1. The document contains exercises from an English workbook about sports and the Olympics. 2. In Activity 1, students read a text about two athletes, Belen and Isabell, and answer questions about what each athlete can and can't do in terms of sports abilities. 3. In Activity 2, students match pictures of sports with written descriptions of themselves, focusing on what they can and can't do athletically. 4. Activity 3 prompts students to describe a favorite Olympic athlete, noting what that athlete can and can't do in their sport.

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“I can play sports”

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Activity 1
Read the following text and mark the phrases where CAN and CAN´T are
being used.
Hello! My name is Belen Casetta! I´m 26 years old and I´m from Argentina.
I live alone in an apartment in Mar del
Plata. I´m now in Tokio in the Olympic
Games! It´s an awesome experience! I´m
a professional runner. I have the
national record in 3000 mts with
obstacles. I can run really fast! I have
got a pink and white trainers which are
really confortable to run, unfortunately
I can´t ride a bike with them because they are not made for that.
Hi! How are you? My name
is Isabell Werth! I´m 52
years old and I´m from
Germany. I have got a 10-
year-old son and we live
together in Rheinberg. I´m
competing in the Olympic
Games in the category
equestrian jumping because
I can ride a horse really well! I´m with Belen right now, I see that she can
ride a horse very well but I can´t run like her!
Answer the following questions
1) Can Belen Casetta Run? Yes, she can
2) Can she ride a bike? ____________________________
3) Can she ride a horse? ___________________________

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4) Can she play basketball? ________________________
5) Can Isabell Werth ride a horse? ________________________
6) Can she run? _______________________________________
7) Can she play volleyball? ______________________________
Activity 2
Match the name of the sports with the picture and write about you!
Example:
My name is Lilia Muller, I´m 33 years old and I live in Aluminé. I can ride a bike,
swim and run. I can´t drive a horse or play basketball. Can you swim?
SWIMMING
BASKETBALL
VOLEYBALL
RUNNING
EQUESTRIAN
JUMPING
CYCLING

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Activity 3 (Homework)
Do you have a favourite athlete in the Olympic games? What your athlete
CAN and CAN´T do?
Example:
My favourite athlete in the Olympic games is Luis Scola. He can play basketball
and jump. He can´t ride a horse.
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