Sports lover

1. Read the text. Open the brackets using the verbs in Present Simple.
Mike _____________ (to have) many hobbies. The boy ____________ (to like) doing sports. He
______________ (to play) soccer. He _______ (to be) a forward in his team. Mike and his friends _____________
(to play) baseball. Mike ___________ (to throw) balls. He ________ (to be) a pitcher. His friend
Stan ______________ (to catch) balls. Stan ___________ (to be) a catcher. Every summer the
friends ___________ (to wait) for a baseball tournament. The tournament _________ (to be) in
June. Sometimes Mike and his friends __________ (to go) in for mountaineering. They
_____________ (to climb) mountains and rocks. It ________ (to be) a risky but interesting sport.
Mike __________ (to use) special ropes when he _____________ (to climb) a rock.

2. Write if the sentence is true or false.

1. Mike has many hobbies. __________
2. Mike doesn’t like sports.___________
3. Mike is a forward in his soccer team. __________
4. Mike plays a catcher in his baseball team. _________
5. Every spring there is a baseball tournament. __________
6. Mountaineering is very easy. ___________
3. Write in the proper word.
1. Mike plays ___________________ in his soccer team.
2. Stan is a catcher. He _______________ balls.
3. Mike throws balls in his baseball team. He is a ______________.
4. The baseball tournament is in ______________.
5. Mike goes in for mountaineering. He climbs _________________________________.
6. Mike uses special _______________ to climb a rock.
4. Imagine Mike is a grown-up. Write about Mike’s doing sports when he was a child. Use Past Simple.
Mike _____________ (to have) many hobbies. The boy ____________ (to like) doing sport. He
______________ (to play) soccer. He _______ (to be) a forward in his team. Mike and his friends ______________
(to play) baseball. Mike ___________ (to throw) balls. He ________ (to be) a pitcher. His friend Stan
______________ (to catch) balls. Stan ___________ (to be) a catcher. Every summer the friends ___________ (to
wait) for a baseball tournament. The tournament _________ (to be) in June. Sometimes Mike and his friends
__________ (to go) in for mountaineering. They _____________ (to climb) mountains and rocks. It ________ (to be)
a risky but interesting sport. Mike __________ (to use) special ropes when he _____________ (to climb) a rock.
5. What sports do you like doing? Write about sports you do and the reasons you like them.
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