4. Solved exercises

Reading activity

Canada can offer a wide range of sports and outdoor activities due to the existence of huge open spaces throughout the country. Such spaces include numerous lakes and rivers which are also used for water sports such as rafting, fishing, ice skating, kayak and so on.

By Icky Pic, C. Commons

Ice hockey is probably the most popular sport in Canada. Canadians refer to it as just hockey. Paco learned a lot about this sport from John, the guide who took them on a tour around Ottawa. For Canadians, hockey is their passion.

Modern hockey might have its origins in European sports brought to Canada by immigrants, such as hurling (an Irish sport) and versions of other sports. John told him that the first organized hockey game was played in Montreal in 1875. Little by little, the game became very popular and was improved with new rules. Finally, the teams which were competing at the time organized a league.

Around 1900 there were already women's teams in Canada. The enthusiasm grew very fast and it is still today a very popular sport among women in this country.

Hockey has taken part in the Winter Olympic Games since 1924 and Canada won most of the first gold medals. Finally John recommended Paco not to miss a match if he had the opportunity. Good idea!

What modal verbs can you find in the text?

Self-Assessment activity

Read the text again and decide if the following statements are true or false:

1. The existence of many rivers and lakes in Canada makes water sports very popular.

Verdadero Falso

2. Hockey is one of the most popular sports in Canada.

Verdadero Falso

3. Hockey was played in Europe before it became popular in Canada.

Verdadero Falso

4. Women don't usually play this game.

Verdadero Falso

Reflexión

How can we express the following sentence with a modal verb?

Ice hockey is probably the most popular sport in Canada.

Self-Assessment activity

Transform these sentences into negative and interrogative:

1. Canada can offer a wide range of sports and outdoor activities.

NEGATIVE: JXUwMDM5 JXUwMDJmJXUwMDFlJXUwMDBkJXUwMDAx JXUwMDM3JXUwMDA5 JXUwMDM5JXUwMDBmJXUwMDBh .

INTERROGATIVE: JXUwMDFiJXUwMDIyJXUwMDBm JXUwMDM5 JXUwMDJmJXUwMDFlJXUwMDBkJXUwMDAx JXUwMDM3JXUwMDA5 JXUwMDM5JXUwMDBmJXUwMDBh ?

2. Modern hockey might have its origins in Europe.

NEGATIVE: JXUwMDM2JXUwMDAxJXUwMDFi JXUwMDMwJXUwMDA5JXUwMDE3JXUwMDEz JXUwMDMxJXUwMDFkJXUwMDA3 JXUwMDMxJXUwMDA3 .

INTERROGATIVE: JXUwMDMwJXUwMDA5JXUwMDE3JXUwMDEz JXUwMDMxJXUwMDFkJXUwMDA3 JXUwMDMxJXUwMDA3 ?

Solved exercise

Identify all the examples of defining relative clauses that you can find in the text.

Solved exercise

Identify all the examples of reported speech that you can find in the text.

STATEMENTS	COMMANDS

And that's all! Easy, wasn't it?

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STATEMENTS	COMMANDS
John told him that the first organized hockey game was played in Montreal in 1875.	John recommended Paco not to miss a match if he had the opportunity.