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World SportsStudents learn sports-related vocabulary and participate in activities about such topics as competition, the Olympics, sports equipment, verbs used with certain sports, etc.. Verbs And Their PatternsStudents learn a large number of verbs as well as the patterns they can be used with. Basic Parallel StructureStudents learn and practice basic patterns used when two or more nouns, verbs, adjectives, or adverbs are used in a sentence. |
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Favourite SportsSeveral people describe their favourite sports and reasons for liking them. This activity reinforces comprehension of unit vocabulary and sets up the idea of verb patterns. The Sports GuyActivity is based on a conversation between two people about a man's love for sports. Activity previews Grammar - Verb Patterns #2. Athlete InterviewsActivity-based on several video clips of famous athletes speaking during interviews. This activity reinforces comprehension of the grammar from this unit. |
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Unit Introduction DiscussionUnit introduction conversation activity. Vocabulary DiscussionVocabulary discussion activity. Role-PlaysStudents improvise dialogues according to prompts. What Makes You...Conversation questions meant to elicit answers that contain gerunds as sentence subjects. Tell Me About...Students present sentences to their partners in order to elicit answers that require preposition object gerunds. Rephrase My SentenceStudents practice rephrasing partner's sentences using verbs studied in Grammar - Verb Patterns #1. Infinitive DiscussionStudents work with a group and discuss answers to questions that feature the verb pattern studied in Grammar - Verb Patterns #2. Sentence CuesStudents make sentences using infinitives. Speaking PairsStudents ask and answer questions using infinitives with objects. |
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Verb Patterns #1Students study the three most popular ways gerunds are used in sentences: as subjects, as objects of certain verbs, and objects of prepositions. Verb Patterns #2Students practice using infinitives. Verb Patterns #3Students practice using infinitives with and without objects. |
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The Sedin TwinsReading activity based on a biography of the twin hockey players, Daniel and Henrik Sedin. This activity serves as a review of the Grammar lessons. |
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Soccer PracticeFour short conversations that serve as a lead into Grammar - Verb Patterns #3. Four Most Popular SportsStudents research football, baseball, basketball, and hockey using Simple English Wikipedia. |
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Sentence FragmentsStudents learn how to identify and avoid sentence fragments in their writing. Sentence OrderStudents learn different ways to logically organize sentences within a paragraph. ParagraphStudents write an opinion-based paragraph about children and competitive sports. |
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admit advise agree assist athlete autograph avoid beg break can't stand champion championship compete competition competitive complete court cricket delay deny dunk equipment exactly expect fail fan individual instead intend league medal mind movement net organize pace position postpone professional raise recognize record refuse regret remind retire rugby rumour score season sense snooker successful support talented title |