Unit 7: Sport and risk

This unit is about sport. Doing sport is a lot of fun but often also involves a degree of risk. Pupils will learn about the effects of risk-taking, find out how a downhill mountain biker minimises risks and also talk about their attitude towards risk-taking.

Pupils ...

  • learn about a rescue mission and a rescue service
  • analyse data about snow sports
  • discuss reasons for doing sports
  • meet world famous downhill mountain bikers
  • consider and present their own attitudes towards risk-taking

They revise and learn the following language features:

  • the use of the present perfect simple with adverbs of time
  • the use of "either ... or", "or rather" and "both ... and"
  • ** the use of the present perfect continuous

Task B, Step 2b