English 9 · Unit 7: Competition · Cambridge Global English Stage 9

Questions

1. 1. Ahmet: Are you in the school football team this year? Deniz: ____

   • OK. Let's go running together this weekend!
   • Yes, I am. We train every Wednesday and Friday.
   • Those sports can be very competitive too, you know!
   • It's fun. I mean, it's hard work and there's a lot of pressure to score goals.
   Check

2. 2. Ahmet: How's it going? Deniz: ____

   • Those sports can be very competitive too, you know!
   • It's fun. I mean, it's hard work and there's a lot of pressure to score goals.
   • OK. Let's go running together this weekend!
   • Yes, I agree it puts some people off. But it's a fact of life and you have to get used to it.
   Check

3. 3. Ahmet: Oh, I think that would turn me off. I don't like too much pressure. Deniz: ____

   • OK. Let's go running together this weekend!
   • Yes, I agree it puts some people off. But it's a fact of life and you have to get used to it.
   • It's fun. I mean, it's hard work and there's a lot of pressure to score goals.
   • Yes, I am. We train every Wednesday and Friday.
   Check

4. 4. Ahmet: That's all very well, but it's not for me. I prefer non-competitive sports like running or cycling. Deniz: ____

   • Those sports can be very competitive too, you know!
   • Yes, I agree it puts some people off. But it's a fact of life and you have to get used to it.
   • Yes, I am. We train every Wednesday and Friday.
   • It's fun. I mean, it's hard work and there's a lot of pressure to score goals.
   Check

5. 5. Ahmet: Yes, I know, but I just do them for fun and to stay fit. I don't try to be faster than anyone else. Deniz: ____

   • OK. Let's go running together this weekend!
   • Those sports can be very competitive too, you know!
   • Yes, I am. We train every Wednesday and Friday.
   • Yes, I agree it puts some people off. But it's a fact of life and you have to get used to it.
   Check

6. 6. They discouraged me from trying out for the school swimming team. → They ____ trying out ...

   • made me fit
   • turned me on
   • got used to
   • put me off
   Check

7. 7. Everyone knows that there are winners and losers. → ____ that there are winners and losers.

   • It puts me off
   • It's not for me
   • It's a fact of life
   • That's all very well
   Check

8. 8. Doing team practice every week is fine, but you have to make time for schoolwork as well. → Doing team practice every week ____, but ...

   • isn't for me
   • puts me off
   • is a fact of life
   • is all very well
   Check

9. 9. I am not interested in sports that don't have any sort of competition. → I am ____ sports that don't have any sort of competition.

   • a fact of life for
   • turned off by
   • put me off
   • all very well with
   Check