Popular Sports in Britain

Rules of Healthy Lifestyle
• revision of the kinds of sports
learnt at the previous lesson;
• listening and reading activities to
learn more about popular British
sports;
• practice in using Past Simple
Passive.
My favourite sport is lawn
tennis. It`s more than just a
hobby or the way of spending
free time. I do it professionally
and hope to become a famous
tennis player.
My favourite sport is…
For me it`s a hobby/I do
it professionally
because I hope to
become a…
• to bet – to risk money on a horse; if the
horse wins a person gets the money
otherwise he loses.
• horse racing
• darts
Jack
is fond of golf
is keen on swimming
enjoys playing lawn tennis
watches horse racing
attends golf club twice a week
is a member of the school swimming team
plays darts with pleasure
like watching sports programmes on TV
often bets on the races
never misses tennis tournament at Wimbledon
trains in the swimming-pool three times a week
often wins in darts competitions
enjoy fishing at the weekends
Dad
+
Mom
Kate
Football
Number of
teams
Time of
playing
Number of
players in each
team
Sport
equipment
Famous
players
2
11
All
year
round
ball
John Terry,
David
Backham
Past Indefinite Passive
was
+ VIII (ed)
were
The story was read by pupils
yesterday.
The dishes were washed by Ann
ten minutes ago.
Home task
• Exercise 4, p.123 read some
additional information about
popular sports with young people
in Britain and be ready to speak
on it.