- •Unit 4. Lifestyle: sport & health
- •He who has hope has everything.
- •1. Work in pairs or small groups. Discuss the following questions.
- •7 Ways to grow old and to stay young
- •4. Read the article and do the tasks after it. A guide to living a healthy lifestyle
- •5. Answer the following questions.
- •Vocabulary
- •6. Translate the derivatives; say to what part of speech they belong.
- •7. Choose the corresponding English word.
- •8. Express the following in one word.
- •9. Match the words of similar meaning.
- •10. Match the words to their opposites.
- •11. Match the words to make phrases. Use them in the sentences of your own.
- •12. Read and translate the sentences.
- •13. Fill in the correct word from the list below. Some words may be used more than once.
- •14. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets. A lifestyle “to die for”?
- •15. Match the sentence beginnings (a-h) with their endings (1-8).
- •16. Work with a partner. List the sports in the box in different groups according to the criteria a–f. A sport might belong to more than one group.
- •Verbs play, go and do
- •17. Complete these collocations lists with either do, go or play.
- •18. Answer the following questions.
- •19. Work with your partner. Tell each other about the following.
- •20. Read these comments and underline the benefits of exercise. Use words from the list and prepare your own short talk on the benefits of exercise. You can include your own ideas.
- •21. Complete the sentences with the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.
- •22. Put the adjectives in brackets into the comparative or superlative form. Insert than and the where necessary.
- •23. Rewrite the sentences beginning with the words given.
- •24. Write as many comparative and superlative statements about sports and games as you can.
- •25. Complete the sentences. Use the verbs in brackets in the Present Continuous.
- •26. Complete the sentences with the negative form of the verbs in brackets.
- •27. Ask general questions and match them with the answers.
- •28. Ask questions about the information in italics.
- •33. Choose the correct present form.
- •34. Complete the sentences with the correct present form of the verbs in brackets to express a permanent or a temporary action.
- •35. Complete the sentences putting the verbs in brackets in the Present Continuous or the Present Simple.
- •36. Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Continuous or the Present Simple tense to express a future action.
- •37. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct present form.
- •38. Here are the Past Participles of some verbs. Write the infinitive.
- •39. Match the sentence beginnings (a-h) with their endings (1-8).
- •40. Complete the sentences putting the verbs in brackets in the Present Perfect Tense.
- •41. Make the following positive sentences negative.
- •46. Complete the sentences putting the verbs in brackets in the Present Perfect Continuous.
- •47. Read the situations and write a sentence with the Present Perfect Continuous.
- •52. Take roles and act out the following dialogue.
- •53. Think it over and answer the questions.
- •54. Discuss what one should or shouldn’t do if he wants to keep healthy and fit. The following are some key words and expressions used in asking for and giving opinions.
6. Translate the derivatives; say to what part of speech they belong.
complete → completeness (= the state of being complete)
kind → kindness (= the quality of being kind / kind behavior / kind feelings)
polite → politeness (= polite behavior)
fit → fitness
alert → alertness
happy → happiness
sad → sadness
lively → liveliness
ill → illness
good → goodness
great → greatness
7. Choose the corresponding English word.
1 здоровый |
a) healthily |
b) health |
c) healthy |
2 необходимый |
a) necessary |
b) necessitate |
c) necessity |
3 питание |
a) nutrient |
b) nutrition |
c) nutritious |
4 энергичный |
a) lively |
b) livelihood |
c) liveliness |
5 разный |
a) vary |
b) variety |
c) various |
6 регулярный |
a) regularly |
b) regular |
c) regularity |
7 неспособный |
a) unable |
b) ability |
c) inability |
8. Express the following in one word.
nutrition, health, ability, illness, alert, heredity |
condition of the body or the mind
the passing on of qualities from parent to child in the cells of the body
the action or state of being provided with food
unhealthy state of the body
capacity or power (to do something physical or mental)
fully awake and ready to act
9. Match the words of similar meaning.
1 affect |
a continue |
2 withstand |
b include |
3 alert |
c influence |
4 involve |
d lively |
5 carry on |
e eating |
6 allow |
f resist |
7 nutrition |
g enable |
10. Match the words to their opposites.
1 healthy |
a stop |
2 positive |
b ill |
3 continue |
c slow / sleepyheaded |
4 withstand |
d negative |
5 ability |
e ruin / harm |
6 alert |
f give in / capitulate |
7 improve |
g inability |
11. Match the words to make phrases. Use them in the sentences of your own.
1 to improve (in) |
a fit |
2 to keep |
b illness |
3 to take up |
c with stress |
4 to deal |
d sports |
5 to treat |
e health |