Практикум по грамматике английского языка : учебное пособие

GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT
Exercise 31. Answer the following questions:
1. What sports are you interested in? What do you play? What about indoor 
games?
2. Are you a football fan? Which team do you support? Why?
3. If you go to the stadium to see a football match, in what way do you encour-
age your favourite team?
4. What board games did you play as a child, or do you play now?
5. Do you enjoy watching sports on TV? Any particular ones?

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6. What is more important for modern people: education, sports or art?
7. Is it necessary for every person to do a sport? Give your reasons.
8. At what age should a child take up sports?
9. Don’t you think there’s too much sport on TV, radio, and in newspapers?
10. What do you know about unusual and dangerous sports?
11. Does sport really encourage us to participate or does it reduce us to a pas-
sive, recep tive audience?
12. Do you think sportsmen deserve to be rich and famous? Why? Why not?
13. Is sport merely an outlet for physical aggression? If not, what is it then?
14. What does the proverb “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” 
mean? Is play important in modern life? Is it more important than it used to 
be? What role does it play today? (Think about your personal life, health, 
politics, etc.)
15. How important is it to take exercise or take part in outdoor activities of 
some kind? Is there a sport or activity suitable for everyone?
16. Why do you think people play games? Do they enjoy the companionship 
and sense of physical well-being, or do they play to win and be triumphant?
Exercise 32. If you do a sport, describe the sport and briefly explain the 
rules, without men tioning the name of the sport. See if people can guess which 
sport you have described.
Exercise 33. Describe 1) a board game, 2) a word game, 3) a sports game 
you know/that you like playing/that is popular among your friends, or young-
sters in your country.
Include information about the number of players, the basic rules, any equip-
ment you need, and where to play.