UNIT 2 Winning and losing
2А, Vocabulary and listening? question of sport, page 14
Exercise 1
1 Lionel Messi is a footballer.
2 Usain Bolt is an athlete
3 Lewis Hamilton is a Formula 1 driver.
4 Caroline Wozniacki is a tennis player.
Exercise 2
1 boxing
2 archery
3 badminton
4 weightlifting
5 rowing
6 wrestling
7 cricket
8 athletics
9 skijumping
10 fencing
11 snowboarding
12 basketball
13 volleyball
14 karate
15 ice hockey
16 surfing
17 netball
18 baseball
Exercise 3
A ice hockey, ski jumping, snowboarding
В boxing, karate, fencing, wrestling
C badminton, baseball, basketball, cricket, ice hockey, netball, rowing, volleyball
D badminton, basketball, boxing, fencing, ice hockey, karate, netball, volleyball, wrestling, weightlifting
E archery, athletics, baseball, basketball, cricket, netball, rowing, ski jumping, snowboarding, surfing
Exercise 5
play baseball, basketball, cricket, netball, ice hockey, volleyball
go rowing, snowboarding, surfing
do archery, athletics, fencing, karate, ski jumping, weightlifting, wrestling
Exercise 6
1 ice hockey
2 ski jumping
3 boxing
4 basketball
5 athletics
6 rowing
7 weightlifting
8 surfing
2B Grammar, Past simple, page 15
Exercise 1
1 lost
2 drew
Exercise 2
1 played, scored, equalised
2 were, was
3 lost, went
4 didn't win, didn't lose, Did they win
Exercise 3
affirmative: 1 played 2 went
negative: 3 didn't do
interrogative: 4 Did, go
Exercise 4
2 /id/
3 /t/
4 /t/
5 /d/
6 /id/
7 /t/
8 /t/
Exercise 5
1 wanted
2 made
3 had
4 decided
5 didn't apply
6 didn't have
7 tried
8 did, do
9 came
10 gave
11 wasn't
12 said
Exercise 6
1 did the World Athletic Championship
2 did Trevor want
3 didhehave
4 didhedecide
5 Did he win
6 Was he sad
2C, Culture, Village sports, page 16
Exercise 2
No, it's also popular with people from other countries.
Exercise 3
1 to compete
2 a tournament
3 the champion
4 the world record
5 the course
б competitors
Exercise 4
1 The competition takes place in Wales.
2 The competitors have to swim 110 metres.
3 More than lOOpeopleenterthecompetition each year.
4 The fastest time ever is 1 minuteand 30 seconds.
5 Sheelagh Tompkins started the competition.
6 It's frightening because it's dark and competitors can't see.
Exercise 6
1 a
2 a
3 b
4 b
5 c
2D Grammar, Past simple and continuous. Page 17
Exercise 1
The unusual thing about this photo is that an unknown man is in it. He is not a football player with Manchester United.
Exercise 2
1 was
2 were
3 wasn't
4 weren't
5 Were
б was
Exercise 3
1 The sun was shining.
2 A man walked onto the pitch and joined them.
3 While a photographer was taking a photo of the team, a strange thing happened.
Exercise 4
I was shining
2 was feeling
3 decided
4 was sitting
5 drove
6 stopped
7 got
8 broke
9 started
10 came
11 was getting
12 complained
13 gave
14 was
Exercise 5
1 The sun was shining and it was very hot. The cyclist was competing in a race and he was losing.
2 The cyclist went to a bus stop. The bus stopped and the cyclist got on.
3 The cyclist was getting off the bus when he dropped his ticket, A girl saw him.
4 The cheat finished the course first The crowd were cheering.
5 The cyclist was getting his medal when the girt from the bus gave him his bus ticket.
2Е Reading, Surf's up, page 18
Exercise 3
1 d
2 f
3 a
4 c
5 e
6 b
Exercise 4
1 F: Bethany was lying on her surfboard when the attack happened.
2 T
3 F: Bethany held on to her surfboard during the attack.
4 F: The shark only attacked her once.
5 F: Immediately after the attack, she wanted to get to the beach.
6 T
7 F:Ten weeks later, Bethany took part in a surfing competition.
8 T
Exercise 5
1 bit
2 shook
3 saw
4 held
5 swam
6 took
7 thought
8 came
9 won
Exercise 6
Nouns: shore, wave, surface
Verbs: floating, paddle, splash
Exercise 7
1 splash
2 waves
3 paddle
4 shore
5 floating
6 surface
2F Everyday English, Talking about the past, page 20
Exercise 1
1 What
2 see
3 Where
4 go
5 What
6 play
Exercise 3
Cool; No way!
Exercise 4
a Chloe
b Abi
c Ella
d Daisy
Exercise 5
1 did, with
2 you win
3 Where, go
4 often, meals
5 did, see
6 go back
7 What, you
8 How
2G Writing, An informal letter, page 21
Exercise 1
Connor got weights and a baseball bat for his birthday
Exercise 2
1 Thanks
2 brilliant
3 I reckon
4 loads of
5 a laugh
6 best mate
Exercise 3
1 I reckon my best mate is a laugh.
2 Thanks for the book, it's brilliant.
3 I got toads of brilliant presents for my birthday.
4 I reckon there are loads of brilliant places to visit near here.
5 Thanks for inviting me to your party, it was a laugh.
Exercise 4
1 c
2 f
3 g
4 a
5 d
6 b
7 e
Exercise 5
1 Dear Uncle Harry, Lots of love,
2 they're, I'm, weren't, don't
3 He adds that his parents send their love to Uncle Harry too.
Language Review, Language Review 1-2, page 22
Exercise 1
1 generous
2 impatient
3 shy
4 mean
5 arrogant
6 hard-working
Exercise 2
1 R&B
2 rap
3 country
4 soul
5 btues
6 classical
Exercise 3
1 'mwriting
2 is/'s shining
3 hate
4 are, doing
5 're having
6 cooks
Exercise 4
1 to be
2 playing
3 being
4 to spend
5 walking
6 having
Exercise 5
1 d
2 a
3 f
4 b
5 e
6 c
Exercise 6
1 c/d
2 e
З а
4 f
5 d/c
6 b
Exercise 7
1 go
2 visit/see
3 cook /have
4 see
5 have
6 play
Exercise 8
1 She won the race.
2 I got your email.
3 Were you at school yesterday?
4 It snowed last winter.
5 Did the bus stop in the town centre?
6 Did they come to my party?
Exercise 9
1 were getting
2 wasn't shining
3 rode
4 did he do
5 was doing
6 saw
Exercise 10
1 How
2 went
3 buy
4 you
5 much
6 Who
Skills Round-up 1-2, page 23
Exercise 2
b
Exercise 3
A 2
В 5
C 1
D З
E 6
Exercise 5
Talks to: Jack, Dani;
Mentions: Maggie
Exercise 6
1 F
2 T
3 F
4 T
5 F
6 F