Unit 8: Gymnastics

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Aims and Objectives

In this lesson you are going to:

  • learn basic gymnastics terms
  • learn how to say what happened in the past

The grammar focus of this unit is:

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Practice

Exercise not available in this language version.

Comprehension

Exercise 1: Multiple Choice Questions

Chose the correct answer.

Recording:
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FatmaWere you at the competition in Rotterdam?
AhmetYes, we came back last night?
FatmaWhat was it like? Did you see Aliya Mustafina?
AhmetYes it was impressive. Aliya Mustafina led the vault and floor, but she did not get a perfect score on the bars.
FatmaWhat about the beam? Did she get full marks on the beam?
AhmetYes! Her four somersaults and the final leap were just amazing!
FatmaShe must have joints and muscles of iron, I think.
AhmetNo, she is a person like you and me, but she just exercises hard and more often.
FatmaSorry, what do you mean by that?
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  4. What score did she get on the bars?
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  5. What marks did she get on the beam?
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  6. How many somersaults did she do?
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  7. Her final leap was
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  11. Aliya Mustafina led the
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  12. What score did she get on the bars?
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  13. What marks did she get on the beam?
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  14. How many somersaults did she do?
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  15. Her final leap was
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  16. She must have joints and muscles of
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Exercise 2: Multiple Choice Questions

Chose the correct answer.

Recording:
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The story of a perfect gymnast. When Nadia Comaneci was six, she started training with Bela Karolyi. Bela Karolyi, an ethnic Hungarian living in Romania, was a world-famous coach at that time. The training was long and hard and Nadia did her best. When Nadia Comaneci was 14 she participated at the Olympics in Montreal and scored 10 out of 10 points. She became the first to score perfectly so young. She came home with three gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze from the 1976 Olympics. Bela Karolyi then trained many other world champions among them for example Carry Strug and Kim Zmeskal.

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  5. Nadia participated at the Olympics
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  6. At the Olympics in Montrael she scored
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Exercise 3: Exposed Cloze

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

  • bars
  • beam
  • display
  • events
  • final
  • floor
  • front
  • get
  • line
  • move
  • spring
  • uneven
  • work
  • wrestling
Transcript:

apparatus work, wrestling mat, spring floor, mass display, to get a score, women's events, floor exercise, balance beam, uneven bars, parallel bars, tumbling line, front handspring, release move , final leap

apparatus ?, ? mat, ? floor, mass ?, to ? a score, women's ?, ? exercise, balance ?, ? bars, parallel ?, tumbling ?, ? handspring, release ? , ? leap

Exercise 4: Multiple Choice Questions

Chose the correct answer.

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  5. Every gymnast wants to get a perfect ...
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  6. I prefer women's ...
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  7. Unfortunately she fell off the balance ...
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Exercise 5: Substitution

Use the text in brackets to transform each sentence.

Example:

The championship takes place in the gymnasium. (sports hall)
The championship takes place in the sports hall.


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Grammar Practice

Exercise 1: Transformation

Make past tense.

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The jump is bad.
The jump was bad.

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Exercise 2: Transformation

Make questions.

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The jump was bad.
Was the jump bad?

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Exercise 3: Transformation

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The jump was bad.
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Exercise 4: Transformation

Make contracted forms.

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The jump was not bad. The jump wasn't bad.

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Exercise 5: Transformation

make a sentence in past tense

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to stay at the hotel - yesterday - we
We stayed at the hotel yesterday.

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Exercise 6: Transformation

Make past tense.

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I like beach volleyball. I liked beach volleyball.

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Exercise 7: Transformation

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

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I liked beach volleyball.
Did I like beach volleyball?

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Exercise 8: Transformation

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

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I liked beach volleyball.
I did not like beach volleyball.

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Exercise 9: Transformation

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

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I did not like beach volleyball.
I didn't like beach volleyball.

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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:

Did you see the young competitor on TV? Her four somersaults and the final leap were just amazing! She came home with with three gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze.

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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:

The vault, floor exercise, balance beam, and uneven bars belong to the women's events. The pommel horse, still rings, parallel bars, and high bar belong to the men's events.

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Checklist

After studying this lesson you should

  • know basic gymnastics terms
  • be able to talk about past
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