Практикум по грамматике английского языка : учебное пособие

Exercise 34. Discuss (in the form of general conversation or dialogues) 
some recent interna tional sport events such as a football match, an ice-hockey 
match, a tennis tournament, etc.
Exercise 35. Agree or disagree.
1. Football as well as many other games is stupid and dangerous.
2. Many kinds of sport are harmful for health.
3. There should exist strict distinction between sports for men and for women.
4. Certain kinds of sport help to develop violence in people.
5. People of the 21
st
century will be able to do without sport.

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6. Sport is too commercialized nowadays.
7. Modern systems of education pay too little attention to sports.
8. To play a game is always more difficult than to compete in running, jump-
ing, cycling, etc. In the former case one depends greatly on his opponent. 
Whereas in the latter case one depends only on oneself.
Exercise 36. Speak about.
1. The most popular sports and games among your friends.
2. Your favourite sports and games.
3. The best stadium/sports ground/gym you’ve ever seen.
4. Sport activities in your family.
5. The most important sports events in your country.
6. Sport fans in your country.
7. Your favourite athlet.
8. A competition/tournament/match, etc. you’ve recently seen.
Exercise 37. You are a sociologist. You want to get some information 
about people’s opinion about sports.
Make a list of questions you are going to ask. Address as many people as 
possible, analyse the answers and speak of the results you have obtained. Use 
the following phrases:
Most people/the majority of people/over 50% of people claim that... 
All people are equally fond of... 
Nobody mentioned... 
TEST YOURSELF (UNIT 4)
#1 Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first 
sentence. Use the word given and other words to complete each sentence. You 
must use between two and five words. Do not change the word given.
1.I lost interest in the subject when the teacher didn’t answer my questions. 
put
When the teacher didn’t answer my questions it_________________________
the subject.
2. I was late for the meeting because something went wrong with my car, and 
I had to walk the rest of the way.