UNIT 6 FOCUS 1 (2nd ed)

1 Complete the sentences with the words

0 My brother and I often go running in the park to keep fit.

1 I        [win, do, care, keep, love, join, prefer, play, stand] volleyball to football. It's much more exciting.

2 We should train every day if we want to        [win, do, care, keep, love, join, prefer, play, stand] the competition.

3 My friend wants to        [win, do, care, keep, love, join, prefer, play, stand] a Zumba class.

4 I would        [win, do, care, keep, love, join, prefer, play, stand] to help you, but I don’t have time now.

5 If you        [win, do, care, keep, join, prefer, play, stand]for a school team, you get better grades at PE

2 Complete the sentences with the missing words. The first letters are given. Use the definitions in brackets to help you.

0 There are a lot of talented runners (= people who run for sport) in India.

1 I learnt to play h        (= a game you play on grass or ice in two teams) when I was seventeen.

2 The new f         c        (a place where people go to exercise) is very modern but also very expensive.

3 All c          s (= people who ride bikes) who take part in the race have to wear helmets.

4 Watch a t           v       (= a film which shows you how to exercise) to learn to dance.

5 The swimming i            (= someone who teaches swimming) is ill so we don’t have a lesson today

3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple.

0 Helen decided (decide) to become a professional swimmer when she was seven.

2 We         (stop) in a small town to have lunch.

3 The goalkeeper       (break) his leg in the finals.

4 Simon       (cry) when he didn't win the game.

5 I      (take) my little brother to the football game.

4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets. Use the Past Simple. Write short answers.

⁰ Did they remember (they / remember) to buy the tickets?

A X: ¹              (you / meet) Larry at the weekend?

Y: No, I ²         .

B Where ³                (they / learn) to swim like this?

C X: ⁴             (Sue / run) ten kilometres yesterday?

Y: Yes, she ⁵     .

5 Complete the text with one word in each gap.

YOU CAN’T PLAN IT

Everybody says that if you want to ⁰ reach the top, you need to plan it carefully. My story is different. When I was very young, I didn’t care ¹         sport at all. I only ²      stretching exercises sometimes but I preferred computer games. And then one winter day, my dad took me to see a skiing competition in the mountains. I loved it! The people who took ³       in it were so fit! Three weeks later my dad found a sports centre in our city and ⁴    the age of ten I started training. Now I’m eighteen and I’m going to my first Winter Olympic ⁵       next month!