9 Self-evaluation Tick the buttons on the scale to evaluate your language skills. ➀ I can do it easily and correctly. ➁ I can do most of it but I am not fully sure. ➂ I need to have a look at some things again. ➃ I should go over the whole chapter again. ➄ I need to ask my teacher for help. If you do the tasks again at a later stage, you can add a tick to show your progress. Listening: Going to a sports event You are going to listen to three conversations where people are booking tickets for sports events. First you will have 45 seconds to study the task below, then you will hear the recording twice. While listening, match the beginnings of the sentences (1–6) with the sentence endings (A–I). There are two sentence endings that you should not use. Write your answers in the boxes provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. 0 Jim says that he … D✔ A does not need cash to pick up the tickets from a machine. 1 The clerk tells Jim that she … B wants to buy two tickets for the football match. 2 Jim is not quite sure where he … C will not be able to pay with his credit card. 3 Bella says that she … D wants to buy tickets for the basketball game this Saturday. 4 The clerk says that Bella … E could give her his credit cards details. 5 Andy is told that he … F does not have any tickets for £20.00 left. 6 The clerk asks Andy if he … G should give her his reference number. H and his friends want to sit. I cannot reserve any seats. Writing: Physical education at school A majority of students did not do well in recent nationwide language tests, so the headmaster of your school plans to cut the weekly number of lessons dedicated to physical education and wants to introduce more language lessons instead. As a student representative, it’s your turn to share your views on this matter with him. Prepare a report. In your report you should • analyse the relevance of physical activity in general, • discuss the relevance of physical activity in school, • suggest how to deal with the situation. Divide your report into sections and give them headings. Write around 250 words. 1 32c ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ I can keep up with an animated conversation between native speakers. (B2) 2 ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ I can write a report giving reasons in support of or against a particular point of view and explaining the advantages and disadvantages of various options. (B2) Now you can • Compare eSports and “real” sports and talk about their benefits. • Discuss the nature of extreme sports and responsibilities linked to them. • Share your personal preferences regarding sports. • Distinguish between concrete and abstract nouns. • Use articles with nouns correctly. 124 Sports Check-out Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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