Progress check 1

B: So do I./Neither do I.
4 Write the questions. (3x2=6)
a) is/sport/very/important/Why/in/our/lives?
b) Why/do/need to/people/do/some kind/of/sport?
c) Are/any/competitions/there/in/your/sports/school?
5 Read and answer Yes or No. (2x4=8)
Reporter: Welcome to the programme Sports Life. We’re going to talk about
benefi ts for girls in doing sport. Today’s guest in our studio is Lera
who’s a tennis player. Hi Lera.
Lera: Hi. There are a lot of benefi ts for girls if they do sport. I started playing
tennis when I was 5. Now I feel healthy. I never have a cold in winter.
I’m strong. And I feel strong when I’m in diffi cult situations. I have
travelled a lot.
Reporter: How interesting! What countries have you been to?
Lera: I’ve been to some countries in Asia, India and Australia. I’ve eaten some
national food there. I’ve seen a lot of interesting places and animals. I’ve
met a lot of friends.
Reporter: Wonderful! But you do professional sport. What about girls at school?
Lera: We all do some kind of sport. We have PI lessons at school.
Reporter: Many girls don’t like PI. What can they do?
Lera: We do sport when we move. So any kind of moving is sport. We do
sport when we run, walk, swim or dance. Dancing is a very good kind of
sport. There are some professional kinds of modern dancing, national
dancing and you can dance at home. You don’t have any competitions
but you win. You’re a winner of your life.
e.g. Lera sometimes has a cold in winter. Y/N
a) She has been to many countries in Asia and Europe. Y/N
b) She does amateur sport. Y/N
c) Dancing is a kind of sport. Y/N
d) All kinds of dancing are professional. Y/N
Total = 50 points


PROGRESS CHECK 3
1 Listen and choose the correct word. (6x2=12)
FC (1) Bunyodkor/Pakhtakor Tashkent is an Uzbek (2) amateur/professional
football club, based in the capital Tashkent. Pakhtakor’s fi rst offi cial match was on
8 April (3) 1956/1965, and it’s the club’s “birthday”. The fi rst goal in Pakhtakor’s
history was scored by Laziz Maksudov when the team won the game. In (4)
1959/1968 Pakhtakor was the only Central Asian club to reach a Soviet Cup fi nal.
Pakhtakor was the only (5) Asian/Uzbek team in the highest echelon 22 times, and
recording 212 wins.
In (6) September/August 1979, Pakhtakor was in the Soviet Top League. The
plane with the team was fl ying to the Ukraine to play with Dinamo Minsk. But
Pakhtakor’s (7) plane/train had the accident with another plane in the air. All 178
people on the both planes died.
DVD script:
FC Pakhtakor Tashkent is an Uzbek professional football club, based in the
capital Tashkent. Pakhtakor’s fi rst offi cial match was on 8 April 1956, and it’s
the club’s “birthday”. The fi rst goal in Pakhtakor’s history was scored by Laziz
Maksudov when the team won the game. In 1968 Pakhtakor was the only Central
Asian club to reach a Soviet Cup fi nal. Pakhtakor was the only Uzbek team
which was in the highest League 22 times, and had 212 wins.
In August 1979, Pakhtakor was in the Soviet highest League. The plane with
the team was fl ying to the Ukraine to play with Dinamo Minsk. But the plane had
the accident with another plane in the air. All 178 people on the both planes died.
That was the saddest event in the history of football in Uzbekistan.