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Joy English · Level A1 · Sport and habitsjoy-english.com

Training for a race

Name:Date:

Hear plans, goals and rules about running.

Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.

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Words to know

race
A competition to see who is fastest.
goal
Something you want to achieve.
routine
Things you do regularly in the same way.

Answer key

  1. Do you want to sit down, Anna?“Do you want to…?” is a friendly offer.
  2. I didn’t know you like to run.“Didn’t know” is the past negative of “know”.
  3. But I’m running in a special race.“I’m running” can describe a plan for the future.
  4. How am I going to meet my goal?“Meet my goal” means reach what I want to do.
  5. You really can’t run with the children.“Can’t” here means it is not allowed.

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