2. 3. Focus on Vocabulary
Match situations on the left with appropriate quotes on the right:
a. “Put up with it just a little longer.”
1. Encouraging a player to accept a challenge.
b. “it’s hard. But I know you can do it.”
2. Telling a player that he is outstanding.
c. “you ran that race faster than anyone ever ran it before.”
3. Telling a player to tolerate a difficulty.
d. “you did very well this year: twelve wins and only two losses.”
4. Complimenting a player who broke a record.
e. “you ‘re better than most players I know of. You ‘re the best player on the team.”
5. Summarizing the team’s achievement.
f. “you ‘re a natural athlete.”
6. Praising a player for his talent.

3. Answer Key
1. b 2. e 3. a 4.c 5. d 6. f

4. 2. Complete with words from the list:
{Borders- broke- encouraged- national- organs-
outstanding- tolerate- waves}
athletes’ hearts, lungs, and other major ……. are in excellent condition.
An open- water swimmer must ……………… cold.
In the water, Lynne Cox can’t see the ……………. she crosses.
First, she ran in small local races; then when she was good enough, she ran in ……………….. races.
Big ………………… are a problem- they make swimming difficult.
She lost the race and wanted to quit, but her friends ………………… her to try again.
7.He was a (n) ……………….. boxer; he won the heavyweight championship.
8. In 1992, Yoko ……………. the world record for speed skating 1, 000 meters.

5. Answer Key Answer key: Organs 2. tolerate 3. borders 4. national
5. waves 6. encouraged outstanding
8. broke

6. 4. Focus on Writing Transition words of time
They are used to :
1- show the relationships between the sentences in a piece of writing.
2- show time relationships. They help the reader
understand which event happened first, which
happened second and so on.
Transition words are like : first, then, next, and later.
They are followed by a comma.

7. finally first next then
2. Complete the story with transition words of time from the following list.
finally first next then
Bonnie Blair could skate by the time she was two years
old, and by the age of four, she was in races. (1) ……….,
she skated in group races .(2)………., she took up speed
skating, where only two skaters race at a time. She won
many races. (3) ………, in 1984, she made the U.S.
Olympic team, but she didn’t win any medals. (4)………,
in 1988, Bonnie Blair made the U.S. Olympic team again,
and this time she won both gold and bronze medals.

8. Answer Key
First
Then or next
Next or then
Finally

9. The Present Progressive Tense
We use this tense to refer to what is happening at the moment of speaking.
Form:
Is / are / am + verb + ing
He is walking to school now.
They are helping their mother at the moment.
I am writing my report this afternoon.

10. More about the present progressive
Spelling rules:
When we add the “ing” to the end of the verb we should:
1. cancel the “e” at the end of the verb
arrive ……………..arriving
write ……………….writing
2. double the last consonant if it has a vowel before it
run ……………..running
stop…………….stopping
3. not cancel the “y” at the end of the verb before adding “ing:
play……………..playing
carry …………..carrying

11. More about the present progressive
Negative form:
is / are / am + not + verb + ing
Examples:
He is not coming to the office today.
I am not watching TV now.
You are not listening to the radio at the moment.
Question form:
Yes/ No : Is / Are / Am + Subject + verb ing …….?
Is she coming today?
Are they reading now?
Am I coming with you?

12. More about the present progressive
Wh questions:
Wh word + is / are / am + subject + verb ing ………?
Examples:
Where are you going now?
When is she going shopping?
What am I doing at the moment?
Some words and phrases refer to the present progressive
such as: “now, at the moment, today, Look!, Listen!, this
week….”

13. 2. Use the words to write sentences.
at/ I/ my/ friend/ smiling/ am
biking/ is/ across/ Robin/ America/ not
soccer/ they/ playing/ in/ not/ park/ are/ the
to/ game/ we/ trying/win/are/this

14. Answer Key I’m smiling at my friend.
Robin isn’t biking across America.
They aren’t playing soccer in the park.
We’re trying to win this game.

15. 3. complete the paragraph using the present progressive tense of the verbs provided. Use contractions.
I 1.(watch) a football game. My team 2.(play) for the championship. For once I 3.(not watch) the game on TV. I was finally able to get a ticket, and I’m actually at the stadium! My team’s quarterback 4.(throw) the ball to one of his receivers. The receiver 5.(run) down the field. The players on the other team 6.(try) to stop the receiver from catching the ball. But I think they 7.(not/ run) fast enough. I think he might be able to catch the ball! But the man in front of me 8.(jump) up and down. He 9.(make) it impossible for me to see what 10.(happen). Too bad I 11.(not/ sit) at home in front of my TV!

16. Answer Key
1.’m watching 8.is jumping 2.’s playing 9.’s making 3.’m not watching 10.’s happening 4.’s throwing 11.’m not sitting 5.’s running 6. Are trying 7.’re not running