## Les 5 - Sports 1

During this 'steunles', we will take a look at different sports and see which words we can add to our Vocab list.
Also, we will take another look at how to read texts. And for that, you first have to take a look at the reading card below.

Read the text below and answer the questions:

    Record breakers

    “What are you doing?”
    “I was trying to break a world record.”

    “How many jumps did you do?” “2,346.”

    “Wow! What’s the world record?”
    “177, 737. That’s another record I’ve failed to break.”

    “Why, have you tried to break other records?”
    “Yes. I try a new one each day. I really want to be a record breaker.”

    “Last weekend I hula hooped with ten hoops but the record’s ninety-nine.”

    “On my birthday I tried to blow the biggest ever bubblegum bubble. Mine was thirty centimetre’s high but the record is 58.4 centimetres.”

    “Last month I tried to balance the most spoons on my face. The record is 15, I could only do three.”

    “I’m never going to break a record.”
    “Hey, wait a minute. You’ve tried to break a record every day this year, right?”

    “Yes.”
    “That’s 365 attempts!”

    “The previous record was 364. Congratulations! You really are a record breaker.”

    Read the text below and answer the questions:

    Choosing the right sport for you

    Corey and Angie, twin brother and sister, enjoy playing all kinds of outdoor games and sports with their friends. They especially love playing pickup games of basketball and touch football. On particularly nice days, Corey and Angie have been known to kick around the soccer ball, toss around the baseball, or go on long runs.

    In just a month the twins will be high school freshmen and neither can figure out which sport to try out for in the fall. Corey is deciding between football, soccer, and cross-country. Angie is debating whether to try her hand at a sport she has never played, like field hockey, or go with one she knows, like soccer or cross-country. They're facing a dilemma a lot of teens face — which sports to play and which sports to give up.

Verbs we use when talking about sports:

DO is used for sports you can do in a group like gymnastics, athletics or aerobics.

Example: To do judo, karate, aikido, yoga and kung fu.

GO is used for sports and activities ending in ing (go+ing)

Example: To go cycling, windsurfing, swimming, jogging, running, skiing, climbing, bowling, and hiking.

PLAY is used for sports where you play to win.

Example: To play soccer, baseball, tennis, basketball, volleyball, rugby, and cricket.