Reading Sport is fun! Sport is fun! 7 7 1 Read the text quickly and write the numbers next to the pictures. a b c d There are hundreds of different sports. All sports have rules. Lots of sports use a ball, and you play some sports in teams. All sports can help to keep you fit. Sport can be lots of fun! 1 Orienteering 3 Lacrosse To do this sport, you need a map and a You play lacrosse in teams. There are six, ten or compass. Orienteers use a map to follow a twelve players on each team. Each player has route in the countryside. Everyone can do this a stick with a net on it. You use the net to catch sport it is popular with adults and children. and throw a ball, and you try to score goals. This game is very fast! 2 White water rafting A raft is a kind of boat. White water is fast 4 Kite surfing water. So white water rafting means boating on To go kite surfing, you need a surfboard and fast water. It is very exciting, and sometimes a big kite. You need a strong wind too. The you fall in the water! You need training kite pulls you along. It isn t easy, but it s fun! because fast water can be dangerous. There are lots of good kite surfing beaches in England. 2 Find these words in the text. Write. 1 c 2 s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 Read the text again and write T (true) or F (false). 1 An orienteer needs a map. 2 Orienteering is only for adults. 3 White water rafting can be dangerous. 4 There are always six players on a lacrosse team. 5 A lacrosse player needs a surfboard. 6 You can go kitesurfing in England. Sport is fun! 7 lish 3 PHOTOCOPIABLE � Oxford University Press | Incredible English 3