Officials, pools, courts, stadium, spectators, rink, athletes,

Field events, rings, pitches, scoreboard, track events

There's a big new sports centre near my home. There are football ¹ ____________, tennis and basketball ² ________________, swimming ³ ________________, a sports hall with two boxing ⁴ _____________ and even a skating ⁵ ______________. There is also a separate athletics ⁶ ________________, where 20,000 ⁷ _________________ can watch the ⁸ _______________ on the track and the ⁹ ________________, such as jumping and throwing, in the grass centre. The ¹⁰ ___________________ get ready in modern changing rooms and the ¹¹ _________________ time and measure the events with modern equipment. A huge electronic ¹² _________________ shows the results.

12. Football. Заполните пропуски в тексте, выбрав из предложенных слов подходящие по смыслу:

Draw, track suits, captains, match, referee, amateurs, learn, toss a coin, players, crowd, gymnasium, train

I play football for my local ¹ ___________________ against other sides in the area. Of course the ² __________________ aren't paid, we're just ³ ___________________. But anyway we ⁴ ___________________ very hard in the evenings and we're lucky because we can use the ⁵ ___________________ of a local school. On the day of the ⁶ ___________________we arrive early, change, and put on ⁷ ___________________ to keep warm. Then the ⁸ __________________, dressed in black, calls the two ⁹ ___________________ to the centre to ¹⁰ ___________________ to decide who will play in which direction. Not many people come to watch the game. We usually have a ¹¹ ___________________ of only one or two hundred. But we enjoy it, whether we win, lose or ¹² ___________________.

13. Заполните пропуски в предложениях, выбрав из предложенных предлогов подходящие по смыслу:

On, for, of, at, in, between

1. Which team does he play _______?

2. She put ________ her tracksuit.

3. There's an exciting race taking place _________ the track.

4. I'm not very good __________ running.

5. She's the best player ________ the team.

6. There was a crowd _________ 50,000 _______ the stadium.

7. The result ________ the football match was a 2:2 draw.

8. The match was ________ England and Scotland.

9. A runner-up comes second ________ a race or competition.

14. Sport and Hobbies. Заполните пропуски в предложениях, выбрав из предложенных слов подходящие по смыслу:

Championship, explain the rules, lack of support, tactical game, final score, member, take part in, disqualified, first round, cheer, play cards, take up, draw, keen on, sponsor, train really hard

1. He agreed to ___________________ the team provided they put the name of his company on their shirts.

2. You have to ___________________ if you want to get to the top in this sport.

3. They were knocked out in the ___________________ of the competition.

4. She tried to ___________________ to me but I found them very complicated.

5. I've never been very ___________________ jogging, especially at night.

6. In the evening we used to ___________________ but never for money, of course.

7. He was ___________________ after the drug test proved positive.

8. I've decided to ___________________ this year's competition.

9. The spectators began to ___________________ as he ran onto the pitch.

10. It's very expensive to become a ___________________ of the tennis club.

11. Chess is a very ___________________ and you have to think out each move extremely carefully.

12. Both teams played well so a ___________________ was a fair result.

13. The team has a good chance of winning the ___________________ this year.

14. The club had to close due to ___________________ was one-nil.

15. After all that excitement, the ___________________ was announced.

16. I decided to ___________________ tennis after my doctor warned me that I was terribly unfit.

15. Sport and hobbies. Напишите сочинение о спорте. Используйте вопросы и выражения, предложенные ниже:

1. Are there any games or sports described in the text that you watch but don't play? If so, what are they and where do you watch them?

2. Are there any games or sports describes in the text you play/do yourself? If so, which?

3. Are there any that you are good at?

4. Are there any that you hate?

5. Are there any that are not played much in your country?

6. Which game or sport is the most popular in your country?

7 Which game or sport is the most dangerous in your opinion?

8 Which game or sport requires the most strength?

9. Which one has the biggest crowds?

10. Can you write down at least three more games/sports not included in the text.

16. Speaking 3. Work in groups of 3 or 4. Discuss with your partners and find out three things you have in common. Use phrases from the Useful language box below.

1. What are the most popular sports in your country?

2. What sports and hobbies are you interested in?

3. How long have you been doing them?

4. What do they involve? What equipment do you need?

5. Where do you do them? Why do you like them?