— READING Sports and free time Julian, 14, and Luke, 14, are in Dallas to take part in a youth-14 (14 years old and under) fencing competition. They come from different fl % e y cities, they attend different schools but they “eS pane share the same passion for this sport which is . becoming more and more popular among 2) € young people. They started doing fencing after yf ; q school when they were 7/8 years old and now = a. 3 they have a good ranking. They train hard with a good coach several hours a week and go to lots of competitions. Before an important competition they train even harder. Thanks to this sport they have self-control, flexibility and concentration, which also help them to become better students. When they aren't training they like hanging out with their friends. Yesterday, while they were relaxing after a busy day at the competition they were talking about hanging out places in their cities. Luke: Julian, where do you hang out at the weekends? Julian: To be honest | just hang out at friends’ houses. Unfortunately, Berryville doesn't have _much for teenagers to do. Yes, there is a shopping centre, and trust me, | have spent my time wandering around it, and after a while it just gets boring. Last week it was-my birt ay and | didn't have a cool place to be with my friends. | would like to see Berryville get an indoor rock climbing wall and a nice go kai Luke: | can't say the same about Dallas. Here we have lots of places to hang out and things to do. We have got everything from Fun Centres with fantastic activities and arcades to bowling alleys or skating rinks, parks and a music hall where you can attend live shows and concerts. Last Saturday | was watching TV when my best friend invited me to go to a concert by our favourite band at "The Door", a popular concert hall.A. Answer the questions about the text. 1. How do they prepare themselves for imaortant competitions? 2. What does Julian think about hanging out places in Berryville? 3. Why does he have prdblems celebratiig his birthday _-4. Does Luke have problems in finding a place to hang out? Why? 5. Chgose one hanging out place mentioned in the text that'vou like. Give one reason for vour choice. B. True (T) or False (F)? Correct the false ones. 1. More and more people are doing fencing every day. 2. Fencing has no impact on their schoolwork. 3. When they aren't training they just relax. 4. They are talking about meeting places for young peopfe. . Match the words from the text to their definitions. 1. take part @ person who teaches and guides an athlete 2. share have in common 3. a good ranking practise alot 4. train hard . participate 5. coach a good position in a listIll - VOCABULARY A. Match the pictures to the corresponding activities. books bouding~ friends’ martiatar& violin online -pictures shopping_squi@sh videos | 7. read, B. Match the two parts of the free time activities. do 4. volleyball 2g b. DVDs 3. play ~s. swimming 4.read ~d. comics. 5. watch, ‘e. karate C. Complete the fun places. 1. We can go bowling at the b a 2. We can go shopping at the § c, 3. They usually go ice-skating at thei Jr_. 4. We can go skateboarding at the s, P 5. You can learn about astronomy at the p m. D. Choose the correct option. 1.We' eter eee ——~ 2. Do you want to see that film at the Internet café //multiplex ci =) —IV- GRAMMAR A. Present tense contrast. Mark the sentences PS (present simple) or PC (present continuous). I don’t play volleyball. PS (Present Simple) Kyle is doing judo. _ Do you go to Internet cafés? We aren’t going shopping. Mia often makes cakes. FoR wy Nop What are you doing? B. Write sentences. Use present continuous. 1. Mike and | / read / magazines right now. .. Julia / not come / to the cinema tonight’ 2. 3. We / visit / our cousins this weekend 4. Jay / not watch / videos at the moment. 5. . They / take / photos / in the park. C. Use the present simple of the verbs in brackets. 1. We _ (not live) near our college. 2. Luke “(not speak) German 3. Julian _ _ (go) cycling at weekends. 4. Luke, \flisten) to music after school. 5. Our parents _ (come) from Lisbon. D. Choose the right verb tense. 1 We(want /Gre wanting go shopping on Saturday. 21 always (mes) fm meeting ends after school. 3. She sends {i senaing) atextnow, L—— a , 4. \Gon't knowy am not knowing the answer to this question. (_—— oc \ 5. Jack tayd is playing squash right now.V- WRITING Write (a minimum of 50 words) about your free time activities. Use the writing guide to help you. re 3 Paragraph 1- My name's... 8 | Paragraph 2- After school, I... I like ... | afte Paragraph 3 - At the weekend, |... Running ‘Read Football ygga=