Tales of Two Players This class discusses the English lesson “Tales of Two Players”. The “Tales of Two Players” is part of Lesson 1 of Unit 7 of English 1st pager (English for Today) of Class 7.
Tales of Two Players
B Read the text. Write the day below each picture.
Every Thursday afternoon Ashish Biswash plays football. He is a striker. He plays for the local Friends Club. Do you want to know what else he does on other days?
This is what Ashish says: “Friday and Saturday are my weekends. On Friday, I go to my village home. Going home is really a wonderful experience.
My mother waits for me there. In the afternoon, I go cycling with my friends. Sometimes I go for a long walk. The next day I got up a little late. In the afternoon I play kabaddi. In fact, I was a Kabadi player during my school days.
From Sunday to Thursday, I go to the club at 7 o’clock in the morning. It’s the time for our regular practice. So I have to get up by 6 o’clock. Usually on Monday afternoon, the team doctor sees all the players. On Tuesday our coach shows us videos of important matches. We learn a lot from them.
On Thursdays when we practice, our team manager watches our performance and keeps a record of that. Then he selects the team for the day. In the afternoon I go to the club at 1 o’clock. I spent some time with my teammates. At 4 o’clock our match begins. We regularly play with other local teams.”
C . Use the pictures in A. Describe Ashish Biswash’s week.
Example: He plays kabaddi on Saturday afternoon.
D . Answer the following questions
1. What’s your favorite sport?
2 . What’s your favorite team?
3. Who is the captain?
4. Who is your favorite player?
5. How often do you go to the stadium and watch sports programs?
E. Listen to the teacher / CD and answer the following questions.
Questions
1. Who narrates the above story?
2. What is his dream?
3. Where does he live?
4 . Why does he consider himself fortunate?
5 . What is interesting in him?
Lesson 2: Tales of two players
A . Read the text below aloud.
Ashish and Arun are two players. I have known them for a long time. They are both very close to my family. Ashish is from a village. Arun lives in a small town. Ashish plays football. He doesn’t play tennis. Arun practices cricket but he loves athletics as well. Arun goes to a local school. He has opportunities to practice in his school compound. Arun practices in his club field. Ashish has one brother. His name is Abir. He is a weight lifter. Arun has no brother. He has a sister. Her name is Apala. She doesn’t like cricket. She is a swimmer.
B . Work in pairs. Make questions for Asish, Apala, Arun, and Abir using the table below. Then ask and answer the questions. Also, ask these questions to your partner. Use the words in italics to complete the sentences.
