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Bowling is a fun activity for the whole family. It is not just an American sport but is played in over 90 countries around the world and many have lobbied for it to become an event at the Olympics.
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Vocabulary
Fill in the blanks with vocabulary words related to bowling in the paragraph below:
Vocabulary words: Bowling, sport, wins, player, lane, ages, pins, ball, down, game, ten, frame
___________________ is a popular indoor ____________. It is a fun ___________ that people of all ___________ can play. Players take turns to roll a heavy ________________________ down a bowling __________________ to knock over the ________________ at the end. There are __________ pins at the end of each lane. The goal is to hit the pins with the ball and make them fall _____________. You get two chances to knock them down in each ______________. At the end of ten frames, the ________________ who has knocked down the most pins, ________________ the game!
Grammar
Review your prepositions with this practice. Complete the sentences by filling in the blanks with the correct preposition for common phrases used in business emails below:
- I’d like to follow up ____ our conversation from yesterday.
- I look forward ____ hearing _____ you.
- Could you please take a look ____ this for me?
- Please get back ____ me as soon as possible.
- Could you please give me an update _____ your progress?
- Would you be interested _____ receiving our quarterly newsletter?
- I should have an answer for you ___ the end of the day at the latest.
- On behalf ____ the entire company, I’d like to welcome you ___the team.
- We’re still looking _____ the matter. We should have an answer for you tomorrow.
- I need to check _____ my supervisor first.
Reading Practice:
Learn the rules of bowling with this short video. Practice your reading by turning on the CC to read the text while watching the video.
Weekly Challenge
Let’s practice conditionals again!
Choose the option that best completes the sentence.
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If I didn’t know so many people in the industry, ____________________.
- …I will not have my current job.
- …I won’t have my current job.
- …I wouldn’t have my current job.
- …I mightn’t have my current job.
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We’ll need more office space ______________________________________.
- …if we continue to grow.
- …if we would continue to grow.
- …if we will continue to grow.
- …if we did continue to grow.
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_______________________________________ if the tax rates weren’t so low.
- There will be less foreign investment here…
- There is less foreign investment here…
- There will be less foreign investment here…
- There would be less foreign investment here…
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If we run into any problems with this project, _______________________.
- …I’d ask my coworkers for help.
- …I’ll ask my coworkers for help.
- …I ask my coworkers for help.
- …I wouldn’t ask my coworkers for help.
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If there were a gym in the office park, _______________________________.
- …I might work out after work.
- ….I will work out after work.
- …I work out after work.
- …I won’t work out after work.
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Would you talk to HR about it _____________________________________?
- …if you was me?
- …if you’re me?
- …if you were me?
- …if were you me?
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I wouldn’t trust you with this assignment __________________________.
- …unless I might be confident in your abilities.
- ….unless I’d be confident in your abilities.
- …unless I were confident in your abilities.
- …unless I’m confident in your abilities.
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____________________________________ if we don’t constantly innovate.
- We’ll lose market share…
- We lost market share…
- We would lose market share…
- We wouldn’t lose market share…
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_______________________, you’ll never be an effective project manager.
- If you learned how to manage your time…
- If you don’t learn how to manage your time…
- If you didn’t learn how to manage your time…
- If you did learn how to manage your time…
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Do you think he would blow the whistle ___________________________?
- …if he might know one of his coworkers was involved in corruption?
- …if he’ll know one of his coworkers will be involved in corruption?
- …if he knows one of his coworkers is involved in corruption?
- …if he knew one of his coworkers was involved in corruption?
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