Lesson 2: Tales of Two Players (2)

Key words: practice, weight lifter, opportunity, school compound

A

Read the text below aloud.

Ashish and Arun are two players. I have known them for a long time. They are both very close to my family. Ashish is from a village. Arun lives in a small town. Ashish plays football. He doesn’t play tennis. Arun practices cricket, but he loves athletics as well. Arun goes to a local school. He has opportunities to practice in his school compound. Arun practices in his club field. Ashish has one brother. His name is Abir. He is a weight lifter. Arun has no brother. He has a sister. Her name is Apala. She doesn’t like cricket. She is a swimmer.

B

Work in pairs. Make questions for Ashish, Apala, Arun, and Abir using the table below. Then ask and answer the questions. Also, ask these questions to your partner. Use the words in italics to complete the sentences.

| Question | |---|---| | You ______ live in a city? | | She ______ play tennis? | | They ______ like athletics? | | He ______ go to school? |

C

Change your partner. Ask and answer questions about his/her previous partner’s sports habit and routine. Example: Does Emil play cricket? Does he practice regularly?

D

Do you remember Ashish Biswash, the footballer in the previous lesson? Here is an interview with him. Complete the questions. Use the verbs in the brackets.

Interviewer: ______ you ______ on Friday and Saturday? (do) Ashish: No, I don’t. That’s my weekend.

Interviewer: What ______ you ______ on Fridays? (do) Ashish: I go to my village home.

Interviewer: What ______ she ______ there? (do) Ashish: She is a social worker.

Interviewer: When ______ you ______ practice every day? (start) Ashish: I start practicing at 7 from Sunday to Thursday.

Interviewer: How ______ you ______ your free time? (spend) Ashish: I play kabadi, go cycling, or take long walks with my friends. Sometimes I chat with my mum.

Interviewer: When ______ you ______ back from your village? (come) Ashish: On Saturday evening.

Make a few more questions and answers for this interview. Work with a partner. Act out the interview.

E

Choose a sports star. Make six questions to ask him/her. Use the words in the box below. Then act out the interview with a partner.

| | |---|---| | How | | What | | When | | Where | | Do | | Why |

F

Make a personal fact file to tell about a day in your life. Answer the questions:

1. What time do you get up?
2. What do you have for breakfast?
3. How do you get to school?
4. What games or sports do you play? Why?
5. Who is your favorite sports star?
6. When do you go home from school?
7. Do you go home at the same time every day?
8. What is the first thing you do when you get back home?
9. How long do you watch television each day?
10. What’s your favorite program?
11. How often do you go out with your friends?
12. Where do you go? What do you do together?
13. What time do you go to bed?
14. What is your dream for the future?

H

Work in pairs. Ask and answer the above questions. Keep a record of your partner’s answers and write a paragraph about him or her on the basis of your record. Start like this…

Moon (partner’s name) gets up at 7 o’clock in the morning. Then she has breakfast. She eats two pieces of chapati and a portion of vegetables. Sometimes she eats a banana and drinks a glass of milk. She __________