That’s English! – Module 10 – Unit 7 COMPETITION A) GRAMMAR - Obligation and permission Obligation � Make + object + infinitive The coach made the apprentice run 10 kms. In the passive, make takes infinitive with to. The apprentice was made to run 10 kms. � Require + object + to infi nitive This sport requires athletes to train hard. Permission � Let + person + infi nitive She let me wear her new trainers. � In the passive, let becomes be allowed to. They aren’t allowed to throw in the towel. Rewrite the sentences in the past tense using the words in brackets. 1 We mustn’t leave the school playground. (allowed) We weren’t allowed to leave the school playground. 2 All students have to arrive on time for class. (required) 3 They were required to practise for at least four hours a day. (had) 4 My daughter can Orly watch TV at the weekend(allowed) 5 We must be team players. (had) Complete the sentences with the missing phrases below. were allowed to let us go home let you eat was made to eat makes us work made me apologise lets us make you wear were made to leave used to let me go 1 My mother … for my awful behaviour. 2 Did someone … that ugly dress? 3 Our teacher … very hard. 4 When I was younger, I … vegetables, even though I hated them. 5 The spectators………… the match because they were too noisy. 6 Does your coach … junk food? 7 My parents never … on holiday with my friends. 8 Our old boss … early on Fridays, but our new boss never … . 9 The wrestlers ………. see their families once a month.
Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets. 1 Our father lets us go out at the weekend. We … ……………………………………. (allowed) 2 I’m not allowed to ride my brother’s bike. My brother … . ……………………………(let) 3 His parents let him stay up late last night. He … ……………………………………… (allowed) 4 They won’t have to work overtime. Their boss……………………………………. (make) 5 I used to have to train every day. My athletics coach … ………………………. (make) 6 We weren’t allowed to leave the building. They…………………………………………… (let) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyfLxDTlsOQ - Can / Could / Be able to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKqClAjy4DY - I WISH / IF ONLY – PAST REGRETS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buFJvc59uZU http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/quick-grammar/wish-and-if-only http://www.examenglish.com/grammar/wish_if_only.htm B) VOCABULARY ‘I spoke to Kenzo’s coach, Yatsuko Taiomori. In his youth he was a grand champion, a yokozuna, and broke the record for the highest number of successive wins: for six months he didn’t lose once or even draw! Taiomori thinks that few modern trainees have got what it takes to become topclass rikishi. ‘You need perseverance to achieve a goal in life, you need will power; but especially you need a good heart. Young people nowadays, they throw in the towel too easily. They just give up. I know how you westerners think, but remember this: it’s not easy to push people beyond their limits. We do it because of our dedication to sumo. The teacher’s strictness is his gift to his students. It makes them strong.’ Complete the sentences with the correct form of the expressions in bold from the text. 1 Have you got what it takes to run a marathon? 2 I was very small for my age as a child and this … when doing sports. 3 After he was beaten three times in a row, he decided to … and retire from professional boxing. 4 Some children will do anything to win and have no sense of … . 5 The coach tries to………. and take our performance to a higher level. 6 He was an exceptional young athlete who… for the highest number of Olympic gold medals. 7 Neither team scored and the match ended in a… .
8 If you want to … , you must never give up.
Complete the sentences with the correct form of a word from the previous activity 1 He’s often late for practice and he eats too much chocolate: he’s not very … . 2 If you go to the tournament, you will … with the best players in the world. 3 She’s very … : she never gives up no matter how many times she’s beaten! 4 I had a terrible time as an apprentice; but I … it all and the experience made me stronger. 5 My coach never married or had a family – he … his whole life to sumo. 6 She was the … teacher I’ve ever had. We were all terrified of her! push someone beyond their limits put someone at a disadvantage team player break a record get to the top of the ladder throw in the towel have got what it takes 1 That girl over there is one of the best athletes in the country. She’s going to … one day. I’m sure of it. 2 He works in my office and he’s very ambitious. He’s determined to succeed and … , but he doesn’t know how to collaborate or work with others. He’s definitely not a … . 3 That’s our coach. He is very dedicated and always trying to … . 4 He’s quite a good player, but I don’t think he … to be a champion. He’s too lazy and … too easily. 5 We’re at about the same level, but I don’t like playing with her. She’s so much taller than me that I feel it … . Limiting and intensifying adverbs Limiting: fairly, pretty,quite, not all that, rather Intensifying: very, really, extremely, exceptionally, particularly, exceedingly, astonishingly, remarkably, amazingly 1 He performed fairly / exceedingly well last year, but we believe he could do better. 2 ‘Was he driving fast?’ ‘Pretty / Particularly fast, I suppose, but he wasn’t over the speed limit.’
3 I just can’t believe how amazingly / rather badly they played last night! 4 I only managed to pass the exam by working exceptionally / quite hard. 5 We were talking quietly…, well perhaps not all that / extremely quietly because the children woke up! 6 We climbed extremely / quite carefully. If we fell, we would be killed instantly. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1571sLGKsnLSEI5cnZyYTNKRFE/view? pref=2&pli=1 C) READING COMPREHENSION - Muhammad Ali: http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/black-history/muhammad-ali/reading.html - Sport: http://www.excellentesl4u.com/esl-sport-reading.html - The Olympic Games: https://www.englishclub.com/esl-articles/olympic-games.htm D) LISTENING COMPREHENSION - The Tour de France: http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/countries/france/tour-defrance/intermediate/tour-de-france-listening-quiz.html - Football on the streets: http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/sport/football/pre-intermediate/football-onthe-streets.html E) SPEAKING http://www.excellentesl4u.com/esl-sport-conversation.html F) WRITING Write about a competition, game or quiz you or someone you know has won. Where and when did it happen? Was there a prize? How did you feel?