Read the passage and tick True or False.

My name is Marco and I'm 11 years old. I'm Italian and my favorite sport is soccer. I play soccer twice a week at school and in the afternoon I have soccer lessons on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. On Saturdays afternoon I usually have a match with my team, we are very good at soccer and we often win. Of course I'm in the school team too! I have a lot of friends and on Sundays afternoon, we play soccer in the park. My favorite team is Milan and I hope to be a champion as Paolo Maldini.

1. Marco comes from Italy.

2. He plays soccer only at school.

3. His team often win soccer matches.

4. He is a soccer player in his school team.

5. He doesn’t like Milan team.

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

Benefits of playing sports

Firstly, playing sports can give you a (1)_____ life and a fit body. You will be more active and healthier by playing sports. To illustrate, you can have a lower chance (2) ____ getting a serious illness such as a heart attack or high blood pressure.

In other words, it increases your resistance to illness. in leisure time, you can play sports with your friends or your relatives, this not (3) ______ helps you but also motivates everyone around you to take part in sports and have good health.

Moreover, you also need to allow and encourage children to play sports, especially some outside activities such as football, basketball or volleyball to decrease the time that your children spend sitting in front of computers or (4)______ television. These sports can help them have endurance, quickness and even teach them how to improve team spirit and work in groups. These sports  also teach them how to communicate (5)____ their teammates, and show them how active and creative they are.

Firstly, playing sports can give you a (1)_____ life and a fit body. You will be more active and healthier by playing sports.

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

Benefits of playing sports

Firstly, playing sports can give you a (1)_____ life and a fit body. You will be more active and healthier by playing sports. To illustrate, you can have a lower chance (2) ____ getting a serious illness such as a heart attack or high blood pressure.

In other words, it increases your resistance to illness. in leisure time, you can play sports with your friends or your relatives, this not (3) ______ helps you but also motivates everyone around you to take part in sports and have good health.

Moreover, you also need to allow and encourage children to play sports, especially some outside activities such as football, basketball or volleyball to decrease the time that your children spend sitting in front of computers or (4)______ television. These sports can help them have endurance, quickness and even teach them how to improve team spirit and work in groups. These sports  also teach them how to communicate (5)____ their teammates, and show them how active and creative they are.

To illustrate, you can have a lower chance (2) ____ getting a serious illness such as a heart attack or high blood pressure.

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

Benefits of playing sports

Firstly, playing sports can give you a (1)_____ life and a fit body. You will be more active and healthier by playing sports. To illustrate, you can have a lower chance (2) ____ getting a serious illness such as a heart attack or high blood pressure.

In other words, it increases your resistance to illness. in leisure time, you can play sports with your friends or your relatives, this not (3) ______ helps you but also motivates everyone around you to take part in sports and have good health.

Moreover, you also need to allow and encourage children to play sports, especially some outside activities such as football, basketball or volleyball to decrease the time that your children spend sitting in front of computers or (4)______ television. These sports can help them have endurance, quickness and even teach them how to improve team spirit and work in groups. These sports  also teach them how to communicate (5)____ their teammates, and show them how active and creative they are.

In other words, it increases your resistance to illness. in leisure time, you can play sports with your friends or your relatives, this not (3) ______ helps you but also motivates everyone around you to take part in sports and have good health.

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

Benefits of playing sports

Firstly, playing sports can give you a (1)_____ life and a fit body. You will be more active and healthier by playing sports. To illustrate, you can have a lower chance (2) ____ getting a serious illness such as a heart attack or high blood pressure.

In other words, it increases your resistance to illness. in leisure time, you can play sports with your friends or your relatives, this not (3) ______ helps you but also motivates everyone around you to take part in sports and have good health.

Moreover, you also need to allow and encourage children to play sports, especially some outside activities such as football, basketball or volleyball to decrease the time that your children spend sitting in front of computers or (4)______ television. These sports can help them have endurance, quickness and even teach them how to improve team spirit and work in groups. These sports  also teach them how to communicate (5)____ their teammates, and show them how active and creative they are.

Moreover, you also need to allow and encourage children to play sports, especially some outside activities such as football, basketball or volleyball to decrease the time that your children spend sitting in front of computers or (4)______ television.

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

Benefits of playing sports

Firstly, playing sports can give you a (1)_____ life and a fit body. You will be more active and healthier by playing sports. To illustrate, you can have a lower chance (2) ____ getting a serious illness such as a heart attack or high blood pressure.

In other words, it increases your resistance to illness. in leisure time, you can play sports with your friends or your relatives, this not (3) ______ helps you but also motivates everyone around you to take part in sports and have good health.

Moreover, you also need to allow and encourage children to play sports, especially some outside activities such as football, basketball or volleyball to decrease the time that your children spend sitting in front of computers or (4)______ television. These sports can help them have endurance, quickness and even teach them how to improve team spirit and work in groups. These sports  also teach them how to communicate (5)____ their teammates, and show them how active and creative they are.

These sports can help them have endurance, quickness and even teach them how to improve team spirit and work in groups. These sports  also teach them how to communicate (5)____ their teammates, and show them how active and creative they are.

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

 People usually sing because they like music or because they feel happy. They express their happiness by singing. When a bird sings however, its song usually means much more than that the bird is happy. Birds have many reasons for singing. They sing to give information. Their songs are their language.

The most beautiful songs are sung by male (cock) birds. They sing when they want to attract a female (hen) bird. It is their way of saying that they are looking for a wife.

Birds also sing to tell other birds to keep away. To a bird, his tree or even a branch of tree, is his home. He does not want strangers to come near him, so he sings to warn them.

If a bird cannot sing well, he usually has some other means of giving important information. Some birds dance, spread out their tails or make other signs. One bird has a most unusual way of finding a wife. It builds a small garden of shells and flowers.

Why do people usually sing?   

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

 People usually sing because they like music or because they feel happy. They express their happiness by singing. When a bird sings however, its song usually means much more than that the bird is happy. Birds have many reasons for singing. They sing to give information. Their songs are their language.

The most beautiful songs are sung by male (cock) birds. They sing when they want to attract a female (hen) bird. It is their way of saying that they are looking for a wife.

Birds also sing to tell other birds to keep away. To a bird, his tree or even a branch of tree, is his home. He does not want strangers to come near him, so he sings to warn them.

If a bird cannot sing well, he usually has some other means of giving important information. Some birds dance, spread out their tails or make other signs. One bird has a most unusual way of finding a wife. It builds a small garden of shells and flowers.

Which birds sing the most beautiful songs?