1. Read the text. Usain Bolt was born in 1986 and he is now the fastest man in the world. When he was younger, he didn’t think about anything else than sports, but Pablo McNeil, who was Bolt’s coach, thought he had all the conditions to become an excellent athlete. He just needed to work harder. At the age of twelve, in the annual primary schools’ meeting, everyone there was slower than him, so he won the competition. In the 2002 World Junior Championships he became the youngest world-junior gold medallist by winning the 200m in a time of 20.61s. In 2007 Bolt won more silver medals and that’s when he started working harder on the 100m. He broke the 100m world record, which he still holds, in 2009. He can run 100m in 9.58s. 2. Say if the statements are true (T) or false (F). Justify by quoting from the text. a. Usain Bolt is very slow. b. He was never interested in sports. c. His coach thought he didn’t have the conditions to become a great athlete. d. He was the winner in a competition when he was twelve. e. He won a gold medal in 2009.
3. Answer the following questions. a. When was Usain Bolt born? b. What was McNeil’s opinion about Bolt? c. After 2007, what did Bolt start practising? d. What sport did Bolt break a record on?
4. LISTENING. Say if the statements are true (T) or false (F). a. The speaker’s heroes are Superman and Spiderman. b. It is not possible for disabled people to do sports. c. Oscar Pistorius is a very famous Paralympic athlete. d. All the other athletes are not heroes. e. All “Special Olympics” athletes play wheelchair basketball. f. Boccia is a very popular Paralympic sport. g. Other heroes are the people who help. 5. Write the names of five different sports in this table. (There is one extra space you don’t need.)
Water sports
Land sports
6. Complete the sentences using the -ing form. Make any other necessary changes. a. Joseph / like / listen / to the radio. b. John / hate / play / tennis in the rain. c. Does Mary / prefer / watch TV or / play the piano? d. Skate / be / one of / my favourite / hobbies. e. My father / not enjoy / get up late.
7. Complete the chart with the comparative form of the adjectives.
Adjective
Comparative form
pretty expensive bad thin
8. Complete the sentences with the superlative form of the adjectives. a. Peter is the b. The slugs are the c. Einstein was one of the d. Neptune is the
(fat) cartoon character on TV. (slow) animals on Earth. (intelligent) men in the world. (far) planet from the sun.
9. Look at the fact-file and write about the wrestler. Athlete fact-file John Cena 23rd April 1977 260 lbs Brown Blue Four brothers Rapper – album called “You Can’t See Other talents Me” Baseball (Boston Red Sox); football (New Likes England Patriots); basketball (Boston Celtics) Dog called Tyra and three cats: Puma, Pets Stinky and Graybee Name Birthday Weight Hair Eyes Family
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