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James Carter (1959–) is a popular English poet and guitarist. He lives in Oxfordshire, England.

JAMES CARTER What Can You Do With a Football? Well ... You can kick it you can catch Vurderingseksemplar

it you can bounce it – all around. You can grab it you can pat it you can roll it – on the ground. You can throw it you can head it you can hit it – with a bat. You can biff it

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like that!

UNDERSTANDING

1 Answer the questions. a What shape is this poem? b Pretend you have a football. Do what the poem says.

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VIEWPOINTS

2 In small groups, ask and tell each other about your favourite sports, teams and athletes. Why are they your favourites? • What is your favourite sport? • What is your favourite team? • Who is your favourite athlete? WRITING WORKSHOP 3 Work with a partner. You have three minutes. Make a list of all the sports you can think of. The team with the longest list wins. CREATIVE CORNER 4 Think of an everyday object like an apple, a pencil or a mitten. Write a poem about what you can do with it. Make the poem in the same shape as the object. LANGUAGE LAB 5 Make a list of all of the action verbs in the poem. Write the past tense form of the verb. Put a star next to the irregular verbs. Then choose five of the verbs and use them in past tense sentences of your own. verb past tenseVurderingseksemplar kick kicked catch caught* 6 Spelling and vocabulary Some words begin and end with the same letter, like toast. Read the clues and fill in the missing letters. a opposite of low: h___h high b do this to a football : k___k c a large stream of water: r___r d a shelter used when camping: t___t e a freshwater fish: t___t f a weapon of war: b___b g not alive: d___d h British for mom: m___m i sound lions make: r___r j lets in light from outside: w___w k tasty: y___y l you aim at this: t___t

How do teens spend their free time? Work with a partner and make a list.

My Free Time

Have you ever wondered what kids in other parts of the world do in their free time? Listen to these teenagers talking about what they do.

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What’s going on? I’m Demaine from Kingston, Jamaica. I’m thirteen years old.

UNDERSTANDING

1 Listen to the six teenagers and find the missing words. a Demaine is a ___. b Demaine has competed in many ___. c It felt fantastic to be on top of the ___.

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Hi there! I’m Jennifer from Portland, Oregon.

G’day. My name is Sheila. I’m fourteen and live in Belmont, Victoria. That’s in Australia.

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d Jennifer’s mum was surprised when she saw her perform ___. e Jennifer goes to the skate park as soon as she finishes her ___. f Some good skate parks charge entrance ___.

g Cricket is played on a grassy ___. h Cricket is a popular ___ in Australia. i Sheila’s coach is a great source of ___.

Arun in addition i tillegg jams musikktreff performing opptre issue sak, problem mates kamerater All right, mate? My name is Arun. I’m fifteen and I live in East Grinstead, south of London.

Tony exciting spennende dangers farene safety equipment sikkerhetsutstyr protection gear beskyttelsesutstyr strength styrke tracks løyper, traseer awesome fantastisk, utrolig drawback ulempe recommend anbefale attention oppmerksomhet How are ya? I’m Tony. I’m thirteen and live in Edmonton, Canada. Vurderingseksemplar

j ___ is Arun’s hobby. k Arun’s group does jams in streets and ___. l Arun and his mates play football at___.

m Tony posts mountain biking videos ___. n To be good at mountain biking you need strength and ___. o You can enjoy mountain biking ___.

Aloha! My name is Kanani. I am fourteen years old and live in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Kanani ukulele musical instrument spare time free time portable bærbar, lett å ta med seg twice to ganger performed opptrådt goal mål p The ukulele is a traditional Hawaiian ___. q Kanani learned to play the ukulele at ___. r In Hawaiian ho i ‘hi means ___.

SPEAKING SPOT

2 Work with a partner. Prepare a set of questions and take turns interviewing each other about your free time activities. Record your interviews or perform them in class. Here are some questions to get you started: • What do you like to do in your free time? • Do you have a free time activity? What is it? • How long have you done it? • How did you get involved? • What do you like best about it? • Where do you do it? • What kind of equipment do you need? • How much time does it take?

DIGITAL DIVE

3 Visit the BBC website (bbc.com) and go to the sports section. Write down five sports headlines. Then read one of the articles. Tell a partner about what you read.

LANGUAGE LAB

4 Talking about time Translate these time expressions to Norwegian. a once a day en gang om dagen b twice a week c every day d every week e last year f this year g next year h next month

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