Unit 3A
A. VOCABULARY
Adventure sports
Which extreme sports have your teacher done?
People and Places
What's the difference?
A referee vs. umpire
In sports, a "referee" and an "umpire" are essentially the same thing - which term is used depends on the sport. Usually, team sports have referees, and others have umpires.
A fan vs. supporter
A fan is simply someone who casually watches a match regardless of the club's ideologies and worries generally about the outcome of the match. On the other hand, a supporter is a person who honors and respects the club's traditions and sticks with the club at all times.
A sports hall vs. a stadium
A stadium is outdoors and a sports hall/ arena is normally an enclosed area for the presentation of sports events and spectacles.
A referee vs. umpire
In sports, a "referee" and an "umpire" are essentially the same thing - which term is used depends on the sport. Usually, team sports have referees, and others have umpires.
A fan vs. supporter
A fan is simply someone who casually watches a match regardless of the club's ideologies and worries generally about the outcome of the match. On the other hand, a supporter is a person who honors and respects the club's traditions and sticks with the club at all times.
A sports hall vs. a stadium
A stadium is outdoors and a sports hall/ arena is normally an enclosed area for the presentation of sports events and spectacles.
Places and sports
Verbs
win vs. beat
You win a match, competition, contest, trophy or medal.
You beat another team or person. So, it's NOT correct to say 'Spain won England'(WRONG)
You win a match, competition, contest, trophy or medal.
You beat another team or person. So, it's NOT correct to say 'Spain won England'(WRONG)
compete: you compete against someone.
play: you play a team (no preposition). Eg. England were playing Spain.
play: you play a team (no preposition). Eg. England were playing Spain.
Phrasal verbs
warm up: before you train you should warm up.
work out: to do exercise at a gym.
send off: to leave the pitch because of a foul.
knock out: to be eliminated from a competition
warm up: before you train you should warm up.
work out: to do exercise at a gym.
send off: to leave the pitch because of a foul.
knock out: to be eliminated from a competition
Remember!
PLAY (sports with a ball)
play football play volleyball play rugby play golf |
GO (sports ended in -ing)
go sailing go skiing go cycling go swimming |
DO (activities in a gym)
do pilates do karate do yoga do aerobics |
Talking about the score
In tennis: Zero (0) is called 'love', because the zero reminds of the shape of an egg and egg is 'l'oeuf' in French, so that's why it's called 'love'.
In football: Zero is called 'nil'.
In cricket: Zero is called 'duck'.
In tennis: Zero (0) is called 'love', because the zero reminds of the shape of an egg and egg is 'l'oeuf' in French, so that's why it's called 'love'.
In football: Zero is called 'nil'.
In cricket: Zero is called 'duck'.
Sports in Britain
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D. GRAMMAR
Like doing/ would like to do
Examples
I like going to the park.
I love playing games.
I don’t mind doing homework.
Remember!
We can use ‘like’, ‘love’, ‘hate’ and ‘don’t mind’ to say how we feel about an activity.
She loves watching TV.
He hates tidying his room.
They don’t like going to the dentist.
Be careful!
After ‘like’, ‘love’, ‘hate’ and ‘don’t mind’ we usually use the verb with ‘ing’.
I love using the computer.
He doesn’t like shopping.
She doesn't mind reading.
We say... I like cooking. (NOT I like to cooking.)
We don’t say... She doesn’t like studying. (NOT She doesn’t like for studying.)
Would like
I like going to the park.
I love playing games.
I don’t mind doing homework.
Remember!
We can use ‘like’, ‘love’, ‘hate’ and ‘don’t mind’ to say how we feel about an activity.
She loves watching TV.
He hates tidying his room.
They don’t like going to the dentist.
Be careful!
After ‘like’, ‘love’, ‘hate’ and ‘don’t mind’ we usually use the verb with ‘ing’.
I love using the computer.
He doesn’t like shopping.
She doesn't mind reading.
We say... I like cooking. (NOT I like to cooking.)
We don’t say... She doesn’t like studying. (NOT She doesn’t like for studying.)
Would like
We use would like or ’d like to say politely what we want, especially when making offers and requests:
Would you like a biscuit with your coffee?
Can you order for Ellie? She’d like the Margarita pizza, please.
Verbs that follow would like are in the to-infinitive form:
Would you like to listen to that again?
I’d like to get a return ticket for tomorrow.
We use Do you like …? to ask about preferences in general.
We don’t use Do you like …? to make offers or requests.
Would you like a biscuit with your coffee?
Can you order for Ellie? She’d like the Margarita pizza, please.
Verbs that follow would like are in the to-infinitive form:
Would you like to listen to that again?
I’d like to get a return ticket for tomorrow.
We use Do you like …? to ask about preferences in general.
We don’t use Do you like …? to make offers or requests.
E. SPEAKING
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