Unit 3: Ball sports

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Aims and Objectives

In this lesson you are going to learn vocabulary and phrases concerning basketball and volleyball. You will also practice conversations at the airport and at the station. You are going to learn to use the verbh like, you'll get familiar with countables and uncountables, finaly you will learn about time prepositions at/on/in.

The grammar focus of this unit is:

Vocabulary

(National Basketball Association)

Vocabulary Practice

Exercise not available in this language version.

Comprehension

Exercise 1: Multiple Choice Questions

Chose the correct answer.

Recording:
Transcript:
GEORGEI am looking forward to the match, how about you, Joe?
JOEOh yes, but I'm a bit worried, it's not like in Dublin.
CHECK-IN WORKERYour passports, gentlemen.
GEORGEHere you are.
JOEI can't find mine!
GEORGETake a better look, quick!
JOEOh, here it is.
CHECK-IN WORKERCan I see your tickets?
JOEHere, we have e-tickets.
CHECK-IN WORKERThat's fine. Is that all your luggage?
GEORGEYes madam.
CHECK_IN WORKERGood, here are your boarding passes, have a nice flight.
  1. John and George are travelling
    a. 
    b. 
    c. 
    ?
  2. Joe is worried about
    a. 
    b. 
    c. 
    ?
  3. The check-in worker wants to see
    a. 
    b. 
    c. 
    ?
  4. Joe and George have their tickets
    a. 
    b. 
    c. 
    ?

Exercise 2: Multiple Choice Questions

Chose the correct answer.

Recording:
Transcript:
COACHIs everything ready for the trip, Sarah?
SARAHYes, it is, we have packed all things and we are ready to go.
COACHPerfect, but our driver is a bit late.
SARAHYes, same as last year on our trip to qualification in Cardiff.
COACHYes, he was 3 hours late.
SARAHAnd our match was delayed, do you remember?
COACHI do, we got penalized.
SARAHLook, there is the bus!
COACHGreat, let's go.
  1. The team is ready to
    a. 
    b. 
    c. 
    ?
  2. Their driver
    a. 
    b. 
    c. 
    ?
  3. Last year the team was
    a. 
    b. 
    c. 
    ?
  4. Last year they got
    a. 
    b. 
    c. 
    ?

Exercise 3: Exposed Cloze

Use the correct word or expression from the list below to fill in the gaps in the sentences.

  • clock
  • coach
  • court
  • game
  • minutes
  • players
  • stops
Transcript:

A game of basketball takes four times twelve minutes. Teams have twelve players, but only five can be on court at one time. Players can be substituted as often as the coach likes. Each coach has a limited number of time-outs during a game, and the game clock stops whenever play stops.

A game of basketball takes four times twelve ?. Teams have twelve ?, but only five can be on ? at one time. Players can be substituted as often as the ? likes. Each coach has a limited number of time-outs during a ?, and the game ? stops whenever play ?.

Exercise 4: Exposed Cloze

Use the correct word or expression from the list below to fill in the gaps in the sentences.

  • West
  • rule
  • shorts
  • team
  • tournament
  • traditions
  • wear
Transcript:

The Indian woman's team refused to wear bikinis at 2008 World Beach Volleyball tournament, because bikinis are against their traditions. But the bikini-only rule is not popular even in the West, where many women say that they want to wear tights or shorts.

The Indian woman's ? refused to wear bikinis at 2008 World Beach Volleyball ?, because bikinis are against their ?. But the bikini-only ? is not popular even in the ?, where many women say that they want to ? tights or ?.

Grammar Practice

Exercise 1: Transformation

Using the example as a model, change the structure and make a new sentence.

Example:

John plays basketball a lot.
John likes playing basketball.

  1. A.
    B. ?
  2. A.
    B. ?
  3. A.
    B. ?
  4. A.
    B. ?
  5. A.
    B. ?
  6. A.
    B. ?

Exercise 2: Transformation

Fill in the gap in sentence B so that it means the same as sentence A.

  1. A.
    B. ?
  2. A.
    B. ?
  3. A.
    B. ?
  4. A.
    B. ?
  5. A.
    B. ?
  6. A.
    B. ?

Exercise 3: Substitution

Use the text in brackets to transform each sentence.


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  2. ?

  3. ?

  4. ?

  5. ?

  6. ?

Exercise 4: Cloze

Fill in the gaps in the text below. For each gap there is only one correct answer.

Transcript:

There is an apple on the table.
Have you got any books in your room?
I eat rice every Friday.
You get a bowl of rice with your meat.
Have some milk if you are thirsty.
When I go shopping I usually buy a bottle of milk.
I don't usually receive any phone calls after midnight.

Example:

I eat [a] banana every morning.
I eat a banana every morning.

There is ? apple on the table.
Have you got ? books in your room?
I eat ? rice every Friday.
You get ? bowl of rice with your meat.
Have ? milk if you are thirsty.
When I go shopping I usually buy ? bottle of milk.
I don't usually receive ? phone calls after midnight.

Exercise 5: Cloze

Complete the sentences using much/many.

Transcript:

How many cars are there on the street? Do you have much work? How much is the ticket? How many brothers or sisters have you got? That's nice, thank you very much. The blue shoes are much better then the red ones. She has many friends there.

How ? cars are there on the street? Do you have ? work? How ? is the ticket? How ? brothers or sisters have you got? That's nice, thank you very ?. The blue shoes are ? better then the red ones. She has ? friends there.

Exercise 6: Cloze

Fill in the gaps in the text below. For each gap there is only one correct answer.

Transcript:

Michael Jordan was born in 1963. What are you doing at the moment? My father's birthday is on 20 March. We must start at the same time. I usually have dinner late in the evening. They eat turkey at Christmas in the US. What do you want to do at the weekend?

Michael Jordan was born ? 1963. What are you doing ? the moment? My father's birthday is ? 20 March. We must start ? the same time. I usually have dinner late ? the evening. They eat turkey ? Christmas in the US. What do you want to do ? the weekend?

Exercise 7: Cloze

Find mistakes, then rewrite the sentences.

Transcript:

I'll see you at the morning.
I'll see you in the morning.

We have dinner on eight.
We have dinner at eight.

She was born on 1985.
She was born in 1985.

We usually have holiday at summer.
We usually have holiday in summer.

I am sitting on the chair in the moment.
I am sitting on the chair at the moment.

The season starts at April.
The season starts in April.

I'll see you at the morning.
?

We have dinner on eight.
?

She was born on 1985.
?

We usually have holiday at summer.
?

I am sitting on the chair in the moment.
?

The season starts at April.
?

Exercise 8: Exposed Cloze

Use the correct word or expression from the list below to fill in the gaps in the sentences.

  • 20 minutes
  • March
  • Sundays
  • half past seven
  • night
  • the same time
Transcript:

It is difficult to talk and listen at the same time.
I'll be back in 20 minutes.
We usually have dinner out on Sundays.
Winter ends in March.
Everyone sleeps at night.
I usually get up at half past seven.

It is difficult to talk and listen at ?.
I'll be back in ?.
We usually have dinner out on ?.
Winter ends in ?.
Everyone sleeps at ?.
I usually get up at ?.

Dictation

Exercise 1: Dictation

Listen to the complete recording first. Then go to the textbox and use the ‘>’ key to listen to the text section by section. Type what you hear into the textbox. For detailed instructions, read the Exercise Help.

Recording:
Transcript:

The NBA has 30 teams in two conferences - Eastern and Western. Each conference has 15 teams in three divisions. Each division has five teams.

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Exercise 2: Dictation

Listen to the complete recording first. Then go to the textbox and use the ‘>’ key to listen to the text section by section. Type what you hear into the textbox. For detailed instructions, read the Exercise Help.

Recording:
Transcript:

In beach volleyball teams don't have six players but only two, but other rules are almost the same.

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Checklist

Now, after finishing this lesson you should be able:

To understand common vocabulary and phrases concerning basketball and volleyball.

To use the verb like properly.

To understand countables and uncountables.

To use prepositions at/on/in with time expressions.

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