Do you want to live a longer and healthier life? Do you do any physical exercise? Which sports do you practise?
Latest about the benefits of racket sports (Thanks, Mr Rouben, for your contribution to my blog). Click on the link below:
10 Health Benefits playing Badminton
Read these articles related to the issue:
These are the three sports that help you live longer (Yahoo)
Health racket: tennis reduces risk of death at any age, study suggests (Medical research, The Guardian)
Why tennis could save your life – but football and running may not help you live longer (The Telegraph)
'Want to live longer? Try racquet sports', recommends study (NHS, National Health Service)
And if you are interested in playing tennis, here's a very interesting site to help you:
Struggling To Stay Inspired To Play Tennis? Let Us Help
TENNISDRILLS.TV
1. Notice the ______________ of these words. SIMILAR
2. Language is a means of ______________ . COMMUNICATE
3. Dolphins are ______________ very intelligent. APPEAR
4. Sagan looked at Elvar in ______________. ASTONISH
5. How do they show their ______________ ? INTELLIGENT
6. He wanted to learn more about the _________ of a dolphin’s brain. DEVELOP
7. The chimp’s trainer made several ______________. CORRECT
8. His ______________ to stop annoyed the chimp. REFUSE
9. The chimp looked at Tim ______________ . ANGRY
VOCABULARY. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
1. Because the picture was not genuine, it was
completely ................... . (A worthless
B invaluable C priceless
D valuable)
2. It was terrible. One passenger was killed, and the
other was ................. injured. (A
hardly B completely C severely
D unusually)
3. Sorry I’m late. I had to go to the library to
........................ some books. (A give
B buy C lend D return)
4. She showed a lot of ..................... in her
fight against the illness. (A
discourage B courage C courageous
D courageously)
5. She’s got a fabulous job and she earns a great
........................ of money. (A deal
B quantity C amount D level)
6. ..................... the terrible weather, the
tennis tournament was cancelled. (A Although B Owing to
C However D In spite of)
7. The recent .............. violence is worrying the
police. (A increase with
B increase of C increase in
D increase about)
8. We got to the theatre just .............. to see
the first scene of the play. (A
on time B in time C at times
D with time)
9. My uncle is great. In our family, he’s
................... his cooking. (A famous
about B famous with C famous
for D famous in)
10. We .................. going to the concert. The
orchestra was marvellous. (A
enjoyed B wanted C hated
D decided)
11. They shouldn’t have .......................... the
accident. It wasn’t my fault. (A accused me of B accused
me with C blamed me for D blamed me
with)
12. We were so busy we had to .................... going
on holiday for a month. (A put out
B put away C put down D put
off)
