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    Sports Interviews - Exercises 0

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    The document is a listening exercise about two sports: wakeboarding and roller derby. It includes questions to test understanding of key details about how each sport is played, its history and popularity. Wakeboarding involves riding behind a speedboat and doing tricks in the air, while roller derby is a team sport played on roller skates where players score points by passing other players. Both sports have grown more popular in recent decades and have influences from similar extreme or team sports.

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    The document is a listening exercise about two sports: wakeboarding and roller derby. It includes questions to test understanding of key details about how each sport is played, its history and popularity. Wakeboarding involves riding behind a speedboat and doing tricks in the air, while roller derby is a team sport played on roller skates where players score points by passing other players. Both sports have grown more popular in recent decades and have influences from similar extreme or team sports.

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    The document is a listening exercise about two sports: wakeboarding and roller derby. It includes questions to test understanding of key details about how each sport is played, its history and popularity. Wakeboarding involves riding behind a speedboat and doing tricks in the air, while roller derby is a team sport played on roller skates where players score points by passing other players. Both sports have grown more popular in recent decades and have influences from similar extreme or team sports.

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    108 views2 pages

    Sports Interviews - Exercises 0

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    Thai Nhut Hao B2000544
    The document is a listening exercise about two sports: wakeboarding and roller derby. It includes questions to test understanding of key details about how each sport is played, its history and popularity. Wakeboarding involves riding behind a speedboat and doing tricks in the air, while roller derby is a team sport played on roller skates where players score points by passing other players. Both sports have grown more popular in recent decades and have influences from similar extreme or team sports.

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    Listening skills practice: Sports interviews – exercises

    Listen to the radio interview and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills.

    1. Preparation: word 2 word


    Do this exercise before you listen. Put these questions in the correct order by writing a number in the
    brackets.

    1. it (__) popular (__) sport? (__) Is (__) a (__)

    2. do (__) it? (__) you (__) How (__) play (__)

    3. it? (__) does (__) Who (__)

    4. all (__) female? (__) sport (__) Is (__) the (__)

    5. do (__) How (__) you (__) go? (__) fast (__)

    6. Wales, (__) isn’t (__) That’s (__) it? (__) in (__)

    7. sport? (__) you (__) about (__) Can (__) tell (__) your (__) us (__)

    8. what (__) explain (__) is? (__) Can (__) you (__) that (__)

    2. Check your understanding: grouping


    Do this exercise while you listen. Which sport? Put these sentences in the correct groups.

    b. It’s becoming c. This sport d. There are more e. There are more
    a. The sport began
    really popular in involves doing guys than girls girls than guys
    in the 1930s.
    the UK. tricks in the air. doing it. doing it.

    g. When you h. There are strong j. The clothes


    i. A big event for
    f. It started in compete, you influences from people wear for
    this sport is held in
    California. score points for other, similar this sport have
    Wales.
    your team. sports. changed.

    Wakeboarding Roller derby


    3. Check your understanding: multiple choice
    Do this exercise while you listen. Circle the best option to complete these sentences.

    People are talking about these sports because they are becoming more and more popular / they
    1.
    might be included in the 2020 Olympics / a lot of people are getting injured doing them .

    2. In wakeboarding the rider is attached to the board / another rider / a speedboat .

    3. In wakeboarding 1260 degree spins are impossible / difficult / surprisingly easy .

    Wakestock festival in Wales has a similar feel to California / is a good place to see the best riders
    4.
    / is really cool but not many people know about it .

    Wakeboarding tricks are unique to the sport / have different names to skateboarding and surfing
    5.
    moves / are often the same asmost
    ou be skateboarding and surfing ones .
    interested in trying?

    Roller derby has had a revival in popularity in the last fifteen years / has always had a small group
    6.
    of dedicated fans / has continually grown in popularity since it started .

    In roller derby you score points by going past other players / arriving at a goal / making people fall
    7.
    over .

    Roller derby teams are currently mostly non-professional / mostly professional / about half
    8.
    professional and half amateur .

    Which of these sports would you be most interested in trying?

    I’d like to try … because …


    I wouldn’t like to try … because …

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