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WRITING A description of a sport WRITING
SKILL Using punctuation
1 Read the description quickly. Then in pairs, describe 3 Find examples of capital letters, full stops, commas and
the photo in your own words. apostrophes in the text. Do you know the rules for using
them in English?
SEPAK 4 Rewrite the text below with correct punctuation.
SEPAK
SEPAK
TAKRAW
TAKRAW
TAKRAW its a mixture of beach volleyball football and gymnastics
bossaball is a new and unusual sport
the courts got a net across the middle and a trampoline on
each side
a team wins a point when the other teams players cant hit
the ball back over the net
there are clubs in several countries around the world
including poland belgium spain brazil and norway
the first bossaball world cup was in turkey in may 2009

YOUR TURN
TO WRITE

Sepak takraw is a fast, exciting PLAN BEFORE YOU WRITE
sport. It’s a combination of 5 Read notes A–C about underwater rugby and put them
volleyball, football and gymnastics. It’s popular in in the same order as the description of sepak takraw.
Southeast Asia, and it’s Malaysia’s national sport.
The name comes from two languages. Sepak means A 6 players in each team
‘kick’ in Malay and takraw means ‘ball’ in Thai. players use a heavy ball goggles flippers and snorkel
People in Europe, Canada and the USA are starting score a goal by putting the ball into the other team’s basket.
to play it too. champion’s cup competition – in berlin every november

The rules of sepak takraw are simple. Each team has B difficult sport
three people on the court. They can use any part of players need to have strong lungs
their body, except their hands, to hit the ball over the more information on the internet
net. They win a point if the other team can’t hit it C underwater rugby isn’t like any other sport
back to them. The sport’s most famous competition is comes from Germany quite popular there
the King’s Cup World Championship. It’s on every year people starting to play underwater rugby in other european
in Thailand, in August or September. countries australia new zealand and latin america
Sepak takraw is amazing to watch. In this photo, the
player is flying through the air. He is trying to kick WRITE NOW
the ball over the net. There’s more information and 6 Write a description of underwater rugby.
videos about it online.
1 Use the description in exercise 1 as a model.
2 Use the notes from exercise 5.
2 Read the description again and decide if the sentences 3 Use correct punctuation.
are true or false. Underwater rugby isn’t like any other sport.
1 Sepak takraw is similar to volleyball. true
2 Sepak takraw is never played in Europe. CHECK AND CORRECT
3 Teams of three play on a court. 7 Check and correct your description.
4 It’s difficult to understand the rules of sepak takraw.
5 Players can use their heads to hit the ball over the net. 1 Check that the punctuation is correct.
6 The King’s Cup is in a different country every year. 2 In pairs, swap your descriptions and check each
7 Sepak takraw is often boring to watch. other’s work.
8 You can see people playing the sport on the internet.

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