Listen to two friends talking about sports. Write T (true) or F (false).
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There’s a rugby match between Australia and South Africa. _____ The badminton match is on Channel 1. _____ There are two water sports on: sailing and surfing. _____ The cricket match starts at seven o’clock. _____
Listen to a radio programme and circle the correct answers.
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The programme is called Sports / Matches / Games Today. The weekend of sports is in March / May / June. Boys / Girls / Boys and Girls play badminton on Saturday morning. There’s a badminton / rugby / cricket match on Saturday afternoon. The cycling race is on Sunday in the mountains / New Stadium / city.
51 Read and write T (true), F (false) or DS (doesn’t say).
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Curling is a strange, but exciting sport played on ice. Many people say it comes from Scotland. Today, it’s popular around the world and it’s also an Olympic sport. In a curling match there are always two teams and usually four players in each team, but sometimes there are only two. A player in each team throws a stone on the ice. The stone is called the ‘rock’ and it’s heavy. The other players try to send the ‘rock’ on the ‘house’, the circle on the ice. They win many points when it stops on the small circle. The players use sticks on the ice called ‘brooms’ to move the ‘rock’. They wear special shoes, not skates. It isn’t an easy sport. Both men and women play it. Canada, Sweden and China have got very good curling teams. Curling is a popular sport in Scotland. _____ Sometimes there are two players in a curling team. _____ The players play with a heavy stone. _____ The ice in a curling match is called the ‘house’. _____ The shoes in curling and ice-skating are the same. _____
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