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CLIL / PE 3

ICE HOCKEY
A. Label the picture with the
words 1 7. I CE H OCKE Y
1. puck 5. skates
2. stick 6. elbow pads
leg pads
7.
shoulder pads
shoulder pads
3. shoulder pads 7. leg pads
leg pads
helmet
helmet
4. helmet 1

Ice Hockey, or hockey, is a sport which is played on an ice rink. The
a b modern game started in Montreal, Canada, in 1875. Men’s ice hockey

became an o icial Winter Olympic Game in 1924, while women’s ice
hockey joined the Olympics in 1998.
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There are six players in each team. Players skate on the ice and try to
score a goal by shooting the puck into the other team’s goal, using a
stick, shaped like an ‘L’. There are three twenty-minute periods. If both
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teams have the same score at the end, there is an overtime period
or extra time. If the score is still the same after that period, there is
a shootout. In a shootout, the players take turns trying to shoot the
puck into the other team’s goal.
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There are referees and o icials on and near the ice to make sure no

B. Read the text about ice hockey one breaks the rules. When players break the rules, they go to the
and choose one heading from a-d
for each paragraph. There is one ‘penalty box’ and sit there for two, four or ive minutes until their
extra heading. Then listen, read penalty is over. One example of breaking the rules is moving the puck
and check your answers.  with your hands.
a. Rules
b. History
c. The game C. Read again and write T for True or F for False.
d. Hockey in Canada 1. Ice hockey became an Olympic sport in 1875.
2. You can score a goal by hitting the puck into
the other team’s goal.
3. A game is always an hour long.
4. There is always a shootout at the end of the game.

5. Players who break the rules sit in the ‘penalty box’
for the rest of the game.

D. Discuss the following.
What do you ind interesting about ice hockey?
What do you know about your country’s national ice hockey team?
What is your favourite sport? Why?

Project

Think of your favourite sport and write a short text, like the one above.
Write about its history, the equipment you need and the rules of the sport.

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