Vocabulary (10 min) 2 Complete the sentences with the words in the box. There are three extra words. win do care keep love join prefer play stand 0 My brother and I often go running in the park to keep fit. 1 I _____________________ volleyball to football. It's much more exciting. 2 We should train every day if we want to _____________________ the competition. 3 My friend wants to ________________________ a Zumba class. 4 I would ________________________ to help you, but I don’t have time now. 5 If you ___________________________ for a school team, you get better grades at PE. /5 3 Complete the sentences with the missing words. The first letters are given. Use the definitions in brackets to help you. 0 There are a lot of talented runners (= people who run for sport) in India. 1 I learnt to play h_______________ (= a game you play on grass or ice in two teams) when I was seventeen. 2 The new f_______________ c______________ (a place where people go to exercise) is very modern but also very expensive. 3 All c_______________s (= people who ride bikes) who take part in the race have to wear helmets. 4 Watch a t_______________ v______________ (= a film which shows you how to exercise) to learn to dance. 5 The swimming i_______________ (= someone who teaches swimming) is ill so we don’t have a lesson today. /5 Grammar (10 min) 4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple. 0 Helen decided (decide) to become a professional swimmer when she was seven. 1 Sue _____________________________ (become) the youngest player in history. 2 We _____________________ (stop) in a small town to have lunch. 3 The goalkeeper _____________________ (break) his leg in the finals. 4 Simon _____________________ (cry) when he didn't win the game. 5 I _____________________ (take) my little brother to the football game.
/5 5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets. Use the Past Simple. Write short answers. 0 Did they remember (they / remember) to buy the tickets? A X: _____________________________________ (you / meet) Larry at the weekend? Y: No, I ______________________________. B Where _____________________________________ (they / learn) to swim like this? C X: ____________________________________ (Sue / run) ten kilometres yesterday? Y: Yes, she ____________________________. /5 Use of English (10 min) 6. Complete the text with one word in each gap. games about at did part YOU CAN’T PLAN IT Everybody says that if you want to 0 reach the top, you need to plan it carefully. My story is different. When I was very young, I didn’t care 1 _________________ sport at all. I only 2 ____________ stretching exercises sometimes but I preferred computer games. And then one winter day, my dad took me to see a skiing competition in the mountains. I loved it! The people who took 3 _______________ in it were so fit! Three weeks later my dad found a sports centre in our city and 4 __________________ the age of ten I started training. Now I’m eighteen and I’m going to my first Winter Olympic 5 ________________ next month! /5 6 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. Use the words in CAPITALS. 0 They forgot to buy milk. REMEMBER They didn’t remember to buy milk. 1 I don’t really like ice skating. INTO I’m ______________________________ ice skating. 2 My father doesn’t like any winter sport. STAND My father ______________________________ any winter sport. 3 Was the football match good? LIKE ______________________________ the football match? ____/5