True and False Statements.

SPORTS AND GAMES

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keep; exercises; enjoy; do; strong; kinds; exciting; summer; are fond; sports; events; popular; sports; game; calisthenics; inactive; jumping

People all over the world 1) … … of sports and games. That is one of the things in which people of every nationality and class are united. All kinds of physical 2) … are very useful to make our bodies 3) … enough to 4) … ourselves fit and healthy. The most popular 5) … of winter 6) … are shooting, hunting, hockey; in the countries where the weather is frosty and there is much snow - skating, skiing and tobogganing. Some people greatly 7) … figure-skating and ski-jumping. It's so nice to go to the skating-rink or to the forest on a frosty winter day!

All the year round you may 8) … water sports or aquatics which include swimming, diving, water polo, sailing and motor boating, rowing and canoeing. Wind surfing is very 9) … with youngsters, not to mention water-skiing. Water polo is an 10) … game somewhat like handball only played in water. To be a good diver one must not only know how to swim well, he must be a good acrobat too. He must be able to regulate his movements and time them exactly in order to be able to do some turns or summersaults in the air and to enter the water head-first without splashing. Summer affords excellent opportunities for boating, yachting, cycling and many other 11) … . Among 12) … games football takes the first place in public interest: this 13) … is played in all countries of the world. The other games that have firmly established themselves in favour in different countries are golf, lawn-tennis, cricket, volley-ball, basketball and so on. Badminton is also very popular. The track-and-field events are always in the centre of attention at the Olympics. Track-and-field in itself has 31 different 14) …: running, speed walking, marathon race, jumping and throwing etc. 15) … events include high jump, long jump, triple jump and pole vault. Scores of young girls and women go in for 16) … . Over the last few years aerobics has become popular with young girls. It helps them to be slim, healthy and strong. Among indoor games the most popular are billiards, table-tennis, draughts and some others, but the great international game is chess, of course. So we may say that sport is one of the things that makes people kin. Everyone must do all he can to be healthy. Physically 17) … people get old earlier than those who have plenty of exercises. Good health is better than the best medicine.

True and False Statements.

1. To make our body strong and keep ourselves fit we must do special energetic exercises.

2. Hockey is one of the most popular outdoor sports.

3. Those who are fond of water sports can go in for them all the year round.

4. To be a good swimmer one must be a good acrobat.

5. Summer affords excellent opportunities for a number of outdoor sports but there are no indoor games in summer.

6. So called heavy athletics is only for men.

7. 31 different events of track-and-field athletics are included into Olympic Games.

8. Aerobics has become with girls and women because it helps them to be healthy and slim.

9. Chess is not a kind of sports but intellectual activity.

10. Sport doesn't help everyone to be healthy and feel better, especially those who are ill.

11. Adults need more exercises than young people.

12. Modern technology makes people do less physical exercises than they did in the past.

3. How do we do these sports?

(play, go, do)

1. We … athletics and gymnastics.

2. We … baseball, chess, tennis, football, ice hockey and cricket.

3. We … windsurfing, sailing, motor racing, horse riding, swimming and jogging.

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