Lesson 2

Reading

2. Read the article and check your answers to Exercise 1.

The team is the Egyptian handball team.

3. Look at the words in bold in the text. Match the words and the definitions.

1. A sport with seven players in a team. they score by throwing the ball into a goal. handball.

2. Events when people try to get a prize by being the best at something. competitions.

3. The opposite of lost. won.

4. for younger people. junior.

5. for older people. senior.

4. Read the article again. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?

1. The Egyptian handball team won an important competition in 2020. T

2. The final in 2020 was in Tunisia. T

3. In 2010, the Egyptian handball team won the final against Tunisia. F (it was in 2020)

4. The senior Egyptian handball team won the World Cup Final in 2019. F (the junior team won)

5. Teams from Africa usually win the handball World Cup Final. F (Egypt were the first team to won it)

6. The Tunisian team were the best team in Africa i 2018. T

7. Many people in Egypt like handball. T

8. May people in Egypt like handball. T

Language

5. Listen and complete.

1. You can pronounce the-ed endings on word in three ways. Listen to how the-ed endings are different in these three past simple verbs from the article.

2. Listen and write the verbs you hear in the correct column.

6. Reorder the words to make past simple questions.

1. to do / the Egyptian / what / were / junior team / the / team / first / ?

What were the Egyptians junior team the first team to do?

2. When / did / World Cup Final / win / the / they / ?

When did they win the World Cup Final?

3. the / senior team / did / Egyptian / win / 2020 / what / in / ?

What did the Egyptian senior team win in 2020?

4. Egypt / competition / Where / win / did / this / ?

Where did Egypt win this competition?

5. the / 2018 / won / who / Africa cup of Nations / in / ?

Who won the Africa cup of Nations in 2018?

7. Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions in Exercise 6.

1. They were the first team from Africa to win the World Cup of Nations in 2018.

2. They won it in 2019.

3. They won the Africa Cup of Nations.

4. They won it in Tunisia.

5. Tunisia won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2018.