Activity worksheet
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Muhammad Ali
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Pages 1–7
1 Writethequestions.
CassiusClay:Excuseme.a)………………Joe
Martin?
JoeMartin:Yes,that’sme.b)…………………?
CassiusClay:Myname’sCassiusClayandI’m
veryangry!
JoeMartin:c)…………………?
CassiusClay:Becausemybikewasinfrontofthis
buildingandnowit’snotthere!I’mgoingtofind
thatboywithMYbike.
JoeMartin:d)…………………………………?
CassiusClay:I’mgoingto‘whup’him.
JoeMartin:e)…………………………………?
CassiusClay:No,Ican’tbox.
JoeMartin:Wellthen.I’mgoingtoteachyou
howtobox.
2 MatchAandB.
A B
1 CassiusClayis
a sohisteachersliked
strongandquickon him.
hisfeet,
2 CassiusClaywasn’t b soblackpeople
agoodstudent,
didn’tsitwiththem.
3 CassiusClaywas
c sowhitepeopleare
friendly,
goingtositwith
him.
4 CassiusClaywants
d soheusuallywins
tobeaworld
hisfights.
champion,
5 InLouisvillethere
e sohehadalotof
wereplacesforwhite problemsatschool.
peopleonly,
3 WriteaboutCassiusClayinRome.
CassiusClaywasinRomefortheOlympic
Games.Hea)………everyopponent.He
b)………anOlympicmedalfortheUnited
States.HewasanOlympicboxingc)………
AftertheOlympicGamesCassiusClaystartedto
d)………formoney.Boxingwashisworknow,
notae)………heplayed.
4 Puttheseintherightplace.Writethenumbers
1– 8.
a ThefightisonFebruary25,1964.
c
b ClaydancesacrosstheringbutListoncan’t
catchhim.
c
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c Listondoesnotmovefromhischair.
c
d Listonisstrongandbig,buthecan’thit
CassiusClay.
c
e Listonisverytired.
c
f CassiusClaywantstobeworldchampion,
sohefightsSonnyListon.
c
g Cassiusstartstodance,soListoncan’thit
him.
c
h CassiusClaytellsthenewspapermenthey
werewrong.
c
i Thenewspaperssay‘Listonisgoingtowin
thefight.’
c
j Liston’sfaceisredandoneeyeisclosing. c
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5 Putthenamesintherightplace.
SonnyListon JoeFrazier
GeorgeForeman LeonSpinks
1 Alilostafightwith…………inLasVegasin
1978.Alibeathimsevenmonthslater.
2 …………wonanOlympicmedalinTokyoin
1964.Alifoughtwithhimin1971and1974.
Helostonefightandwononefight.Hewas
nottheworldchampionafterthefights.
3 Alifoughtwith…………afterhisvisitto
Egyptandbeathiminthefirstround.Hewas
theworldboxingchampionnow.
4 Aliand…………foughtinAfrica.Itwashot
andAlitriedanewgame.Hewonthefight.
6 Answerthequestions.
1 WhatwasitlikeinthestreetsofKinshasa?
2 WhatdidAli’sdoctorsaytohimin1981?
3 WheredoesAlilivenow?
4 Howdoeshefeelnow?
5 Whydopeoplecallhimapeople’schampion?
After reading
7 Workinpairs.AreporterinterviewsAliafterhis
fightagainstForeman.Aliexplainshisstrategyfor
thefight.
Reporter:Thatwasaverygoodfight!Whydidyou
stopdancing?
Ali:ItwasveryhotandIwastired.
8 WritetheimportanteventsinCassiusClay’s
life.Havestudentsdescribeeachoftheevents.
1954:CassiusClaystartstobox.
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Muhammad Ali
1 Fivethingsarewrong.Findthemandmake
themright.
MuhammadAliisthestoryofanAustralianboxer.
Hewasworldchampionwhenhewastwenty
yearsold.AtfirsthisrealnamewasCassiusClay.
HisnewnamewasMuhammadAlibecausehe
wantedalongername.Hisfamilywasnothappy
aboutthisbecausetheywereChristians.Then,the
U.S.governmentsentthearmytoVietnam.Ali
didnotgosohedidnotboxintheU.S.orin
othercountries.Hestayedathomeandgotalittle
money.In1971heboxedagain,butthenew
Olympicchampion,GeorgeForeman,wasstrong
andquick.Alihadadifficultfight.
2 Whosaysthis?Writethenames.
TheU.S.government CassiusClay
Ali’sfather whitepeople JoeMartin
a ‘Comeheretothegymfirst.’………………
b ‘Closethatbigmouthforhim.’………………
c ‘It’sMuhammadAli.’………………
d ‘It’sagoodname.’………………
e ‘Gointothearmyorgotojail.’………………
3 Lookatthispictureandanswerthequestions
a WhoisCassius’sClayopponent?
b Whereishe?
c WhoisCassiusClaytalkingto?
d Whatishesayingandwhy?
e Aretheblackmeninthephotohappy?Why?
4 Arethesesentencesright(3)orwrong(7)?
1 AlididnotgotoVietnambecausehedidnot
wanttokillpeople.
2 ThegovernmentdidnotsendAlitojail.
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3 ThefirstfightwithJoeFrazierin1971waseasy
forAliandhewon.
4 AlibeatFrazierin1974,andhewastheworld
champion.
5 AlifoughtGeorgeForemaninZaire.Thiswas
goodbecausethepeopleinZairelovedAli.
6 Aligotsickandstoppedboxingin1981.
7 Aliteacheschildrentobox.
8 Therearen’tanychildreninAli’sfamily.
9 Aliwasworldchampionthreetimesinfourteen
years.
5 TheBigFight:whatistherightanswer?
1 AfricanslovedAlibecause…
a hewasblack.
b hewantedpeaceinVietnam.
c hewasagoodboxer.
2 GeorgeForemanwas…
a youngerthanAli.
b slowandheavy.
c olderthanAli.
3 Alican’tdanceforfifteenroundsbecause…
a heissick.
b Foremanisbigandstrong.
c itisveryhot,andForemanisquick.
4 Aliisgoingtoplayanewgame:
a heisgoingtomakeForemantired.
b heisgoingtodancemorequickly.
c heisgoingtohitForemanwithbig,heavy
punches.
5 Aliwinsthefightinround8because…
a heisveryhotandtired.
b Foremanisonthefloorandcan’tstandup.
c hewantstobetheworldchampion.
6 Matchthenamesandthewords.
1 “Cash”Clay
a “Thefightingin
Vietnamiswrong.”
2 U.S.government b “Dance,Ali!Dance!
Don’tstopmoving.”
3 MuhammadAli
c “What’swrongwith
thenameClay?”
4 PeopleinZaire
d “Ali!Bomaye!”
5 Peopleatthe
e “Gointothearmy,or
bigfight
gotojail.”
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