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Sport is fun!
Sport is fun!
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1 Read the text quickly and write the numbers next to the pictures.
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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.
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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!
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