THE ORIGIN OF SPORTS (2NB) (Answers)

1

Football is the oldest (a game in China in the 2nd/ 3rd centuries BC)  
basketball: USA; football: China; tennis: France

2

1  30–40
2  30; 1314; 1667
3  14
4  2; 10
5  1906
6  3

3

1  leather                                      5  racquet
2  kick / goal                                6  basket
3  rules                                         7  metal
4  matches                                    8 equipment




4

1  of  6  with
2  through  7  in
3  on  8  to

4  about  9  from                                   
5  as  10 for

5 Suggested answers 


1  At first players kicked the ball through a small hole in a net. Then / Later they kicked the ball into a goal
2  At first players hit the ball with their hands. Then / Later they hit the ball with a glove. Finally, they hit the ball with a racquet.
3  At first players used fruit baskets. Then / Later they used a net with a metal ring. Finally, they used a net with a hole for the ball to fall through.