3. Focus on Vocabulary

1. Match situations on the left with appropriate quotes on the right:

1 .Encouraging a player to accept a challenge.

a. “Put up with it just a little longer”.

2 .Telling a player that he is outstanding.

b. “it’s hard. But I know you can do it”.

3 .Telling a player to tolerate a difficulty.

c. “you ran that race faster than anyone ever ran it

before”.4 .Complimenting a player

who broke a record.d. “you did very well this year: twelve wins and only

two losses”.5 .Summarizing the team’s

achievement.e. “you ‘re better than most players I know of. You ‘re the best player on the

team”.6 .Praising a player for his

talent.f. “you ‘re a natural athlete”.

Answer Key

1. b

2. e

3. a

4.c

5. d

6. f

2. Complete with words from the list:

{Borders- broke- encouraged- national- organs-

outstanding- tolerate- waves}1. athletes’ hearts, lungs, and other major ……. are in excellent

condition.

2. An open- water swimmer must ……………… cold.

3. In the water, Lynne Cox can’t see the ……………. she crosses.

4. First, she ran in small local races; then when she was good enough, she ran in ……………….. races.

5. Big ………………… are a problem- they make swimming difficult.

6. She lost the race and wanted to quit, but her friends ………………… her to try again.

7.He was a (n) ……………….. boxer; he won the heavyweight championship.

8. In 1992, Yoko ……………. the world record for speed skating 1, 000 meters.

Answer Key

Answer key:

1.Organs 2. tolerate 3. borders 4. national

5. waves 6. encouraged 7. outstanding

8. broke

4. Focus on WritingTransition words of time

They are used to :

1- show the relationships between the sentences in a piece of writing.

2- show time relationships. They help the reader

understand which event happened first, which

happened second and so on.

Transition words are like : first, then, next, and later.

They are followed by a comma.

2. Complete the story with transition words of time from the following list.

finally first next then

Bonnie Blair could skate by the time she was two years

old, and by the age of four, she was in races. (1) ……….,

she skated in group races .(2)………., she took up speed

skating, where only two skaters race at a time. She won

many races. (3) ………, in 1984, she made the U.S.

Olympic team, but she didn’t win any medals. (4)………,

in 1988, Bonnie Blair made the U.S. Olympic team again,

and this time she won both gold and bronze medals.

Answer Key

(1)First

(2)Then or next

(3)Next or then

(4)Finally

The Present Progressive Tense

• We use this tense to refer to what is happening at the moment of speaking.

• Form:

• Is / are / am + verb + ing

• He is walking to school now.

• They are helping their mother at the moment.

• I am writing my report this afternoon.

More about the present progressive

Spelling rules: • When we add the “ing” to the end of the verb we should: 1. cancel the “e” at the end of the verb arrive ……………..arriving write ……………….writing

2. double the last consonant if it has a vowel before it run ……………..running stop…………….stopping

3. not cancel the “y” at the end of the verb before adding “ing: play……………..playing carry …………..carrying

More about the present progressive

• Negative form: is / are / am + not + verb + ing Examples: He is not coming to the office today. I am not watching TV now. You are not listening to the radio at the moment. • Question form: Yes/ No : Is / Are / Am + Subject + verb ing …….? Examples: Is she coming today? Are they reading now? Am I coming with you?

More about the present progressive

• Wh questions:

Wh word + is / are / am + subject + verb ing ………?

Examples:

Where are you going now?

When is she going shopping?

What am I doing at the moment?

Some words and phrases refer to the present progressive

such as: “now, at the moment, today, Look!, Listen!, this

week….”

2. Use the words to write sentences.

1. at/ I/ my/ friend/ smiling/ am

2. biking/ is/ across/ Robin/ America/ not

3. soccer/ they/ playing/ in/ not/ park/ are/ the

4. to/ game/ we/ trying/win/are/this

Answer Key

1. I’m smiling at my friend.

2. Robin isn’t biking across America.

3. They aren’t playing soccer in the park.

4. We’re trying to win this game.

3. complete the paragraph using the present progressive tense of the verbs provided. Use contractions.

I 1.(watch) a football game. My team 2.(play) for the championship. For once I 3.(not watch) the game on TV. I was finally able to get a ticket, and I’m actually at the stadium! My team’s quarterback 4.(throw) the ball to one of his receivers. The receiver 5.(run) down the field. The players on the other team 6.(try) to stop the receiver from catching the ball. But I think they 7.(not/ run) fast enough. I think he might be able to catch the ball! But the man in front of me 8.(jump) up and down. He 9.(make) it impossible for me to see what 10.(happen). Too bad I 11.(not/ sit) at home in front of my TV!

I 1.(watch) a football game. My team 2.(play) for the championship. For once I 3.(not watch) the game on TV. I was finally able to get a ticket, and I’m actually at the stadium! My team’s quarterback 4.(throw) the ball to one of his receivers. The receiver 5.(run) down the field. The players on the other team 6.(try) to stop the receiver from catching the ball. But I think they 7.(not/ run) fast enough. I think he might be able to catch the ball! But the man in front of me 8.(jump) up and down. He 9.(make) it impossible for me to see what 10.(happen). Too bad I 11.(not/ sit) at home in front of my TV!

Answer Key

1.’m watching 8.is jumping

2.’s playing 9.’s making

3.’m not watching 10.’s happening

4.’s throwing 11.’m not sitting

5.’s running

6. Are trying

7.’re not running