English Plus 1 Unit 6 Sport

Complete the sentences with the words:

stadium    player    cycling    athletics    sailing

skiing    team    fan    race    football

1  ________ is a popular winter sport in the mountains.

2  He loves running and jumping. He’s good at ________.

3  I enjoy being on the water. ________ is my favourite sport.

4  When you play ______ you can kick the ball, but you can’t touch it with your hands.

5  Martina is very fast. She usually wins the 100-metre ________.

Complete the sentences with the words:

stadium    player     cycling     athletics     sailing

skiing     team    fan    race     football

6  There are fifteen players in a rugby ________.

7  More than 75,000 people can watch the match at Manchester United’s football ___.

8  I’m a basketball ________. I watch my local team every weekend.

9  ________ with my friends is my favourite activity. We take our bikes to the park.

10  Andy Murray is the best British tennis ________.

Complete the sentences. Use the past simple form of the verbs:

learn    go    watch      win    start

1  You’re late! The match _______ five minutes ago!

2  I ________ to Turkey last summer.

3  We ________ about the Olympic Games in our last history lesson.

4  Our team ________ the match! The score was 3–2.

5  We ________ a film at the cinema yesterday evening.

Correct the mistakes.

1  There weren’t a maths exam yesterday. _______

2  They were a lot of people at the match. ________

3  Last Friday there was some swimming races. ________

4  There weren’t some cars 200 years ago. ________

5   There wasn’t any fans in the stadium. ________

Write affirmative (+) or negative (-) sentences. Use the correct form of was or were.

1  You ________ at the party last night. (+)

2  I ________ at this school five years ago. (-)

3  My parents ________ at home this morning. (-)

4  We ________ on holiday two weeks ago. (+)

5  Our last lesson ________ ICT. (+)

Complete the sentences. Use the past simple form of the verbs.

1  I ________ a month in the USA last year. (spend)

2  We ________ basketball this morning. (play)

3  They ________ to this town in 2011. (come)

4  You ________ three goals in the match. (score)

5  We ________ a good film last Friday. (see)

Choose the correct answers.

1  We moved to this flat when we ____ very young.

    a was   b were   c are

2  We had a geography exam ____ week.

    a in   b ago   c last

3  The London Olympic Games were ____ 2012.

    a last   b in   c ago

4  He first played tennis ____ he was six years old.

    a in   b when   c ago

5  The lesson started ten minutes ____.

    a ago   b last   c first