Grammar: Subject and object questions; Adverbs of manner p. 57

A: I play for Surrey and England.

B: I prefer batting to fielding.

C: Dedication makes a great athlete.

D: My dad introduced me to cricket.

E: I started playing for Surrey.

F: My coach told me I could play for England.

Look at the questions for the answers in STEP 1 and complete them.

1 What teams ________?
2 ________, batting or fielding?
3 ________ a great athlete?
4 ________ you to cricket?
5 ________ playing for?
6 ________ you could play for England?

Spot the mistake in the adverbs in the sentences below and write the correction in the gap.

1 Tom arrived lately to training and the coach was furious. ________
2 Hey Tim, you came in earlily today! ________
3 The children are playing happyly right now. ________
4 I'm not surprised you won the race, Marion. You swam really good. ________
5 Ben finishes his homework fastly when there is football practice. ________
6 The lights go off automaticly when you leave the building. ________

Form the adverb from the adjective in brackets and place it in the correct gap. Write a slash '/' in the wrong gap.

1 Lily ________ walked ________ around the room. (excited)
2 Jim was really hungry and he ate ________ his slice of pizza ________. (greed)
3 We need to ________ run ________ to catch the train. (fast)
4 There were too many people and I couldn't see ________ the match ________. (proper)
5 The little girl crossed ________ the road ________. (careful)
6 She went to the starting blocks and faced ________ the challenge ________. (confident)

Complete Mike's blog about his favourite sport and sportsperson. What about yours? Make any changes you need and use it for your oral production.

I'm crazy about speed and running ________, so it's no wonder that my specialty is the 100 metres! There's no greater feeling for someone ________ like me than crossing the finishing line first!
The 100 metres ________ or sprint as it is sometimes called has basic rules. Athletes start with their feet in the ________ and wait for the starter's gun. You ________ stay in your lane when you run and pass the finishing line with the upper part of your body.
When I started training ________, I understood that I ________ just run to prepare for a race. I also ________ work out at the gym for a lot of hours and also on the ________ where I did skipping, backward runs and more.
I hope to become like Letsile Tebogo: he's a young athlete from Botswana who ran the 100 metres in less than 10 seconds once! He is the first athlete in his country to ________ a medal at a world ________. Can you imagine the honour!?