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10 What sports do you like?
Discuss sports to watch and play
Discuss skills, abilities, and talents

1 SNAPSHOT
Listen and practice.

SPORTS QUIZSouth Korea’s favorite sport
is basketball. Their second
favorite sport is . . .

Mexico’s favorite sport
is soccer. Their second
favorite sport is . . .
footballbike riding

hockeyhikingbaseballsoccerCanada’s favorite sport isice hockey. Their second
favorite sport is . . .

Brazil’s favorite sport
is soccer. Their second
favorite is . . .

basketballice-skating

tennissnowboarding

volleyballswimming

Brazil: volleyball; Mexico: baseball; Canada: basketball; South Korea: soccer

Can you guess what sports are the second favorite in each country? Check (✓) the sports.
Do you like sports? What sports are popular in your country?

2 CONVERSATION When do you play all these sports?
Listen and practice.
TARA

So, Victor, what do you do in your free time?

VICTOR Well, I really like sports.
TARACool! What sports do you like?

VICTOR My favorite sports are basketball,soccer, and tennis.
TARA

Wow! You’re a really good athlete. Whendo you play all these sports?

VICTOR Oh . . . I don’t play them very often.
TARA

What do you mean?

VICTOR I just watch them on TV!

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3 GRAMMAR FOCUS
Simple present Wh-questions
What sports do you play?

I play soccer and basketball.

Who do you play basketball with?

I play with some friends from work.

Where do you play?

We play at a gym near the ofice.

How often do you practice?

We practice twice a week.

When do you practice?

We practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

What time do you start?

We start at six in the evening.
GRAMMAR PLUS see page 141

A Complete the conversations with the correct
Wh-question words. Then practice with a partner.
1. A:
do you go bike riding?
How often
B: Oh, about once or twice a week.
A: I love to go bike riding. I go every Sunday.
do you go?
B: Really?
A: Usually at about ten in the morning.
do you go with?
B: Oh, yeah?
A: A group of friends. Come with us next time!
2. A: I watch sports on TV every weekend.
do you like to watch?
B: Really?
A: Soccer. It’s my favorite!
do you usually watch soccer?
B:
A: In the evening or on weekends.
do you usually watch it?
B: AndAt home?
A: No, at my brother’s house. He has a home theater!

B Complete the conversation with Wh-questions.
Then compare with a partner.
A: What sports do you like?
B: I like a lot of sports, but I really love volleyball!
?
A:
B: I usually play with my sister and some friends.
?
A:
B: We practice on Saturdays.
?
A:
B: We start at about noon.
?
A:
B: We usually play at a sports club, but sometimes
we play on the beach.

C PAIR WORK Ask your partner ive questions aboutsports or other activities. Then tell the class.
A: What sports do you like?
B: I don’t like sports very much.
A: Oh? What do you like to doin your free time?
What sports do you like?

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4 LISTENING What do you think of sports?
Listen to the conversations about sports. Complete the chart.

Favorite sport

Do they play or watch it?
Playfootball

1. JamesWatch✓2. Brianna
3. Matthew
4. Nicole

5 SPEAKING Free-time activities
A Add one more question about free-time activities to the chart. Then ask two people
the questions. Write their names and complete the chart.
Name:Name:

1. What sports do you like to watch or play?
2. What do you do on the weekends?
3. What do you like to do when the weatheris nice?
4. What do you like to do when it’s raining?
5. How often do you play video games?
6.

?

A: Soo-hyun, what sports do you like?
B: I like a lot of sports. My favorites are soccer and baseball.

B CLASS ACTIVITY Tell your classmates about your partners’ free-time activities.

6 CONVERSATION What can I do?
Listen and practice.

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Dylan

Look! There’s a talent show audition on Friday.
Let’s enter.

Becky

Oh, I can’t enter a talent show. What can I do?

Dylan

You can sing very well.

Becky

Really? Thanks!

Dylan

I can’t sing at all, but I can play the piano, so . . .

Becky

So maybe we can enter the contest.

Dylan

Of course we can. Let’s do it!

Becky

OK. We can practice tomorrow!

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7 GRAMMAR FOCUS
Can for ability
IyouI

What can I do?

YouI

youYou can sing.

Shecansing very well.

Hecan’tsing at all.

Canshesing?

Yes, she can.

heNo, hecan’t.

We

weweThey

theythey

Who can sing?
Becky can.

GRAMMAR PLUS see page 141

A Six people are talking about things they can and can’t do. Complete these sentences.

Ben

1. I

Sara

canswim.

JeffDiane

2. I

ix cars.

3. I

Lisa

4. I

ice-skate.

sing.

Megan

5. I
the piano.

play

6. Icook.

B PAIR WORK Ask and answer questions about the pictures in part A.
A: Can Ben swim?
B: Yes, he can.

C GROUP WORK Can your classmates do the things in part A? Ask and answer questions.
“Can you swim, Diego?”

8 PRONUNCIATION Can and can’t
A Listen and practice. Notice the pronunciation of can and can’t.
/kən//kænt/

I can play the piano.

I can’t sing at all.

B PAIR WORK Your partner reads a sentence for each number. Check (✓) the sentence you hear.
1.

I can cook.
I can’t cook.

2.

I can drive.
I can’t drive.

3.

I can swim.
I can’t swim.

4.

I can dance.
I can’t dance.

What sports do you like?

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9 LISTENING Are you good at sports?
Listen to three people talk about their abilities. Write J (Joshua), M (Monica),or A (Anthony) on the things they can do well.
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3

4

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7

8

10 WORD POWER Talents and abilities
A Complete the word map with talents and abilities from the list.
Then listen and practice.
✓ bake cookies
build a robot
design a website
do math in your head
edit a video
ix a computer
make electronic music
play chessride a horse
run a marathon
skateboard
take good photos
tell good jokes

MUSICAL OR ARTISTIC
ATHLETICTALENTSAND

ABILITIESTECHNICALOTHER

bake cookies

B GROUP WORK Who can do the things in part A?
Make a list of guesses about your classmates.
A: Who can bake cookies?
B: I think Melanie can.
C: Who can design . . . ?

bake cookies - Melanie
design a website

C CLASS ACTIVITY Go around the room and check your guesses.
A: Melanie, can you bake cookies?
B: Yes, I can.

11 INTERCHANGE 10 Hidden talents and abilities
Learn more about your classmates’ hidden talents and abilities. Go to Interchange 10 on page 124.
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12 READINGA Some people like to set world records. Why do you think they like to do that?

Awesome Sports Records
Kalamandalam
Hemalatha of Indiabase jumping

Base jumping is adangerous sport.
People jump off buildings,bridges, and other high places.
The Burj Khalifa tower inDubai, United Arab Emirates,
is 824 meters (2,717 feet) tall.
That’s a very scary jump. But
Fred Fugen and Vince Reffet ofFrance can jump it! They also
enjoy skydiving and parachuting.

has an amazing marathon
record, but it’s not for running.
She can dance, and dance, anddance! In fact, Kalamandalamcan dance for 123 hours and15 minutes. That’s the longest
dance marathon on record.
Kalamandalam’s special danceis from India. It’s called theMohiniyattam dance.

Do you know about
Otto? Otto likes suring,skateboarding, and playing
soccer. Otto is a champion
skateboarder, but he’s a dog
from Lima, Peru! Otto has
the record for skateboarding
through the legs of 30
people!

Can you squash anapple? Can you squash

Do you know what aunicycle is? It’s a bicyclewith just one wheel. David
Weichenberger of Austria has
the world record for longest
jump on a unicycle. He canjump 2.95 meters (about10 feet).

Otto the skateboarding dog

Mohiniyattam dance

it using just the muscles inyour arms? One woman can!
Her name is Linsey Lindberg.
Linsey is from Texas, in theU.S. In one minute, she cansquash 10 apples. That’s one
apple every six seconds.

B Read the records. Then check (✓) the correct answers to the questions.
1. What’s special about a unicycle?
a. It has no wheels.
b. It has one wheel, not two.
2. Who likes base jumping?
a. David Weichenberger
b. Fred Fugen
3. What sort of marathon can Kalamandalam do?
a. a dance marathon
b. a running marathon
4. How does Linsey Lindberg squash apples?
a. with her hands
b. with her arm muscles
5. What is one sport that Otto plays?
a. basketballb. soccer

C GROUP WORK Do you think it’s fun to set world records? Why or why not?
What other world records do you know about? Tell your classmates.
What sports do you like?

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