1. The National sport of England

2. Let’s revise grammar
careless
successful
speachless
thoughtful
careful

3. 1
FOOTBALL 4
FIELD HOCKEY
GOLF
RUGBY 2 5
BASKETBALL
CRICKET
ICE HOCKEY 3 6 7

4. Match the words to their definitions:b f

5. Listen, read and fill in the gaps:
until as
all
has
and

6. Complete the factfile about football in England:
Country/ game
History of the game
Famous clubs
Famous players

7. Show me your shoulders,
Show me your neck,
Clap, clap your hands
And show me your back.
Show me your head,
show me your neck,
Show me your foot,

8. Open the brackets, use the correct form of the verb
Let’s check the task!

9. Football is the most popular game in the world and it is played nearly in all countries. Football is played on a field and two teams compete there. Football team is composed of 11 players: a goalkeeper, backs, half-backs and forwards. Each team has a captain who is usually the best player. During the match every team tries to score as many goals as they can. Players use only legs during the game. Only the goalkeeper can use his hands to catch the ball. Despite being so popular today, football appeared hundreds years ago. Today there are many football competitions and championships. Every year Europe houses FIFA Cup competitions and every four years – the World Cup. Football is also played in the Olympics. Anyway, football is loved by millions of people who watch games on TV, go to see them on stadiums. Moreover, there are such crazy fans that travel all over the world with their favourite teams and support them all the time. Manchester United, Liverpool, the Arsenal, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Chelsea and some others are the best and most famous clubs in the world.

10. London Olympics of 2012
There are different opinions as to the results of the Russian team at the London Olympics. In medal-winning terms, Russia's 2012  ____________ is better than that at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, improving from 23 gold medals to 24 and up from a total of 73 medals to 82.
PERFORM
But the British were more _________ with 29 gold medals, moving Russia into the fourth place.
SUCCESS
The reaction in Russia during the first days of the Olympics was largely __________, but then changed as more and more medals were won.
NEGATION
Yet, we have to admit that in some ways our sportsmen were _____________. For example, there were no gold medals in weightlifting this time, though we usually had had a number of them at the Olympics.
LUCK
Alexander Zhukov, president of the Russian Olympic Committee, explains China’s success in the following way: “They have actually copied the Soviet system of children's _______________.
TRAIN
He adds: «It is rather difficult for us to return to the Soviet system now and, besides, I doubt whether it is ______________ in this day and age».
REASON
performance
successful
negative
unlucky
training
reasonable

11. Home task:
Speak about English football (Factfile)