EXAM 6 READING Read the text about team games. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F). Three Different Team Games A game of
ice hockey is played by two teams and takes sixty minutes. Each team has
twenty players, but only six from each team play on the ice at the same time. They are
five skaters and a goalkeeper. The idea is to hit the puck or small round black ball with a
stick and to g
et it in the other team’s goal. At the end of the game the team with the most
goals wins.
Water polo is a team watersport. It’s like basketball, football and hockey in the water and
the players don’t stop moving! They cannot stand in the pool. Players use one hand and
swim with the ball. Each team has six players and one goalkeeper. The winner is the
team with the most goals.
Shinty is a team game like hockey and ice hockey. A game takes ninety minutes and
there are twelve players in each team. Each player has a stick and they try to hit the small
ball into the other team’s goal. They cannot use their hands or arms.
1. In ice hockey, only six players in each team play at the same time. T / F
2. In ice hockey, players throw the ball into the goal with their hands. T / F
3. In water polo, the players move all the time. T / F
4. A game of shinty takes seventy minutes. T / F
5. In shinty, players cannot score a goal with their hands or arms. T / F
WRITING Write about yourself and your friends. Use the questions below to help you. Who are your friends?
What’s your favourite activity?
What do you usually do together at the weekend?
Where do you go?
What don’t you like doing?
Write about 40 words .
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