Gateway B1+ Unit 7

Put commas in the correct place in the sentences. Sometimes a comma is not necessary.

1 Jenny who joined our class this term is a very
good swimmer.                                  

2 The school I went to when I was five has been
knocked down.          

3 People who like skiing will love snowboarding.          

4 John’s cousin who lives in Scotland has got six motorbikes.                         

5 The dog which is very big and friendly lives next door to us                                  

Correct the mistakes in the sentences. One sentence is correct.

1 That’s the man I met him last week.                

2 The restaurant where is next to the supermarket is
very expensive.                 

3 The 4^th May is the day when we get our test results.         4 The woman gave us the tickets is my aunt.                      

5 The car, Jade bought last week, cost her £5,000.          

Complete the message with these relative pronouns. There are three extra words.

that • what • when • where • which
who • whose • how

Hi Jess!

Yesterday I went to the new shopping centre
(1) ………      ……………… everyone’s talking about. I saw Amy there – the girl (2) ……     ………………… we met at Mark’s birthday party last month. Remember her? I was looking for a new tennis racket (3) …………      …………… I saw her. She didn’t recognise me at first because, at the party (4) …            ………………… we met, I had long hair and now I’ve had it cut short. Anyway, the tennis racket (5) …      …………………… I bought in the end is smaller than I thought, so I’m going to change it. Perhaps you’d like to come with me to the shopping centre tomorrow?

Speak soon!

Alex

Complete the text with one or two words in each gap.

Yesterday I (1) …             …………………… at some old photos of my family on my mum's phone from when we were children. It’s amazing how quickly we’ve grown up. When I was a child, I had a terrible haircut! My mother used
(2) ………    ……………… cut my hair herself and it looked like a hat (3) …      …………………… I was wearing all the time! It makes me laugh because now I (4) ………         ……………… hair cut at a top salon and my mum is (5) ………        ……………… complaining about how much I spend on my hair. I tell her it's a reaction against those terrible haircuts she gave me when I was small!

Complete the sentences with the second part of each phrasal verb.

1 You must always warm ……    ………………… before you start any exercise.

2 My brother usually works ……     ………………… at the gym at least twice a week.

3 Our best team was knocked …     …………………… of the competition in the first game.

4 I first took ……    ………………… swimming just to get fit, but now I enter competitions.

5 Some people don’t like joining …    …………………… team games and prefer to watch.

Complete the sentences with these words for sports equipment. There are two extra words.

boots • clubs • goggles • net • rackets
skates • trainers

1 You need ……         ………………… when you’re skiing to protect your eyes.

2 Unfortunately, the ball hit the top of the     ……………………… and didn’t go over, so we lost the point.

3 You must wear good …………          …………… when you run regularly, even if they’re expensive.

4 My little brother got a new pair of football …       …………………… for his birthday and he was thrilled.

5 I can’t believe golf …       …………………… cost so much money! They’re only made of wood and metal!

Complete the text with words for sports venues.

We’ve got an amazing new sports centre in our town.
I joined last week and I can’t wait to start going. It’s
much bigger than I imagined. It has an indoor football
(1)       ……………………, five tennis (2) …        …………………… and
it even has an athletics (3) …       …………………… . Can you believe it? Apparently, they’re planning to build an ice
(4) ……      ………………… too, but I don’t think that will be ready until next year. Shame. I suppose that would have been too much to ask. Perhaps we should ask them if they can build a ski (5)       ……………………… at the same time!

Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete the text.

On Tuesday evening we played a volleyball match against the team from Cotham School. What a disaster! They
(1) …   …………………… us 20–5. That’s such a bad score. There were 20 of us and we hired a (2) …………   …………… and driver to take us. He picked us up at the school and then took us back there afterwards. Gillian had said she would take us in her car, but at the last minute we had a change of plan because she doesn't have a her (3) ……   ………………… and without that we would never have found the sports venue. We started off OK at the beginning of the match, but it was clear that we were going to (4) …   …………………… . I’ve had enough of team games! This evening I’m (5) ……   ……………… a jog instead.

1 A won B beat C kicked D scored

2 A coach B ferry C taxi D underground

3 A satnav B key C laptop D remote control

4 A fail B beat C win D lose

5 A joining in B warming up C going for D working out

Read the article about a new sport. Six sentences have been removed from the article. Choose the most appropriate sentences (A–H) to complete the article. There are two extra sentences.

Physical education steps into the 21^st century

We all know that physical activity is important in our lives, not only to improve our health and strength but also our psychological well-being. To encourage all sorts of people, particularly teenagers, to participate more in sports and games and feel the benefits, sports companies are developing new games that can offer the challenge and excitement to motivate, while helping people get fitter. Many education departments believe that it’s important to bring this excitement into school sports as well. (1) …   ………… One way to do this is to introduce students to unusual, fun activities like ultimate frisbee and Zumba classes. These are already being taught in some schools and are very popular with students. World number one inline skater Jenna Downing says, ‘When I’m visiting schools in my role as an athlete mentor, one thing is clear – PE is changing, and it’s for the better. (2) ……   ……… Today schools are offering a wide variety of sporting options to suit every taste’. After all, there’s no school rule that says we have to concentrate only on the more traditional sports!

One new sport that’s proving extremely popular in schools now is Crazy Ball. This sport has been introduced into the PE curriculum to help teenagers get a really exciting and exhausting workout during their PE. lessons. It has been taken up by a lot of schools who feel that it’s the perfect sport to involve all the students in the class at the same time, even those who are usually less enthusiastic about PE. It’s a sport that anyone can play, at any level of ability. (3)   …………… It can be played inside or outside depending on the season and it doesn’t require a lot of expensive equipment.

So what exactly is Crazy Ball? Essentially it’s a game played by two people on a court with nets at either end. These small rectangular nets sit on the floor at each end of the court, like hockey nets. They are double-sided and one side is called the “crazy” side. The idea is that when the ball hits the crazy side of the net it rebounds in an unpredictable way.
(4) …………   …………… They have to really stay focused and be ready to move fast to hit the ball wherever it goes. The game started as a training activity for other sports and is played by top athletes around the world to improve their reaction times. (5)   …………… It can also be played with four nets and two teams of two players in the court. In this version everyone is active all of the time because two balls are constantly flying around! (6) …   ………… Jake Williams, a PE teacher at Stonecove secondary school in Wales, says of the game, ‘It’s the most popular game we’ve ever introduced into our PE lessons. The kids love it because it’s fast and fun and easy to learn. The teachers love it because it gets all kids participating and moving – no-one gets to sit on the sidelines in Crazy Ball!’.

A However, there were also a lot who weren’t really interested.

B We need to encourage students to participate as much as possible in sports and to achieve this we need to make sure they really enjoy them.

C This is because Crazy Ball is particularly good for developing excellent hand-to-eye coordination.

D It’s unaffected by the weather too.

E The days are gone when traditional sports were the only option.

F It never goes where you think it will, so players have to react quickly.

G Having four players on the court means more people can play at the same time, making it an ideal activity for large classes.

H It looks like it will be the most popular school sport for the next decade.

Read the article again. Are these statements
True (T), False (F) or is the information Not Mentioned (NM)?

1 Sports companies believe challenging,

exciting games motivate people to get fit. T/F/NM  

2 Jenna Downing thinks that schools need to

start offering students a wider range of sports. T/F/NM  

3 You need to be good at tennis to play Crazy

Ball really well. T/F/NM  

4 Crazy Ball is an inclusive sport which
involves all of the PE class. T/F/NM  

5 You can use either two or four nets
for the game. T/F/NM  

6 The game has been so popular that a

national schools competition is now starting. T/F/NM   

Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete the text.

The football World Cup (1) …   …………………… always watched by millions of people around the world and there are inevitably events that both excite and shock us. However, in every match, whether it’s at international or local level, there are always questions and disagreements
(2) ………   ……………… decisions (3) …   …………………… have been made by the referee on the (4)   ……………………… . At several world cups over the last few years these disagreements have become very public indeed. People around the world saw (5)   ……………………… that clearly went into the net be disallowed because there was no technology in place near the goal line to check. In other sports, such as tennis and cricket, special cameras are regularly (6) …   …………………… to detect whether a ball has crossed a line or not, particularly in top competitions. For many years the use of this type of technology has been refused by those powerful people who control the game of football internationally. There are many companies (7) …   …………………… have invented ways of determining whether a goal has actually been
(8) ……………   ………… . One company has invented a
(9) ……………   ………… to plant inside the football itself, and others focus on technology which is related to filming fromdifferent angles. But one thing is certain – technology will soon be playing its part in top football (10) …………   …………… .

1 A is B been C are D has

2 A about B against C for D around

3 A who B – C that D where

4 A court B pitch C field D track

5 A rackets B goals C points D players

6 A use B using C useful D used

7 A whose B that C – D what

8 A made B scored C won D kicked

9 A software B scientific C gadget D mouse

10 A events B courts C days D teams