Athletics
Athletics is one of the most popular types of sport. People have been (1) scoring / holding
athletics competitions since ancient times, ever since the Olympic Games began in
76 BC. Usually, individual athletes (2) compete / excel against each other in running,
jumping, throwing and a variety of other activities. To (3) succeed / achieve in running, you must have speed, (4) strength / weakness and
strategy. Sometimes you have to (5) stroll / sprint to the finishing (6) line / trophy
whereas at other times you have to (7) race / pace yourself. Jumping events include
the pole vault and the triple jump. In order to try and (8) beat / win your opponents
in the triple jump you have to do a (9) hop / lap and a step and then jump as far as
you can into a sandpit. So what are you waiting for? If you want to be the next person to (10) break / set
a new record, you have to start now. On your (11) points / marks, get set, go! And may the best man (or woman) (12) win / lose!
Label the pictures with these words
finishing line
team
net
crowd
field
goal
Match the feelings to the sentences.
angry
afraid
disappointed
relieved
excited
1 ‘Oh, no! What a shame!’ 2 ‘Oh, thank goodness! Phew!’ 3 ‘Your behaviour is completely
unacceptable. Get out of my sight!’
4 ‘Are you sure it’ll be OK? I’m not confident
about this … .’ 5 ‘I can’t wait! This is going to be amazing!’
A. Match the phrasal verbs in bold 1- 6 to their meanings a - f
1. Mum always comes to the court to cheer me on when I play tennis. 2. Barcelona will go down as one of the best football teams ever. 3. The weather was so bad the organisers had to call off the rugby match. 4. Remember to warm up before you exercise, otherwise you may hurt yourself. 5. The match kicks off at 3 o’clock, so I’ll meet you half an hour before. 6. If I go running every day, my trainers will soon wear out.
a. starts
d. prepare your body for exercise
b. be remembered as
e. encourage loudly
c. cancel
f. become old and damaged
B. Rewrite the sententences using the phrasal verbs in A
1. They are going to cancel the volleyball tournament. 2. England will never be thought of as the best football team. 3. If I use my tennis racket all the time, it'll soon break. 4. We always do stretching exercises first before we play tennis. 5. Don’t worry. I’ll be there to shout my support for you. 6. Does the football match start at 7 o’clock?
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Athletics
Athletics is one of the most popular types of sport. People have been (1) scoring / holding athletics competitions since ancient times, ever since the Olympic Games began in 76 BC. Usually, individual athletes (2) compete / excel against each other in running, jumping, throwing and a variety of other activities. To (3) succeed / achieve in running, you must have speed, (4) strength / weakness and strategy. Sometimes you have to (5) stroll / sprint to the finishing (6) line / trophy whereas at other times you have to (7) race / pace yourself. Jumping events include the pole vault and the triple jump. In order to try and (8) beat / win your opponents in the triple jump you have to do a (9) hop / lap and a step and then jump as far as you can into a sandpit. So what are you waiting for? If you want to be the next person to (10) break / set a new record, you have to start now. On your (11) points / marks, get set, go! And may the best man (or woman) (12) win / lose!
Label the pictures with these words
finishing line
team
net
crowd
field
goal
Match the feelings to the sentences.
angry
afraid
disappointed
relieved
excited
1 ‘Oh, no! What a shame!’ 2 ‘Oh, thank goodness! Phew!’ 3 ‘Your behaviour is completely unacceptable. Get out of my sight!’ 4 ‘Are you sure it’ll be OK? I’m not confident about this … .’ 5 ‘I can’t wait! This is going to be amazing!’
A. Match the phrasal verbs in bold 1- 6 to their meanings a - f
1. Mum always comes to the court to cheer me on when I play tennis. 2. Barcelona will go down as one of the best football teams ever. 3. The weather was so bad the organisers had to call off the rugby match. 4. Remember to warm up before you exercise, otherwise you may hurt yourself. 5. The match kicks off at 3 o’clock, so I’ll meet you half an hour before. 6. If I go running every day, my trainers will soon wear out.
a. starts
d. prepare your body for exercise
b. be remembered as
e. encourage loudly
c. cancel
f. become old and damaged
B. Rewrite the sententences using the phrasal verbs in A
1. They are going to cancel the volleyball tournament. 2. England will never be thought of as the best football team. 3. If I use my tennis racket all the time, it'll soon break. 4. We always do stretching exercises first before we play tennis. 5. Don’t worry. I’ll be there to shout my support for you. 6. Does the football match start at 7 o’clock?