Vocabulary: Cycling in the desert

VFree-time activities
1Complete the sentences with the words in the box. 
  • playing the drums
  • playing computer games
  • rock climbing
  • painting
  • acting
  • 1I'm not really into sport, but I like swimming in the pool with my friends.

  • 2Kitty is in a rock group. She likes playing the drums and singing.

  • 3My friends and I are into playing computer games, especially simulation games like SimCity.

  • 4In the holidays, George's family go to Scotland. They like rock climbing in the mountains.

  • 5I'm artistic. I love drawing and painting.

  • 6I enjoy acting. My favourite subject at school is drama.

VFree-time activities
2Put the free-time activities next to the clues. Use the words in the box. 
  • singing
  • cooking
  • playing tennis
  • dancing
  • skateboarding
  • painting
  • 1It's artistic. You use a pencil. drawing

  • 2It's musical. You don't need a musical instrument. singing

  • 3It's something you do with food. cooking

  • 4It's a sport. My favourite players are Roger Federer and Andy Murray. playing tennis

  • 5You move to music. dancing

  • 6You do this in special parks or in the street. You go fast! skateboarding

  • 7It's artistic. You use paint. painting

VinsightLikes and dislikes
3Choose the correct words to complete the text. 

Jack 

1

 

all sports! He's really 

2into

 

cycling (he goes everywhere on his bike), and he 

3likes

 

playing tennis with his friends at the weekend. Josh 

4hates

 

sport. He doesn't do a lot of exercise! He's not 

5interested in

 

tennis or football, but he 

6likes

 

skateboarding. Josh is 

7interested in

 

music. He 

8loves

 

playing the drums. He's also 

9into

 

art and he 

10loves

 

photography.

VinsightLikes and dislikes
4Rewrite the sentences. Replace the words in bold with their antonyms. 
You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task. You also need to use correct punctuation.
  • 1Jack enjoys skateboarding.

  • 2love dancing.

    I hate dancing.

  • 3They aren't interested in cooking.

    They're interested in cooking.

  • 4Dad dislikes my music.

    Dad likes my music.

  • 5Kelly is into sport.

    Kelly isn't into sport.

  • 6don't enjoy playing computer games.

    I enjoy playing computer games.

  • 7We're interested in photography.

    We aren't interested in photography.

  • 8like playing tennis.

    I don't like playing tennis.


VSports
5Complete the table with the sports in the box. Some sports go in more than one category. 
  • aerobics
  • archery
  • athletics
  • badminton
  • canoeing
  • cricket
  • gymnastics
  • hockey
  • karate
  • rugby
  • running
  • skiing
  • volleyball

Ball sports:

  • basketball
  • crickethockeyrugbyvolleyball

    Team sports:

  • basketball
  • cricket , hockeyrugbyvolleyball

    Individual sports:

  • sailing
  • aerobicsarcheryathleticsbadmintoncanoeinggymnasticskaraterunningskiing