UNIT 8: SPORTS AND GAMES I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 1. a. fear b. near c. really d. wear 2. a. their b. hair c. series d. there 3. a. spare b. play c. game d. table 4. a. keep b. cheer c. meet d. week 5. a. sphere b. series c. here d. where II. Complete the sentences with the correct tense of the verbs play, do or go. 1. Sarah ______________ gymnastics on Saturday evenings. 2. Mark ______________ badminton with his friends at the moment. 3. My friends and I ______________ climbing yesterday. 4. _________ you __________ table tennis last Sunday? 5. Jim ______________ basketball because he wasn’t tall enough. 6. We ______________ sports together when we were kids. 7. People often ______________ jogging in the park. 8. I ______________ judo now and I love it! III. Give the correct form of the verbs in the past tense. 1. do 11. buy 2. teach 12. have 3. send 13. take 4. spend 14. go 5. begin 15. make 6. cut 16. think 7. put 17. see 8. give 18. eat 9. write 19. sing 10. be 20. wear IV. Use the prompts to write sentences. 1. We/ go/ skiing yesterday. ………………………………………………………………………… 2. you/ watch/ the men’s basketball final/ TV/ last night? ………………………………………………………………………….. 3. I/ not play/ badminton/ last Sunday/ because/ I/ be/ ill. …………………………………………………………………………… 4. Last week/ we/ study/ how/ surf. It/ be/ very interesting. ………………………………………………………………………… 5. Where/ the children/ be/ yesterday morning? They/ be/ at the swimming pool. ……………………………………………………………………………….. V. Match each imperative with the rest of the sentence. 1. Do a. _______ I hear you quite well. 2. Don’t watch b. _______ when you leave the room. 3. Play c. _______ morning exercises regularly. 4. Don’t shout! d. _______ the street on the red light! 5. Go e. _______ too much TV. 6. Don’t eat f. _______ hiking at weekends. 7. Turn off the lights g. _______ basketball with friends. 8. Don’t cross h. _______ too much fat and sugar. VI. Fill in each blank with the simple past tense of the verb from the box. [ Play, go, do, buy, teach, lose, score, win, become, enjoy] 1. My friends and I __________ swimming yesterday morning. 2. We really __________ the game last Sunday. 3. In 1958, at the age of 17, Pelé__________ his first World Cup. 4. The Canadian hockey team __________ six goals against Switzerland. 5. The home team __________ very well, but they lost the match. 6. My father __________ me how to ride a bike. 7. I __________ a new baseball cap last week. 8. At the age of 17, Messi __________ the youngest official player and goal scorer inthe Spanish La Liga. 9. She has a black belt in karate. She first __________ karate when she was seven. 10. Argentina __________ 1 - 0 to Germany in the final.