popular sports and games

Popular Sports and Games

Motto:A sound mind

is in a sound body

We'll show our knowledge on this topic, our skills in reading, writing, speaking, making up the dialogues, listening.

By the end of the lesson you will be able:-to use words and word expressions when

reading and speaking;-to recognize, understand and use the words

and word combinations when listening and speaking;

-to participate in common conversation about sports;

-to translate the words and word combinations into your native language;

-to guess riddles and crosswords.

English proverbs about sports and health

Health is above wealthWealth is nothing without healthEarly to bed and early to rise makes a

man healthy, wealthy and wiseAn apple a day keeps the doctor awayThe best wealth is health

1.Do you like sport?2.What kinds of sport do you like best?3.What sport do you go in for?4.What famous Ukrainian sportsmen do you

know?5.Who is the strongest boy in your form?6.Is sport very important in our life?7.What is your favourite kind of sport?8.What do you usually do at your physical

training lessons?9.What sports competitions take place in your

Gymnasium?10.What are the main kinds of sports in

Ukraine?11.Did Ukrainian sportsmen take part in the

last Olympic Games?12.Were they successful?

It is a team game. Men and women, girls and boys can play it. The players have a ball and play it with their hands. There are six players in each of two teams.

Volleyball

It is a very popular game in England and Ukraine. Both men and women can play it now. The players kick the ball with their feet; they must not touch the ball with the hands. The game lasts 90 minutes and has two halves. The players try to score a goal.

Football

It is one of the most popular games in the world. It was first played in Canada. It belongs to winter kinds of games, only men and boys play it. Many people like to watch this game on TV. The players skate on the ice, they use special sticks.

Ice-hockey

It is a very beautiful kind of sport. The sportsmen show strength, rhythm and grace, they do some exercises and dance to the music on the ice. One sportsman can perform the exercises or the sportsman can dance together with the partner. The dancers have very nice costumes on.

Figure skating

This game is played everywhere-in Ukraine and in other countries too. It was first played in the USA. Each of the two teams has five players. They bounce the ball on the floor up and down with one hand. They try to throw the ball into the basket of the opposite team.

Basketball

Remember with what kind of activities we use do, play and go

Sports in English SchoolsEnglish schoolchildren have two types of

physical training lessons: gym (= gymnastics) lessons and games, especially team games. At the lessons they run and jump, they do exercises on the horse, they play volley-ball or basketball.

Team games are very important in English schools. Boys play football and rugby in winter, and cricket and tennis in summer. Girls play grass hockey in the coldest months of the year and tennis, volley-ball and basketball in summer.

Every team has a game's captain, that is a pupil whom the pupils themselves have chosen to help the teacher to get out and put away the games equipment, and to organize the teams of his or her form.

Football is the most popular game in England because England is the home of football. English boys play football at school and in the parks.

True or False1. English schoolchildren have

two types of PT lessons.2. Team games are not

important in English schools.

3. Boys play football or rugby in summer.

4. Girls play grass hockey in the coldest month of the year.

5. England is the home of football.

Answer the questions 1. What kind of PT lessons do English

schoolchildren have?2. What do they do at the PT lessons?3. Are team games very important in

English schools?4. What do English boys play in winter and

in summer?5. When do English girls play grass hockey,

tennis, volley-ball and basketball?6. Who is the game's captain?7. Is England the home of football?

Quiet Crossword

Quiet Crossword

Quiet Crossword

Homework

Write a composition ''How to Keep Fit?''

We’ve shown our knowledge on this topic, our skills in reading, writing, speaking, making up the dialogues, listening.

We will be able:-to use words and word expressions

when reading and speaking;-to recognize, understand and use the

words and word combinations when listening and speaking;

-to participate in common conversation about sports;

-to translate the words and word combinations into your native language;

-to guess riddles and crosswords.