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Sports in the UK
You are going to read an article about sports in the UK. Do you think the British are just as keen on working out as the Dutch? Do you think the British have different sports than we do?
You can read the text together with your classmates or teacher. If you prefer to read the text by yourself you can do so as well.
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Britain is a nation where sports are taken seriously. Most people have a sport that they play or that they watch. There are over forty different sports: many of them were invented in Britain.
Most sports are played at two levels- amateur and professional. Because an important thing of sports is to provide an enjoyable way of keeping fit, amateur sport is very important.
In all English schools, organized games and physical education are in the normal timetable. Training is given in a number of team games, and matches between schools are regular school activities. In the winter, boys play soccer or rugby, and in the summer, cricket. The most favourite games for girls are hockey in winter and tennis in summer. Many pupils also take part in athletics and swimming. Competitions between schools are frequent and create a lot of interest. Many pupils play sports after school hours, and some continue to play at the universities, or in sporting clubs. Most sporting activities in Britain are organized by clubs owned and run by their members.
Although many people play sports when they are young. They spend most of their lives as spectators. One of the most popular spectator sports in Britain is horse racing. Thousands watch the big race meetings on television. The British love to bet on horses in the hope of winning a fortune.
The most popular sport in the UK is cricket. Other popular sports in the UK include; football, rugby, fishing, swimming, and cycling. Golf and tennis are also common sports found in many UK sports facilities. Most world sports like cricket, lawn tennis, golf and rugby originated in the UK.
Words to help you
To bet = wedden
Purpose = een doel
Physical education = Sport & Bewegen, lichamelijke opvoeding
Spectators = toeschouwers
Basis
Task 1.
1. As you can see the story we just read doesn't have a title! Choose a good title from the options below.
A Benefits of sport B Sport in Britain C School competitions
2. De volgende zinnen zijn niet waar. Verbeter de volgende zinnen. Kopieer en plak delen uit de tekst waardoor de zin correct wordt, of gebruik je eigen woorden om de zin te verbeteren. Breng deze verbeteringen aan in het Engels!
a. Matches between schools rarely take place
b. Girls aren’t interested in sports
c. British pupils stop playing sport as soon as they leave school
3. Answer the following questions.
a. Who organises the sporting activities in Britain?
b. Why do the British love to bet on horses?
4. Give one sport that boys play during winter and one sport that they play during summer.
5. Vul de volgende open plekken in.
Because an important thing of sport is to provide an ... way of keeping fit, amateur sport is very important.
A person who is present at and views a spectacle or display; member of an audience is called a ... .
6. What does the underlined word in the text refer (=verwijzen) to?
Them: refers to ……………………
Task 2.
Can you guess the following sports? Write down the number and the name of the sport.
a team game played with an oval ball with either 13 or 15 players
a game in which a heavy ball is rolled to knock down a group of pins
a game played in an enclosed court by 2 or 4 players who hit a small ball against the wall
a short, very fast race
a game played by 2 or 4 people who hit a ball on the table over a small net
a game similar to football in which players try to score a goal by hitting the ball into the goal with their hands
a traditional Japanese sport in which people fight using their arms, hands, legs and feet and attempt to throw their opponent to the ground. White clothing is worn
a sport in which two competitors fight with their fists
a game played by 2 teams of 9 players in which a player hits a ball and tries to run around four bases
a game that is played outdoors in a large area of grass in which you use a stick to hit a small hard ball into a series of holes
Task 3.
Zoals je inmiddels weet, gebruik je in het Engels de Present Continuous om te zeggen dat je iets nu aan het doen bent. Je gebruikt dan de juiste vorm van het werkwoord 'to be' (am/are/is) + het hele ww + ing. Right now, you are reading this assignment.
We kijken dit thema steeds naar manieren om te bewegen en het uitoefenen van sport. Kies een sport (bijvoorbeeld een sport die je zelf speelt) en vertel me wat je ziet als je nu naar de sport (bijv. bij een wedstrijd of training) kijkt. Je zou kunnen zeggen: De doelman houdt op dit moment de bal tegen. Of: De speler maakt nu geen overtreding. De bal is niet buiten spel.
1. Gebruik voor deze opdracht steeds de Present Continuous en beschrijf 5 situaties die je nu in het spel, de wedstrijd of tijdens de training ziet.
Tip! Begrijp je de Present Continuous nog niet helemaal? Bekijk dan nogmaals de Video uitleg op deze Wikiwijspagina. Je vindt de video links onder Basics.
Task 4.
Zoals je hebt geleerd gebruiken de Engelse vaak kleine vraag-zinnetjes aan het einde van hun zin om om extra bevestiging te vragen. We noemen dit Question Tags. Vorm de Question Tag aan het einde van iedere zin. Let op! Is de zin bevestigend (+)? Dan is de tag ontkennend (-)! Is de zin ontkennend (-)? Dan is de tag bevestigend (+)!
Tip! Begrijp je de Question Tags nog niet helemaal? Bekijk dan nogmaals de Video uitleg op deze Wikiwijspagina. Je vindt de video links onder Basics.
1. Kamala isn't working out in the gym, ...?
2. José can catch and throw a baseball with both hands, ...?
3. Dzenana, Manon and Maurice are all Sports experts at DNS, ...?
4. We're great at playing chess together, ...?
5. I'm not really into dangerous sports, ...?
Task 5.
1. Which items do you need when you play tennis? Make a list of items that you need. Try to make the list as long as possible. Don't forget any items!
2. Deze items die je nodig hebt om tennis te spelen staan vaak in het enkelvoud (een tennisracket). Zet de woorden uit de lijst die je hebt gemaakt nu in het meervoud. (Dus: twee tennisrackets). In het Engels noemen we dit Plural forms.
Tip! Begrijp je de Plural forms (meervoudsvormen) nog niet helemaal? Bekijk dan nogmaals de Video uitleg op deze Wikiwijspagina. Je vindt de video links onder Basics.
3. Kies nu 5 items die je nodig hebt om samen tennis te spelen (uit de lijst die je bij vraag 2 hebt samengesteld). Je wil vervolgens zeggen dat je er veel van hebt (much - many). Kies many bij telbare woorden, much bij ontelbare woorden). Voeg dus vóór de 5 woorden much of many toe.
Task 6.
Bij Engels werken we door de Parts aan meerdere leerdoelen en succescriteria. Voor alle leerdoelen en succescriteria kun je kijken onder het kopje Can Do Statements. Om in kaart te brengen hoe je tot nu toe ervoor staat met Engels (in voorbereiding op de Skills Test), beantwoord je de volgende vragen. Hierover kan de expert met jou in gesprek gaan.