Reading 1

Read the text. Say if the sentence`s true or false.

One basic rule about swimming is that you shouldn’t eat a lot before you go swimming. You should wait about an hour after a meal, longer if it was a very big meal.

     Another important thing is that you should warm up in the water before you start swimming. You shouldn’t warm up and get hot then jump into a cold swimming pool.

    When you are warming up you should do a lot of stretching exercises for your legs and arms particularly. You can do these stretching exercises on the side of the swimming pool.

    When it is not very hot, you should put your clothes on after swimming, because you can easily catch a cold.

    What you eat and drink is also important for swimming. Often you can lose a lot of water when you are swimming, so you should drink lots of water after swimming, especially when it’s hot.

1.    You should eat a lot before you go swimming.

Read the text. Say if the sentence`s true or false.

One basic rule about swimming is that you shouldn’t eat a lot before you go swimming. You should wait about an hour after a meal, longer if it was a very big meal.

     Another important thing is that you should warm up in the water before you start swimming. You shouldn’t warm up and get hot then jump into a cold swimming pool.

    When you are warming up you should do a lot of stretching exercises for your legs and arms particularly. You can do these stretching exercises on the side of the swimming pool.

    When it is not very hot, you should put your clothes on after swimming, because you can easily catch a cold.

    What you eat and drink is also important for swimming. Often you can lose a lot of water when you are swimming, so you should drink lots of water after swimming, especially when it’s hot.

2.    You should wait about an hour after a meal.

Read the text. Say if the sentence`s true or false.

One basic rule about swimming is that you shouldn’t eat a lot before you go swimming. You should wait about an hour after a meal, longer if it was a very big meal.

     Another important thing is that you should warm up in the water before you start swimming. You shouldn’t warm up and get hot then jump into a cold swimming pool.

    When you are warming up you should do a lot of stretching exercises for your legs and arms particularly. You can do these stretching exercises on the side of the swimming pool.

    When it is not very hot, you should put your clothes on after swimming, because you can easily catch a cold.

    What you eat and drink is also important for swimming. Often you can lose a lot of water when you are swimming, so you should drink lots of water after swimming, especially when it’s hot.

3. Before you start swimming you should warm up in the fresh air.

Read the text. Say if the sentence`s true or false.

One basic rule about swimming is that you shouldn’t eat a lot before you go swimming. You should wait about an hour after a meal, longer if it was a very big meal.

     Another important thing is that you should warm up in the water before you start swimming. You shouldn’t warm up and get hot then jump into a cold swimming pool.

    When you are warming up you should do a lot of stretching exercises for your legs and arms particularly. You can do these stretching exercises on the side of the swimming pool.

    When it is not very hot, you should put your clothes on after swimming, because you can easily catch a cold.

    What you eat and drink is also important for swimming. Often you can lose a lot of water when you are swimming, so you should drink lots of water after swimming, especially when it’s hot.

4.  You can do stretching exercises in the water.

Read the text. Say if the sentence`s true or false.

One basic rule about swimming is that you shouldn’t eat a lot before you go swimming. You should wait about an hour after a meal, longer if it was a very big meal.

     Another important thing is that you should warm up in the water before you start swimming. You shouldn’t warm up and get hot then jump into a cold swimming pool.

    When you are warming up you should do a lot of stretching exercises for your legs and arms particularly. You can do these stretching exercises on the side of the swimming pool.

    When it is not very hot, you should put your clothes on after swimming, because you can easily catch a cold.

    What you eat and drink is also important for swimming. Often you can lose a lot of water when you are swimming, so you should drink lots of water after swimming, especially when it’s hot.

5. After swimming you should put your clothes on when it is not very hot.

Read the text. Say if the sentence`s true or false.

One basic rule about swimming is that you shouldn’t eat a lot before you go swimming. You should wait about an hour after a meal, longer if it was a very big meal.

     Another important thing is that you should warm up in the water before you start swimming. You shouldn’t warm up and get hot then jump into a cold swimming pool.

    When you are warming up you should do a lot of stretching exercises for your legs and arms particularly. You can do these stretching exercises on the side of the swimming pool.

    When it is not very hot, you should put your clothes on after swimming, because you can easily catch a cold.

    What you eat and drink is also important for swimming. Often you can lose a lot of water when you are swimming, so you should drink lots of water after swimming, especially when it’s hot.

6.  You shouldn’t drink lots of water after swimming.

 Read the text and answer the questions.

This is Arturo. He is Mexican. Arturo is twenty-five years old. He is an artist. He's got straight dark hair and brown eyes. He's tall and well-built. Arturo's favourite sport is football. He loves playing computer games and swimming. He can cook quite well but he can't speak English very well.

Where is Arturo from?

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This is Arturo. He is Mexican. Arturo is twenty-five years old. He is an artist. He's got straight dark hair and brown eyes. He's tall and well-built. Arturo's favourite sport is football. He loves playing computer games and swimming. He can cook quite well but he can't speak English very well.

What's his favourite sport?

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This is Arturo. He is Mexican. Arturo is twenty-five years old. He is an artist. He's got straight dark hair and brown eyes. He's tall and well-built. Arturo's favourite sport is football. He loves playing computer games and swimming. He can cook quite well but he can't speak English very well.

 Can he speak English quite well?

 Complete the text with the words from the box.

basket game winner ball end inside team

Basketball is a ___(1) which you can play ___(2) and outside. Two teams nead a ___(3) and two baskets. You have to lead the ball and throw it into the ___(4) of the opposite team. A ___(5) gets some points every time when its player throw the ball into the basket. The ___(6) is the team which gets more points by the ___(7) of the game.