UNIT 9.
FIT AND HEALTHY
I. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
Task 1. VOCABULARY. ILLNESS AND ACCIDENTS
Exercise 1. Look at accidents and illness 1-8. Match them with treatments a-h.
1. deep wound a. aspirin
2. possible fracture b. medicine
3. extreme stress c. operation
4. small cut d. x-ray
5. broken leg e. bandage
6. headache f. plaster
7. sore throat g. relaxation
8. sprained wrist h. plater cast
Exercise 2. Complete the text with these nouns
energy breath competition injury
bat treatment court net
Last year, my school organized a table-tennis (1)
……….... for all fourth-year students. I’ve never
played on a proper table-tennis (2) …………. before,
or against Emilio Ramos, who used a special (3)
…………. to hit the ball really hard. It came over the
(4) …………. so fast that I hardly saw it. I never
stopped running and jumping, and soon I was out of
(5) …………. and very little (6) …………. left. I was
sure that Emilio would easily beat me, but then, suddenly he stopped. He had an
(7)…………. to his ankle, and he needed (8) …………. from the school nurse. I’d
won!
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VOCABULARY. SPORTS
Exercise 3A. Match the places 1-6 with the names of the sports a-f. Which sports a-f
above do we go, do or play?
1. pool a. gymnastics
2. gym b. swimming
3. pitch c. boxing
4. track d. athletics
5. ring e. basketball
6. court f. football
Exercise 3B. Match the words in box with the picture. Write down three sports that
use each.
boots helmet trainers
gloves shorts racket
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Exercise 4. Complete the sentences with the words below.
throw win lose draw beat score hit kick
1. You ..................... a goal or points in a game or match.
2. You ..................... a ball with a racket or bat.
4. You ..................... a game if you score more than the other player or team.
5. You ..................... a ball with your foot.
6. You ..................... another player or team if you score more than them.
7. You ..................... a ball or other object with your hand.
8. You ..................... a game if you score the same as the other player or team.
Task 2. GRAMMAR
Grammar 1. Definite and non-definite relative clauses
Practice 1. Match the sentence halves.
1. Basketball is a sport a. who earn a huge amount of money.
2. Our team plays in that stadium, b. whose sister is also a cyclist, won her race.
3. Rafael Nadal is a tennis player c. where many great runners live and train.
4. The Olympic Games of 1996, d. which I really enjoy playing.
5. There are some footballers e. who play rugby, has broken his arm.
6. My elder brother, Jason, f. whose name is known around the world.
7. My best friend, Olivia, g. which was built a few years ago.
8. East Africa is the place h. when I was born, were in Atlanta, USA.
Practice 2. Circle the correct relative pronouns.
1. I know a man which/ who/ whose/ whom has sailed around the world.
2. Squash is a very fast sport that/ who/ what/ whose is played by two people.
3. One climber, who/ that/ which/ whom is now in hospital, fell ten meters.
4. My friend Mickey has a pair of skis when/ who/ whose/ which he never uses.
5. The lake in the mountains, where/ whom/ which/ that we went swimming, was very
cold.
6. People who/ whose/ whom/ which team always lose often seem miserable.
7. Let’s go dancing on Saturday, which/ when/ that/ where that I’ll have more time.
8. Table tennis, that/ which/ where/ when is very popular in China, can be exciting to
watch.
9. August is the month which/ when/ where/ why we all go windsurfing in Tarifa, Spain.
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