�Lesson 1�Sports

Sport” comes from the Old French “desport” meaning "leisure." American English uses the term "sports" to refer to this general type of recreational activity, whereas other regional dialects use the singular "sport".

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• You will learn new words at the lesson and find out what term “Sports” means.
• You will learn to make nouns from the verbs and use verbs “do”, “play” and “go” with different kinds of sports.

• Why is popular with people of all ages?
• It teaches me to defend myself. .
• I like this sports because it’s exciting and dangerous.
• It teaches me to control my body.
• I like it because it keeps me fit.
• It gives me a chance to make friends.

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• There are certain sports, such as golf, bowling, and tennis that, for the most part, are considered individual sports, which are sports played alone without teammates.

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Swimming is the act of moving through water by using the arms, legs, and body in motions called strokes, such as the backstroke, breaststroke, and crawl, surfing, waterskiing, canoeing and kayaking, rowing, fishing, sailing.�

Track and field is categorized under the umbrella sport of athletics, which also includes road running, cross country running, and race walking.�

���Team sports are practiced between opposing teams, where the players interact to achieve the objective of the game.�

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• Remember!
• You can add - -er to the end of many verbs to make nouns. the verb.
• E.g. bake – baker, destroy – destroyer, rob – robber. These word endings (suffixes) sound like 'er' so be careful with spelling.

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Let’s have a break and let’s move

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZeM18fPbvI

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Watch the video about the verbs do, play and go and their usage.�

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZkOnS7ja7o

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• How to use Play, Do and Go�We use the verbs play, do and go with sports and activities. �Play is used with ball sports or competitive games where we play against another person:�'How often do you play tennis?' ...�Do is used for a recreational activity or a non-team sport that does not use a ball:�Go is used with activities that end -ing.� �

�Fill in the gaps

1. My sister ________ fencing every weekend.
2. My friends _______ basketball on Thursdays.
3. I _______ swimming with my friends.
4. The boys_____ volleyball in summer.
5. Mary ________ aerobics twice a week.
6. John _______ karate at the school club.

Check your answers

1. Goes
2. Play
3. Go
4. Play
5. Does
6. Does

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Are the statements true or false?

1. Sport is an important part of Steve’s life.

2. Steve does not take part in sports competitions.

3. He plays in school football team.

4. He thinks that sport builds character.

5. Sport makes you strong, fast and patient.

6. Sport is a good way to meet people, even from other countries.

Check your answers.�

1.T

2.F

3.F

4.T

5.T

6.T

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Answer the questions:�

1. What is sport? (From French)

2.What kinds of sports do you know?

3.How to make nouns from the verbs?

4.When do we use words “do”, “play”, “go”

with different kinds of sports?

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Great work!!!

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