Task 1. (R) Read the text and fill in the gaps given words. Then mark the statements fact or opinion. Strategy “Fact or Opinion” Sport in Britain In Britain, forty per cent of the population regularly play a sport. There are many differences between sport in Britain and in Kazakhstan. For example, basketball and volleyball are popular in Kazakhstan, but not very popular in Britain, because many people play rugby. Skiing is not very popular in Britain and also in Kazakhstan. The British play many sports that are unknown in most other countries, for example: cricket, squash and netball. In Kazakhstan most of school students play basketball, chess, volleyball and football. Cricket is a typically British sport .There are two teams of eleven players. Matches last from one to five days. Many people think it is a slow and boring game, but it can be very exciting and rather dangerous. Squash is a form of tennis. There are two players and they use rackets similar to tennis rackets and a small, black rubber ball. They play indoors. It is a very fast and tiring sport! 2. True (T) or false (F) 1. A lot of people go skiing in Britain. 2. Rugby is a popular sport in Kazakhstan. 3. There are eleven players in each cricket team. 4. Squash is a slow sport. 5. Baseball is a popular British sport. 3. Compare sports in Kazakhstan and GB Assessment Criteria - Fills in the gaps - marks the sentences Fact or Opinion - identify T or F sentences Task 2. Memory game Students work in groups and say sport that they like and explain why. For example, P1: I like skiing because it’s exciting game P2: P1 likes skiing because it’s exciting. I like tennis because it’s funny P3: P1 likes football because it’s exciting,P2 likes tennis because it’s funny
Task 2. (P) Work in pairs and make a dialogue, using conjunctions and, but, because, or 1. What sports do you like? 2. What sports do you do? 3. Which sports do you watch on TV? 4. What sports are you good at? 5. Do you have any friend who doesn’t like sports?
Task 3. (P) Group work. Pupils are presented with a matrix of possible scenarios based on theme “Sport”:. Strategy «Creative matrix» What is his/her name? | | | | | | What sport does he do? | | | | | | Where is he from? | | | | | | How old is he? | | | | | | |