Dates: May 9-13
Magazine Lessons: A Favorite Sport/ Fun in the Outdoors/ Rock Climbing
Activity Focus: Reading Comprehension, Match It!, Best Response, Tell a Story
Fun With Sports
Part 1: Multiple Choice. Choose the correct answer for each question. Use the information from the
conversations in your magazine.
May 9, 10
1. Who is playing on a soccer team now?
A. Emma
B. Jack
C. Amy
D. Tom
2. Why doesn’t Kate like soccer?
A. She can’t kick a ball very well.
B. She can’t run fast.
C. A and B
D. none of the above
3. What might Amy and Kate play next week?
A. badminton
B. baseball
C. softball
D. tennis
4. Which woman can join the Lake City
women’s softball league?
A. Gemma: 6 years old
B. Elaine: 23 years old
C. Martha: 73 years old
D. all of the above
5. What does Kate have at home?
A. a soccer ball
B. a tennis shirt
C. a basketball court
D. a baseball glove
May 11, 12
6. What does Dana love?
A. camping
C. the outdoors
B. fishing
D. all of the above
7. What did Dana buy from the Great
Outdoors catalog?
A. fishing gear
B. camping gear
C. hunting gear
D. all of the above
8. Where did Jason go camping last summer?
A. Black Lake
B. Black Mountain
C. Big Lake
D. Big Mountain
9. Where do Dana and her brother like to hunt
in the fall?
A. Black Lake
B. Black Mountain
C. Big Lake
D. Big Mountain
May 13
10. What do people climb when they go rock
climbing indoors?
A. climbing mountains
B. climbing forests
C. climbing walls
D. climbing hills
11. What are man-made climbing walls covered
with?
A. climbing holds
B. climbing ropes
C. climbing balls
D. climbing grounds
12. What does a climber put on before he or she
climbs?
A. a climbing hold
B. a climbing rope
C. a climbing route
D. a climbing wall
13. What do you use when you go rock climbing?
A. your hands
B. your feet
C your mind
D. all of the above
Part 2: Match It! Read about the people. Then match them with the sport or activity that they like by
drawing a line.
1. We play
together on a
soccer team. We
like to run fast
and kick balls. We
also like to win!
3. I like to fish.
My friends and
I often go
fishing on the
weekends.
2. I can hit and
catch very
well. I am on a
baseball team.
Baseball is my
favorite sport.
4. I love to go
climbing. I climb
walls indoors
and mountains
outdoors. It’s a
lot of fun.
5. My family and
I love to camp.
We go camping
during the
summer by Big
Lake Forest.
We like sleeping
outdoors in
tents.
D.
B.
A.
E.
C.
Part 3: Best Response. Match the sentences with the best responses.
1. Let’s go to a movie together tonight.
A. We talked about our plans for next month.
2. Dad and Johnny went hunting yesterday.
B. I know! He wins a lot of races at school.
3. What did you discuss during the meeting today?
C. He is teaching Ellie how to hit a baseball.
4. How much is a plane ticket to America?
D. They are. Many of them are really old.
5. Do you want to go camping this weekend?
E. Yes. My favorite team is playing!
6. What is Grandpa doing?
F. Really? Did they kill anything?
7. Is there a soccer game on TV tonight?
G. Sure! I’ll bring my tent!
8. Randy can run really fast.
H. OK. What do you want to watch?
9. The trees in this forest are really tall!
I. Usually between US$1000 and $2000.
Part 4: Tell a Story. Look at the pictures. Use some of this week’s key words to tell a story about
each picture.