1. The champions
3.1 Can you talk about what happened yesterday?
Unit3
1 Unscramble these words. 4 Look at the pictures and write sentences
Then match them to the definitions. about where Elena was yesterday.
a ceosr ___________
score _____
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b mna fo eht chtma ___________ _____
c xater eitm ___________ _____
d naeptyl ___________ _____
e prsrpusote ___________ _____
f teg hagdcne ___________ _____
g suatdmi ___________ _____
a c
1 The place where the game is played. b
2 The people who like a particular team.
3 The best player in a game.
4 When the match or game goes on longer.
5 A free kick.
d
6 Put different clothes on. e
7 The number of points or goals the teams
have. a ______________________________________
At quarter to seven she was having a shower.
b ______________________________________
c ______________________________________
2 Unscramble these questions. d ______________________________________
a match / of / the / was / who / man / the / ? e ______________________________________
______________________________________
Who was the man of the match?
b were / off-side / why / you / ?
______________________________________ 5 Expand these sentences.
______________________________________ a you / have a bath / yesterday / ?
c goals / the / half / there / how / in / were ______________________________________
Did you have a bath yesterday?
/ first / many / ? b you / score a goal / yesterday / ?
______________________________________ ______________________________________
______________________________________ c you / study new football tactics /
d the / penalties / in / half / there / how / yesterday / ? ___________________________
_
were / many / second / ? ______________________________________
______________________________________ d your sister / drive you / stadium /
______________________________________ yesterday / ? ___________________________
e there / time / why / any / extra / wasn’t / ? ______________________________________
______________________________________ e your boyfriend / make you / a meal /
______________________________________ yesterday / ? ___________________________
_
______________________________________
3 Match these answers with the
questions in Activity 2.
1 I’m not sure why there wasn’t any. ___
e 6 Answer the questions in Activity 5
2 Because I was running for the ball and using these prompts.
I fell. ___ a ✘ ____________________________________
No, I didn’t. I had a shower.
3 There were three penalties in the second b ✔ (two) ______________________________
half. ___ c ✔ ____________________________________
4 John was the man of the match. ___ d ✘ (my father) __________________________
5 There weren’t any. ___ e ✔ ____________________________________
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2. The champions
3.2 Vocabulary
Unit3
1 Match these words with the pictures. 3 Write true (T) or false (F).
Then correct the false ones.
a A triathlete competes in four different sports.
_______________________________________
F - A triathlete competes
_______________________________________
in three different sports
b If you are competitive, you hate to win. ____
1 2 _______________________________________
c A javelin is a short piece of wood or metal
for throwing in sport. ____________________
_______________________________________
d A champion is someone who beats everyone
else. ___________________________________
3 4 _______________________________________
e The kick-off is at the beginning of a game. __
_______________________________________
ARSENAL 5 f We use crutches if we have a broken arm. __
_______________________________________
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g If you respect someone, then you always
5 laugh at them. __________________________
_______________________________________
4 Find eight words related to football.
S F R R P A I P C
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U U S O U A A S T
P R F F A K T A P
a a score _____
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P S O F U S E F E
b a medal _____
c a whistle _____ O T F S C O R E L
d gymnastics _____ R H K I C K O F F
e a stadium _____ T A F D U I S R Y
f crutches _____
E L P E N A L T Y
g disabled _____
R F T A C T I C S
2 Circle the correct option. S T A D I U M R L
a We … our opponents 3–0.
1 beat 2 won 3 lost 5 Fill in the missing vowels.
b The final … was 112–25. a I’m swimming in the n__t_i_ _ a
a o_n__l
1 goal 2 score 3 game championships next week.
c The player was … . b The wh__stl__ blew to show a penalty.
1 out-side 2 in-side 3 off-side
c We must r__sp__ct all cultures and races.
d The referee blew the final … .
d Wales b__ __t France in the Five Nations
1 flute 2 whistle 3 pipe
e The … of the game was very exciting. Rugby Tournament.
1 first play 2 first 3 first half e If you sh__ __t loudly, they will hear you next
f The football … was completely full. door.
1 court 2 stadium 3 hall f The player was sent off for using dirty t__ct__cs.
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3. 3.3 Can you talk about your abilities?
Unit3
1 Match these sports with the correct 3 Complete this conversation with
verbs. these words.
do go play
a tennis _______
play
b horse-riding _______
c gymnastics _______
d basketball _______
e cycling _______
f karate _______
g skiing _______
h golf _______
i swimming _______
j judo _______
k running _______
can can can’t competitive could
could could couldn’t
2 Write sentences about what Maria JAMES: ________ you stand on your hands,
(a) Can
can do now and what she could do
when she was four. Maria?
MARIA: Well, I (b) ______________ when I was
younger, but I (c) _____________ now.
I get dizzy! How about you?
J: Yes, I (d) _________________, but I
(e) _________________ when I was
at four now younger. What about swimming?
tie her shoelaces ✘ ✔ (f) ________________ you swim when
play basketball ✘ ✔ you were five?
ride a bike ✔ ✔ M: Yes, I (g) _____________ and I still can!
climb mountains ✘ ✔ I’m very (h) _______________, and I’m
play the piano ✔ ✔ regional and national junior
walk on her hands ✘ ✔ swimming champion!
J: Cool!
a _______________________________________
She can tie her shoelaces now. She couldn’t
_______________________________________
tie her shoelaces when she was four.
b _______________________________________ 4 Complete these sentences with true
_______________________________________ information about yourself.
c _______________________________________ a When I was four I could _________________
play ball.
_______________________________________ b When I was eleven I couldn’t ____________ _
d _______________________________________ ____________________________________ ___
_______________________________________ c I can _______________________________ ___
d I can’t _________________, but I can ______
e _______________________________________
______________________________________ _
_______________________________________
e I can _________________ now, but I couldn’t
f _______________________________________ when I was ____________________________
_______________________________________ f I couldn’t __________________ when I was
__
seven, but I can now.
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4. 3.4 Reading and writing
Unit3
1 Match each picture to the correct paragraph.
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3
2
4 5
Many people think Nelson Mandela is the most important leader in history. This is because he
tried to improve conditions not only for black people in South Africa but for everybody, all over
the world.
a _____ When he became the first democratically-elected black President of South Africa in 1994,
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it was another step in an extraordinary journey. His autobiography, A Long Walk to Freedom, talks
about this journey, which began when he was born in a village called Qunu in 1918. His father
was a Chief of the Tembu tribe.
b ____ He was a special person from an early age. When Nelson was a child, almost no black
children could go to school, but Mandela studied and became a lawyer. This was very useful to
him when he started his fight against apartheid, the separation of black and white people in all
areas of society, which began in South Africa in the 1940s.
c ____ Nelson fought hard to help people. In the 1940s and 1950s he talked about education,
formed organisations and led protests, but legally he could do nothing because black people did
not have the same rights as white people.
d ____ The government put Nelson in prison in 1962, at first for five years. Then they changed
the sentence to life imprisonment. Mandela never gave up his faith that his belief in freedom and
equality for everybody was right.
e ____ Eventually, the political system changed, and Mandela’s resistance, even while he was in jail,
was an important cause of this change. He was released in 1990 after almost twenty-eight years
in prison. Three years later, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. Mandela was truly a
champion of the people.
2 Now answer these questions.
a Where was Nelson Mandela born? _________________________________________________________
In a village called Qunu in South Africa.
b What is the title of the book he wrote about his life? _________________________________________
c What does apartheid mean? ______________________________________________________________
d Why couldn’t Nelson Mandela do a lot to help people during the 1940s and 1950s?
________________________________________________________________________________________
e Did Nelson Mandela ever give up hope? ____________________________________________________
f When did he win the Nobel Prize? _________________________________________________________
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5. 3.5 Culture
Unit3
Great disabled Britons
1 Read the article and answer the questions.
a Who was in the list of greatest Britons and greatest disabled Britons? ____________________________
Winston Churchill.
b What disabilities did/do the four people suffer from? _________________________________________
c How many of the people are still alive? Who are they? _______________________________________
d How did Churchill refer to his depressions? _________________________________________________
e Where was Byron when he died? __________________________________________________________
f How many gold medals has Tanni Grey-Thompson won? _____________________________________
g Which word does not describe Stephen Hawking: mathematician, writer, politician? _______________
1 In 2003, people in Britain had a vote to decide on the greatest Britons of the 20th century. The winner
was Sir Winston Churchill, the politician who led Britain during the Second World War.
2 More recently, there was a different kind of vote. This time, people voted for the greatest disabled Britons
of the past and present. They are all people who did or are doing great things, despite their disabilities.
3 Surprisingly, perhaps, Churchill can also be included in the disabled category. All his life, but especially
in his later years, he suffered from very bad depression. He called these terrible moods his ‘black dog’.
Churchill died in 1965.
4 Lord Byron was one of Britain’s great romantic poets. Someone once described him as ‘mad, bad and
dangerous to know’. He had a badly deformed foot and walked with difficulty. Despite this, he travelled
all round Europe, writing and having adventures. He died in 1824 from rheumatic fever at the age of
thirty-six. They buried his heart in Greece where he died and sent his body back to England.
5 Now let’s look at two modern heroes — or rather, a hero and a heroine. Tanni Grey-Thompson is a
disabled athlete who suffers from spina bifida. She has won fourteen paralympic medals including nine
golds and has broken over twenty world records. As a wheelchair athlete, she was also the winner of five
London marathons, the last one in 2001. Now she is a popular TV presenter and gives talks on motivation.
6 Our final great disabled Briton is Professor Stephen Hawking. A professor of Mathematics at Cambridge
University, he became famous in 1988 when he wrote A Brief History of Time. The book tries to
explain how the universe began. Hawking is almost totally paralysed as a result of motor neurone
disease and he uses a voice synthesiser to speak. His brain, however, is as active as ever. He is still
writing today.
2 Find words that mean the following:
a fighting between countries or people _______________
war ___
b not long ago _______________ ___
c the way that you are feeling _________________
d put under ground _________________
e someone who introduces programmes on TV or radio _________________
f a university teacher _________________
3 Think of some well-known disabled people. Make a list and compare with two or three
students. Did you think of the same people?
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