Lesson 3 (part 2). SPORT AND LEISURE.

 

        4. Replace the word or words in italics in each sentence with a word from the box.

arranged                outdoors             record                second                        captain                       postponed          referee              side             champion           professionally                        score                   spare

a)      Mary plays tennis as a way of earning her living …… professionally…..

b)      Tomorrow’s hockey match has been put off for another time………………….

c)      In motor racing last year William Green was the best driver of all…………………..

d)     The player with the lowest number of points wins the game ………………

e)      A match between the two top teams has been fixed for next month…………..

f)       I like going swimming in my free time ………………………….

g)      Jane Briggs was the runner-up in the 100 metres hurdles……………………………..

h)      Who is the player in charge of your football team?.....................................

i)        She won all her matches this season, which is a best ever performance……………….

j)        Charles was sent off for punching the person who controls the match…………….

k)      We decided to hold this year’s dancing competition in the open air…………………….

l)        Everyone agreed that United were the best team……………………

        5. Use the word given in capitals in the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

How a hobby can make you angry!

Recently I decided to take up (1)….photography…… as a hobby.                         PHOTOGRAPH

I like taking snaps, but I am not very (2)………………..                                       SKILL

My snaps are either a complete (3) ……………………….., for                             FAIL

Technical reasons, or are just not very (4) ……………………….. First                            IMAGINE

I decided that to be (5) ………………., I would have to buy new                                    SUCCESS

Equipment. Just then I had an (6) …………………….piece of good                             EXPECT

Luck. A friend who works in a camera shop said she could sell

me a (7) ……………………. camera. A customer had left it at the shop              VALUE

to be repaired, but there had been a (8) ………………………….., and                UNDERSTAND

so I asked her some more questions. She said she had had a

(10) ………………………….. with the customer and he had thrown                               AGREE

The camera at her because she disliked his photos!

 

        6. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence.

a) Mary stopped swimming and just ……..B……….on the surface.

A) sank                       B) floated       C)dived                      D) poured

b) Jack turned the last corner and …………………..for the finishing line.

A) approached                       B) arrived       C) waited        D) headed

c) David was trying to ……………… another cyclist when he crashed.

A) overpass                 B) overcome               C)overtake                  D) overcharge

d) You have to ………………. the person with the ball until you catch them.

A) chase          B) rush                        C) jump                      D)drop

e) The fans climbed over the fence to ………………………. paying

A) avoid         B) prevent                  C) abandon     D) refuse

f) I fell over while skiing and my sister had to ………………. a doctor.

g) it’s very easy to ………………… over when the snow is hard.

A) slide                       B) skid                        C) skate          D) slip

h) Don’t ………………. the road until all the runners have gone by.

A) pass                       B) cross                      C) across         D) pass by

i) The swimmers ………………….. forward as they waited to begin the race.

A) fell                         B) crawled                  C) rolled         D)leaned

j) When I was hiking in the mountains, I ……………………. on a snake.

A) tripped       B) stepped      C) surprised    D) carried

 

        Correct answers:

        4. a) professionally     b) postponed   c) champion    d) score           e) arranged      f) spare                       g)second            h) captain        i) record          j) referee         k) outdoors     l) side

        5. 1) photography       2) skillful        3) failure         4) imaginative             5) successful   6)expected      7) valuable            8) misunderstanding   9) unbelievable           10)disagreement

        6. a) B,            b) D,               c) C,                d) A,               e) A,                f) C,                g)D,      h) B,               i) D,                         j) B