2C CULTURE: It's fun, but is it sport?

2C CULTURE:

 

It's fun, but is it sport?: Exercise 1

Choose the correct words.

I’m a fancrowd of Chelsea football club. I often go and see them play. The matchgoal between Chelsea and Manchester United is always exciting. The crowdfan always cheers when Chelsea scores a teamgoal . I think Chelsea is the best football fanteam in the world!

2C CULTURE:

 

It's fun, but is it sport?: Exercise 2

Complete the text with the verbs in the box.

Ballroom dancing 

 over 400 years old, but the modern dance steps are from England in the 1920s. It’s very popular and is a hobby for people of all ages. But is ballroom dancing a sport? Ballroom dancers 

 a lot, and they enter competitions. The most important competition is in Blackpool, in the north of England. Dancers from all over the world compete there every year to 

 the dance championship.

TV programmes about ballroom dancing 

 very popular. In Strictly Come Dancing, a British TV programme, celebrities dance with professional dancers. Every week the celebrities 

 a new dance and after the show, people vote for their favourite celebrity dancer. In Britain, about thirteen million people 

 the final on TV every year!

 

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2C CULTURE:

 

It's fun, but is it sport?: Exercise 3

Read the text. Choose the correct answers.

1 Ballroom dancing is

about forty years old.

about eighty years old.

about four hundred years old.

2 Ballroom dancers

are usually young.

are usually old.

are young or old.

3 The championship in Blackpool is

only for dancers from outside the UK.

for dancers from many countries.

only for dancers from England.

4 In Strictly Come Dancing, professional dancers

compete against other professional dancers.

compete with celebrities.

compete against celebrities.

5 Every year, thirteen million people

vote for their favourite Strictly Come Dancing show.

watch the final of Strictly Come Dancing.

want to compete in Strictly Come Dancing.

Ballroom dancing ___ over 400 years old, but the modern dance steps are from England in the 1920s. It’s very popular and is a hobby for people of all ages. But is ballroom dancing a sport? Ballroom dancers ___ a lot, and they enter competitions. The most important competition is in Blackpool, in the north of England. Dancers from all over the world compete there every year to ___ the dance championship.

TV programmes about ballroom dancing ___ very popular. In Strictly Come Dancing, a British TV programme, celebrities dance with professional dancers. Every week the celebrities ___ a new dance and after the show, people vote for their favourite celebrity dancer. In Britain, about thirteen million people ___ the final on TV every year!

 

2C CULTURE:

 

It's fun, but is it sport?: Exercise 4

Play the recording and listen to the radio programme. Are the sentences true or false?

1

Nick and Shelley are dance champions.

True

False

2

They train five times a week.

True

False

3

Nick is Shelley’s boyfriend.

True

False

4

They compete in four or five competitions every year.

True

False

5

Their next competition is next year.

True

False

2C CULTURE:

 

It's fun, but is it sport?: Challenge!

Read the text. Choose the correct answers.

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