Parkour

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Parkour

What is parkour?

In this lesson:

• You will learn more about the difference between to do, to go or to play sports.
• You will learn more about Parkour.
• You will read and listen and work on some vocabulary. 

Vocabulary

Give an English description of the word: COMPETITOR

Which other words originate from the word COMPETITOR?

Give an English description for the word: PREFERENCE

What other words originate from the word PREFERENCE?

Give an English description for the word: TO SUPPORT

What other words originate from the word TO SUPPORT?

Which form best fits the sentence:
I think their _______ sucks. It lets too many opponents through.

1. defence
2. defendant
3. defend
4. defending

Which form best fits the sentence:
My team always plays with a lot of ______

1. enthusiastic
2. enthusiastically
3. enthusiasm
4. enthusiast

Which form best fits the sentence:
______, we are missing some team spirit.

1. Appearing
2. Apparant
3. Apparantly
4. Appearance

Write down your own English sentence using the word: DULL

Write down your own English sentence using the word: PATHETIC

Write down your own English sentence using the word: TO DECLINE

Play, do or go

Watch the clip and do the exercises.

Drag and drop

Drag the sports to the correct verb.

play

do

go

skateboarding

dancing

rugby

hockey

ballet

yoga

bowling

athletics

Another exercise

Use the link on the next page to go to the next exercise.

Then, come back here.

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Reading

Exercise

Click on the link on the next page.

Do the reading exercise about Parkour.

Write down your score on the page after that.

www.examenglish.com

What was your score?

Watching

Exercise

Watch the video and answer the questions.

00:16

Name one thing Traceurs do:

01:44

What is more important to climb up a wall:

1. strength
2. technique

01:45

Where does the foot need to be on the wall in order to get on the wall nicely?

1. under the knee
2. under the hip
3. above the knee
4. above the hip

02:51

What is the difference between this vault and the vault in gymnastics?

03:48

Which vault is better for the body?

1. gymnastics
2. parkour

04:12

What two techniques do traceurs use to land gracefully?

04:56

For whom can the scientific research on Parkour be helpful as well?

End of this part

Well done, you have come to the end of this lesson.

You have a few options that you can find on the next page.

First, tell me what you learned this lesson:

How would you rate your own learning during this lesson:

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Explain your answer to the last question:

Your options:

• Use blooket to practise words. 
• Choose a grammar exercise to practise with.
• Look up Parkour videos on YouTube and talk about what you see with a classmate.
  Discuss questions like:
  - Would you do that?
  - What are your thoughts on their stunts? Etc.