English For Today chapter 4: Enjoying Annual Sports

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Enjoying Annual Sports

1.1 Look at the pictures. In pairs, guess what is happening? Figure Labels: a, b, c, d Description: Four pictures labelled a to d. (a) Students at a school ground decorated with bunting and flags, with a wheelchair user among the people. (b) A boy in mid-air over a sand pit during a long jump. (c) A girl skipping with a rope. (d) Three students in a line crouching at the start of a race. Printed page 10

1.2 Listen and act out. Figure Labels: Hi, Ripa; Hi, Rahat Description: Two students facing each other. A boy on the left with a backpack, hand extended, says "Hi, Ripa". A girl on the right with a backpack, holding a yellow book, says "Hi, Rahat". Ripa : Hi, Rahat. How're you doing? Rahat : Hi, Ripa. I'm fine. How's everything? Ripa : Good. You look happy. Anything special? Rahat : Yes. I'm excited about our annual sports. Ripa : Oh, I see. Which events are you participating in? Rahat : I'm going to participate in the 100-metre race and long jump. Ripa : That's great. Wish you good luck! Rahat : Thank you so much, Ripa. Are you participating in any event? Ripa : Yes, I'm going to participate in skipping. Rahat : Oh, you like skipping! Wish you all the best. Ripa : Thank you so much. Bye. Rahat : Have a great day. Printed page 11

2.1 Read the conversation in 1.2 and fill in the blanks. a) Rahat and Ripa are talking about \dots\dots\dots\dots\dots\dots\dots . b) Rahat looks \dots\dots\dots\dots\dots\dots\dots . c) Rahat wants to participate in .......................... and .................... d) Ripa likes to participate in \dots\dots\dots\dots.. e) Ripa wishes \dots\dots\dots\dots\dots\dots\dots to Rahat.

3.1 Language Focus: Short Form of Verbs. In the dialogue, we have used the sentence- I'm fine. Here I'm is the short form of I am . More examples are given below — How is—How's They are—They're I will—I'll He is—He's You are—You're We will—We'll She is—She's We are—We're We have—We've It is—It's How are—How're We use the short form of verbs when we talk to someone.

4.1 Participate in a conversation with your friend using the following informal expressions. Informal expressions • Hi! • How're you doing? • How's everything? • Wishing you a wonderful day.

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