Wider World 3 Unit 5

Listen to two friends talking about a famous sportsperson and choose the correct answer.

1 Kate admires Simone Biles because she’s              [young., American., successful.]

2 Simone Biles first tried gymnastics          [in 1997., in 2003., in 2005]

3 At the Olympics in 2021, she                            [broke a record., didn’t win any medals., made a difficult decision.]

4 Why does Kate find Simone’s decision important?                                          [People discovered the difficulties gymna, It made her very successful., She helped another gymnast.]

5 In the end, Tyson decides he’ll write his project about                                          [another gymnast., an athlete with health problems., person famous for something other than]

Choose the correct option.

0 They go running at the court / track.

1 I can’t wait to try my new           [snowboard, flippers] in the mountains this winter.

2 World champion Bukowski hopes to      [hold, stay] the world record tonight.

3 Guille’s        [skates, skis] are black with four orange wheels.

4 It’s important to warm      [up, down] properly before playing sport.

5 My sister’s in a basketball team and they          [balance, practise] skills every day.

6 Would you like to take      [up, part] in the competition this year?

Match the sentence halves.