiday.
C before he was able to enjoy himself.
2 Thelma
A doesn’t believe Bob.
B is worried about Bob.
C isn’t surprised by what happened.

Conversation 2
3 Fiona’s parents
A don’t want her to go snowboarding.
B want to buy her new snowboarding equipment.
C want to go snowboarding with her.
4 Fiona is most worried about
A having an accident.
B not being very good.
C not knowing anyone.

Conversation 3
5 Jake and Chrissie
A joined the athletics club together.
B met at the athletics club.
C travel to the athletics club together.
6 Jake wants to
A be in the same team as Chrissie.
B beat Chrissie in a competition.
C take Chrissie’s place in a competition.

Writing: A Letter of Complaint

1 Look at the advertisement for a ski and snowboard shop and the handwritten notes giving details of why you are
unhappy. Write a letter complaining about the shop. Use between 120 and 180 words in an appropriate style.

Mountainside Ski and Snowboard Shop

You don’t need to bring skis and boots in the car or on the train.
Get all your equipment here, next to the slopes.
Open: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. every day. opened at 9.30 a.m
Great quality
Boards Skis Boots Gloves some equipment substandard
Helmets
… and more
Quick service:
A large staff means we can serve 100 people an hour! huge queue
Great choice
No size 40 boots. I had to
We have all sizes from small children to the biggest adults.
use size 42
Relax on the slopes. Come to Mountainside.
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 Reading
1 Read the text about fashionable winter and summer sports. Use the sentences A–H to complete the text.
There is one extra sentence that you do not need to use.

n and now
Fashionable fun – the

Thirty years ago, winter sports consisted mainly Of course, now, snowboarding is also very
of skiing and skating and the most extreme common and newer sports are being invented
water sport was waterskiing. Watch films of all the time. Snowkiting started in Germany
Hollywood greats enjoying themselves and these with parachutes in place of kites. Kite skiers
are the sports they will be doing. Now, though also started up at a similar time in the USA.
still popular, these sports have been replaced 2 Polar explorers used kites to pull
by other, more exciting or glamorous activities. them along. The sport soon spread back to
So what’s popular now and how did these new Europe and new designs of kites have helped the
sports start? sport to develop quickly.
The most popular new winter sport is A much newer sport is speed riding. This
snowboarding. This started in 1965 when an appeared in the Alps in the mid-2000s. Speed
engineer in Michigan, USA, tied two skis together riding is different to snowkiting. The skier has a
for his daughter. As it combined snow and surfing, parachute but it doesn’t pull them along. They
he named the board a snurfer. 1 So he go down the mountain like a normal skier but
took the idea to a company. They started selling they can go where normal skiers can’t. If they go
the boards and made over a million in the next over a bump or there’s a danger of them getting
ten years. out of control, the parachute will lift them off

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the ground and they land again slowly and safely. That was skurfing. Skurfing was a mixture of
3 So, speed skiers don’t have to worry skiing (waterskiing) and surfing. In other words, it
about dangerously steep slopes. This means they was waterskiing on a surfboard. This is still very
can go off-piste away from the crowds. And, popular in Australia and New Zealand where
despite the speeds they go, it is a surprisingly safe it was invented. So how is skurfing different to
sport. Speed and safety. No wonder it’s becoming wakeboarding? 6
more and more popular.
The main difference is that skurfing is a non-
What about water sports? When did windsurfing competitive sport. That means skurfers can do
start? Again, this started to become popular what they like. 7 Wakeboarding has
in the mid-twentieth century. Originally, the championships and champions. There are jumps
inventors of the sport thought of using a kite to and moves that everyone does and competitors
pull the board. The first company to make the are judged on how well they do them.
boards was set up in 1968. Soon, at beaches all
So, what will the next generation of the rich and
over the world, you could watch people racing
famous be doing in Switzerland in the winter
along, flying over the sea as the wind blew them.
or the south of France in the summer? Almost
4
certainly, it will be faster, more dangerous
Wakeboarding is a newer sport. 5 and more exciting than the activities that this
At the same time, a different sport started up. generation is doing.

A Or people falling into the water every few minutes. E It started in the 1980s.
B It didn’t become popular immediately. F The answer is not very.
C The reaction of his friends to his invention was very positive. G They make their own moves.
D Perhaps that’s why the participants are often called fliers. H One of the first uses wasn’t for a sport at all.

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I’ve just started writing a blog – in English! It’s

not easy but it’s good practice and I enjoy it.
Apart from lessons and homework, what do you do to
help your English? Maybe you can write a blog, too?
What other things can you think of that you could
do? Make notes in your notebook.
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