Giải SBT Tiếng Anh Friends Plus 6 Unit 6: Sports - Writing trang 47

Sports superstar: Missy Franklin 

A. She first broke a world record in 2011 for the 200 metres, and she won four gold medals at the London Olympics. She's one of the best young swimmers in the world.

B. Missy Franklin's full name is Melissa Jeanette Franklin and she is a swimmer from the United States. She was born on 10th May 199S in California in the USA and she now lives in Colorado.

C. She first started swimming when she was five. She began to compete in important competitions in 2010 at the age of fourteen.

=> Answer: 1. B                    2. C                   3. A

2. Complete the text with the given phrases. Then write the first sentence of paragraphs two and three. 

after that he won                 at the age of               continued to play                  first played football

He is one of the                   He was born on             Neymoe's full name is 

 Neymar's full name is Neymar da Silva Santos Junio and he is a football player from Brazil.

=> Answer:

1. He was born on

2. first played football

3. at the age

4. continued to play

5. after that he won

6. He is one of the

3. Read the factfile. Then complete the text

My life

My name is Claudia Fragapane and I'm a (1) ______ gymnast. I (2) ______ on 24th October (4)______ in Bristol, a city in the west of the (4)______ I now live in the Bristol area with my parents and my (5)______ My sport I first began to do gymnastics when I (6)______ years old. I started to compete in important competitions when I  (7)______ years old and I first became a gymnast in the (8)______when I was sixteen. 

My greatest moments My greatest moment was when I won (9)______ at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in (10)______when I was seventeen — I became the (11)______British gymnast in eighty years! I also won BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year in (12)______ That was really exciting! 

=> Answer:

1. British                       2. She was born on                   3. 1997

4. UK                            5. sisters                                    6. 6 years old

7. eleven                      8. Commonwealth Games         9. four gold medals

10. 2014                      11. most successful                    12. 2014

4. Imagine you are a famous sports star. Write a short article about your life using 'I'. Use the factfile and text in exercise 3 to help you. 

=> Answer:

My name is Quang Hai. I am a football player. I was born and raised in Dong Anh, Hanoi. I started my football career in 2016, and brought many great achievements to my team. The floating match that made me so famous is the Asian finals in 2018. In this match I played extremely talented, I had a great goal that was the stone holy vortex. And finally, no one did not know me with the title "Golden Ball of Vietnam".