READING- UNIT 12 -GRADE 12

A free throw is awarded for minor fouls, such as red caps with the number 1 in white their own goal lines holding or punching the ball five to eight minutes Complete the following sente

Can you name the sports

below

Water polo

swimming

Synchronized swimming

Water skiing

windsurfing

rowing

New words:

- Vertical post (n) :

-Crossbar (n) :

-Goalie (n) :

-Defensive player (n) : -Referee (n) :

-Penalty box (n) : -Foul (n) :

-> Major foul :

-> minor foul :

-To eject :

- To punch :

Match the words in column A with their meaning in column B:

a To make someone leave a game

b An action in sport that is against the rules

c To punish a team or a player who breaks the rules

d A situation in a game when two teams have the same

scores

e Someone who tries to defeat another person in a

competition

1 Water polo is played in a pool metres deep, _ long and _ wide.

2 The home team wears _, the visiting team wears and the goalies wear

3 Both teams sprint for the ball from _

4 A free throw is awarded for minor fouls, such as

red caps with the number 1 in

white

their own goal lines

holding or punching the ball

five to eight minutes

Complete the following sentences, using the information from the passage:

Where can people play water polo?

- People can play it in

a pool.

Where is the ball when the game starts?

It is in the centre of the pool

How can the ball be advanced?

- The ball can be advanced by

passing with one hand of

swimming with the head above the water and the ball between the

arms so it rides on the wave

created by the swimmer’s head.

What happens to a player who commits five personal fouls?

The player is ejected

after committing five

personal fouls

Which players are allowed

to hold the ball with both

hands?

Only the goalie are

allowed to hold the ball

with both hands.

Football Water polo

Places to play

Number of players Main rules

- One team will be punished if there are players get minor fouls

- Be played by hands -The players who break the rules will be ejected.

- One team will be punished if there are players get minor fouls.

Compare between football and water polo:

-Learn new words.

- Prepare new lesson.

Goodbye