ello! Welcome to Opportunities for Serendipity English Cot . a 4 | ’ a — q Bad Losers 1. Speaking: sports a. Here are some pictures that show different sports. Do you like these sports? Say why or why not. Fe : “oLIVEWORKSHEETS. Look at the list of sports, do you know the names of any other English? athletics baseball basketball boxing cycling football. golf handball. = hockey ~—smotor racing rugby skiing tennis volleyball windsurfing c. Verbs with sports. We use play sports with a ball, eg. | play hockey. For sports ending in -ing (cycling), we use the verb, e.g. Leyele or go + sport, eg. | go cycling. We use do for sport and exercise in general, e.g. | do ‘sport at weekends, and for martial arts, athletics, yoga, Pilates, eg. do yoga. formation as you can. SPORT - YOU LOVE IT OR YOU HATE IT. Do you do any sport or exercise? Ifyes, what? Do you enjoy it? fno, why not? Did you use to do any other sports or exercise? Why did you stop? Which sports do you think are the most exciting to watch? Which sports do you think are the most boring? ‘Are you (or anyone in your family) a fan of a sports team? Which one? Do you (or they) watch their matches? What is the most exciting sporting event you have ever seen?2. Vocabulary: sports, expressing movement a. Put these words in the right column. Do you know any other words connected to these sports? bunker comer hole lap match point penalty serve track athletics football golf tennis b. Listen to the sports commentaries. What are the four sports? Fens. Listen again and complete the sentences with one word. Then match the sentences the with pictures. The ball has gone .. The ball has gone Now they have to run .. ‘one more time. That's a very hard return, but the ball has goni 1‘We use back to express movement to where something or: was before, eg. After dinner we went back to our hotel Their dog ran away and never came back. We se offto express movement down or away ©. Get offthebus atthe raitway st ‘men ran off when he saw the policeman. L Get off the Grammar: expressing movement Choose a verb. In basketball you have to the ball through a ring with a basket. In football you have to .... ... the ball into a goal. In tennis you have to .. ... the ball over a net. In the 800 metres you have to ..... . twice round the track. Try to think of three different verbs you could put in the gap. The man . along the street until he got to the comer.4. Reading and speaking a. When you play a sport or a game with family or friends, how do you react if you lose? Are you a good or a bad loser? Are any of your family or friends bad losers? b. Read the text and answer with a name: Bad losers? Which of the bad losers insulted the match official? Jon Drummond John McEnroe Ahn Jung-Hwan Which of the bad losers did not want to do his job after the match? Nelson Piquet_ Luciano Gauci John Howard Which of the bad losers became very emotional when he couldn't take part? Jon Drummond Eliseo Salazar John Howard Which of the bad losers tried to hit somebody? Nelson Piquet Eliseo Salazar John McEnroe Which of the bad losers said sorry after the event? ‘Ahn Jung-Hwan Luciano Gauci John Howardc. Complete the gaps with: down, in, out, out of x2, past. d. Answer 1. Who do you think was the worst loser? 2. Whose behaviour do you think was understandable? 3. Do you know any famous sportspeople who are bad losers?