Table of Contents:
Vocabulary Practice
Exercise 1: Test Yourself
- tumbling line
- apparatus work
- to get 8 out of 10
- gymnasium
- height
- jump
- pommel horse
- flexibility
- gymnastics
- back handspring
- The final leap was just amazing!
- strength
- mass display
- gymnast
- women's events
- front handspring
- width
- leap
- balance beam
- release move
- roundoff
- length
- circle
- Did she get a perfect score?
- somersault
- giants
- to get a perfect score
- pirouette
- transitional move
- routine
- parallel bars
- dismount
- men's events
- floor exercise
- vault
- He became the first to score 10 out of 10.
- wrestling mat
- twist
- spring floor
- still rings
- mount
- She led the vault and floor.
- sports hall
- handspring
- high bar
- swing
- spotting
- uneven bars
- balance
- Gymnasts take off from the springboard.
- to perform
Comprehension
Exercise 5: Substitution
- The gymnast got a perfect score for the floor excercise.
- He became the second.
- The gymnast finished the routine on parallel bars.
- She is very good at pirouette.
- Be careful when doing a tumbling line.
- Then he performed a back handspring.
- The final leap was wonderful.
- For gymnastics you need strength.
Grammar Practice
Exercise 1: Transformation
- They were waiting under the basket. (yesterday)
- The ball was in the net.
- They were very good players.
- It was an ugly foul.
- We were short of breath.
- Our coach was very strict.
- The referee was from Britain.
- You were a long distance runner.
- This was a legal guarding position.
- We were the world record holders.
- There was pain in my hip.
Exercise 2: Transformation
- Were they waiting under the basket?
- Was the ball in the net?
- Were they very good players?
- Was it an ugly foul?
- Were we short of breath?
- Was our coach very strict?
- Was the referee from Britain?.
- Were you a long distance runner?
- Was this a legal guarding position?
- Were we the world record holders?
- Was there pain in my hip?
Exercise 3: Transformation
- They were not waiting under the basket.
- The ball was not in the net.
- They were not very good players.
- It was not an ugly foul.
- We were not short of breath.
- Our coach was not very strict.
- The referee was not from Britain.
- You were not a long distance runner.
- This was not a legal guarding position.
- We were not the world record holders.
- There was not pain in my hip.
Exercise 4: Transformation
- The ball wasn't in the net.
- They weren't very good players.
- It wasn't an ugly foul.
- We weren't short of breath.
- Our coach wasn't very strict.
- The referee wasn't from Britain.
- You weren't a long distance runner.
- This wasn't a legal guarding position.
- We weren't the world record holders.
- There wasn't pain in my hip.
Exercise 8: Transformation
- He did not lift 5 more kilos.
- She did not visit the competition.
- We did not postpone our match.
- They did not stay at stadium.
- She did not check her wardrobe.
- He did not look so confident.
- We did not try to block spiking.
- I did not pass the ball to the left.
- The referee did not count to ten.
- The goalkeeper did not guard the goal.
Exercise 9: Transformation
- He didn't lift 5 more kilos.
- She didn't visit the competition.
- We didn't postpone our match.
- They didn't stay at the stadium.
- She didn't check her wardrobe.
- He didn't look so confident.
- We didn't try to block the spiking.
- I didn't pass the ball to the left.
- The referee didn't count to ten.
- The goalkeeper didn't guard the goal.