What sports do people play?

Answer each question with 2–3 sentences.

1. Do you like sport?
2. What sport do you play?
3. Do you go running or swimming?
4. What sport do you watch on TV?
5. Is there a sports club near your home?
6. Do you prefer a team sport or a sport alone?

Read each word and the example. Then say one sentence with the word.

Choose the word that fits.

1. Football, tennis and swimming are each a .
2. Eleven players make a in football.
3. You kick or throw a in many games.
4. A game between two teams is a .
5. A person who plays a sport is a .
6. A person who teaches a team how to play is a .
7. In football, the ball goes into the and the team gets a point.
8. You swim in a .

Choose the right answer, then press Check answers.

1. a team is a
   place to swimkind of ballgroup of players
2. a match is a game between
   two bookstwo citiestwo teams
3. a coach
   teaches playersmakes foodsells balls
4. a pool is for
   sleepingswimmingrunning
5. to practise = to do something many
   timesyearscolours
6. fit = strong and
   healthytallloud

Use these phrases to talk about sport.

• I play...Я граю в...I play football.
• I do...Я займаюся...I do yoga.
• I go...Я ходжу на... / Я займаюся...I go swimming.
• I like... -ingМені подобається...I like running.
• I love... -ingЯ обожнюю...I love playing tennis.
• I don't like... -ingМені не подобається...I don't like swimming.
• We win. / We lose.Ми виграємо. / Ми програємо.We win the match.
• My favourite sport is...Мій улюблений спорт — це...My favourite sport is tennis.

Read the text. Hover over the dotted words for help.

1. Many people say that football is the most popular sport.
   TrueFalse
2. A football team has got eleven players.
   TrueFalse
3. Cricket is very popular in India and Pakistan.
   TrueFalse
4. All sports have got a ball.
   TrueFalse
5. Sport is bad for your body.
   TrueFalse

1. Is sport more fun in a team or alone?
2. Is winning important?
3. What sport do you want to try?
4. Should school children do more sport?

Common mistakes: use play with ball games, do with yoga, judo and gymnastics, go with -ing for swimming, running and cycling, and -ing after like. ✗ I do football → I play football. ✗ We play swimming → We go swimming. ✗ I like swim → I like swimming.

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2. She
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3. We
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4. They
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5. He loves
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6. I don't like
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7. Do you like
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8. She
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Each sentence has one mistake. Type the correct words.

1. I do football. →
2. She plays yoga. →
3. We play swimming at the weekend. →
4. I like swim. →
5. He loves to running. →
6. They goes running every day. →

Answer with full sentences. Use play, do, go and like + -ing.

1. What sport do you play?
2. Do you like swimming?
3. Do you go running?
4. What sport do you watch?
5. What is your favourite team?
6. What sport do you want to try?

Three people tell about sport. Compare them. Who plays in a team? Who goes running? What sport do you like?

Your teacher will time you.

1. Plan for one minute, then speak for one or two minutes.
2. Part 1: say what sport you play, do or go.
3. Part 2: say what sport you like watching and why.
4. Part 3: say what sport you don't like and what you want to try.

1. What sport do you play?
2. Do you go swimming?
3. Do you go running?
4. Do you do yoga?
5. What is your favourite sport?
6. Do you like watching football?
7. Are you fit?
8. Do you practise every day?

1. Who in your family plays a sport?
2. Who goes running?
3. Who watches football?
4. Who likes tennis?
5. Who is fit?
6. Who does yoga?

1. Is sport important for children?
2. Is football the best sport?
3. Is it better to play in a team or alone?
4. Is winning important?
5. Should sport be free?