B) Listen and read. Does the text mention your ideas? LEISURE AND SPORT IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY
Sport and leisure is not only good for your health, it can also bring community together. Local town councils can play a key role by encouraging people of all ages to do sports and by creating places where they can play.
They can:
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create and develop sporting facilities, sports clubs and sports competitions.
• give anyone the opportunity to help by volunteering their time. use sport centres to create more job opportunities and reduce unemployment.
• use sport to give children and young people the chance to improve their skills and shape their character.
•use sport to reduce crime.
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1. Dave is very shy and blushes when strangers talk to him.
2. Carol didn’t answer, she just shrugged her shoulders instead.
3. Kathie is very reliable. She won’t let you down.
4. Mark doesn’t get angry easily. He’s very patient.
5. He was so angry, he clenched his fists tightly.
6. Listen to me! Don’t be so stubborn.
7. Liza has many friends because she is very sociable.
8. A selfish person doesn’t care about other people’s feelings.
9. Don’t believe everything Bill says. He’s a bit insincere.
10. Pessimistic people always see negative side of things.
2. Put the verbs in the correct form of the verb.
I go jogging every morning.
I’m tired. I haven't slept yet.
My brother always wears my clothes.
Why are you looking at me now?
How often do you have English lessons?
The children are dirty. They have been playing football since morning.
We can’t buy the tickets. We have already spent all our money.
I was cooking a cake when he came back home yesterday.
I lived in Brazil two years ago.
It’s hot. I'll open the window.
3. Form adjectives from the following words.
logic – logical
confuse – confusing
fame – famous
effect – effective
fool – foolish
4. Fill in the preposition:
He isn't patient with stubborn people.
She's excellent at maths.
She is very close to her mom.
You shouldn't be jealous of your sister.
5. Fill in: along, across, down, over, over with
When the weather gets me down, I like to fantasize about being a wizard to make the sun shining.
Do you feel like you can't get your ideas across?
I'd like to get my project over with.
Peter couldn't get over the fact that in spite of the accident he got no harm.
My brother gets on well with everybody.