UNIT 6 – A QUESTION OF SPORTS
Lesson 6.7 English in Use
(SB page 67)

A LOOKING BACK
Compare when you were 7 and you are now.
 Students work in groups of 4 to brainstorm ideas.
 Use the appropriate tense to talk about the past and present.

Objective
I can use “ago” to talk about events in the past.

In the past, …

Nowsaday, …
running

running
team sports

weight training
motor racing

motor racing
weight training

team sports

Exercise 1 - SB page 67 Describe these pictures.
B - People are
pulling stones to
build pyramids.

A - People are
running away
from a bear.

D - The cars are
travelling very
slowly, following the
man with the red
flag.

C - The teams are
gladiators or slaves
fighting against
wild animals.
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Exercise 1 - SB page 67

Match pictures A-D with captions 1-4.

C

A

D

B
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Exercise 2 - SB page 67
Study the Language Box.
How do you say the phrases in your language?

When did the
events in these
previous pictures
take place?

 You have 20 seconds to read the question,
calculate and answer it before the bear gets you.
 For each correct answer you will get 5 points
to your team.

The first Tour de France was in 1903 –
_________ago.
118
years
Answer

Woman first swam in the Olympics Game
in 1912 - __________
ago
109
years
Answer

Basketball legend Michael Jordan was
born in 1963 - ________
58 years ago.

Answer

Serena Williams won Wimbledon for
the first time in 2002 – _________ago.
19
years
Answer

Spain won the Football World Cup in
South Africa in 2010 – _________ago.
11 years

Answer

The Olympic Games were in Rio de Janeiro in
2016 – _______ago.
5
years
Answer

Exercise 4 - SB page 67
Complete the text with one word in each gap.
Listen and check.

was
match

ago
medal Last
court

of

do

for
goals
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Exercise 5 - SB page 67
Write 5-8 sentences about a sports game
that you played recently.
You can use the text in Exercise 4 as an
example. You may answer these
questions:

- How long ago did you play
that sport?
- Who did you play with?
- Did you win or lose the
game?
- Why did you stop playing