What is a Relay Race?

10/10/2020 5:35:00 PM
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Do you know?

  • Relay race, also called Relay, a track-and-field sport consisting of a set number of stages
  • There are usually four stages, each stage run by a different member of a team.

Let's join a Relay Race!

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What a Relay Race looks like. Image: vectorstock.com

Listen and choose the correct answer.

  • What is the purpose of a relay race?
  • According to the audio, which of the following is NOT true about a baton?
According to the audio, which of the following is NOT true about a baton?
  • Every runner has their own baton during a relay.
  • If a baton is dropped, the team loses.
  • A baton is made of metal.
What is the purpose of a relay race?
  • To tell which team is the fastest one.
  • To see which team is the fattest.
  • To make people participate in the race.

Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.

What is a Relay Race?

Written by Scott Amundson

A relay race is a sports . The point is to see which team is the fastest. The team members each take turns participating in the race. The relay race could running, skiing, swimming, or skating. The most common types of relay races are running races. The most popular are the 100-meter and the 300-meter. During a relay, the runner passes a baton to the next runner. A baton is a rod. That runner then passes the baton to the next runner, and so on. The team loses if someone the baton. Swimming relay races do not use batons. Instead, a just touches the wall. The next swimmer jumps into the pool and swims his or her part of the race, which is called a leg. Each leg is important to the success of the team. One bad leg can cost the team the race. There are many relay races in the Olympics. The Olympics are games where countries with each other. 

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A runner passes a baton to another. Image: elements.envato.com

What is a Relay Race?

Written by Scott Amundson

A relay race is a sports event. The point is to see which team is the fastest. The team members each take turns participating in the race.

The relay race could involve running, skiing, swimming, or skating. The most common types of relay races are running races. The most popular are the 100-meter and the 300-meter.

During a relay, the runner passes a baton to the next runner. A baton is a metal rod. That runner then passes the baton to the next runner, and so on. The team loses if someone drops the baton.

Swimming relay races do not use batons. Instead, a swimmer just touches the wall. The next swimmer jumps into the pool and swims his or her part of the race, which is called a leg. Each leg is important to the success of the team. One bad leg can cost the team the race.

There are many relay races in the Olympics. The Olympics are games where countries compete with each other. 

When you participate in a running relay race, you have to
  • touch the hand of your team's next runner.
  • drop the baton so that your team won't lose.
  • give the baton to your team's next runner.
  • keep the baton until you win.
In swimming relay races, swimmers in a team need to
  • jump into the pool and swim at the same time.
  • touch the wall in order for the next one to jump into the pool and continue the race.
  • stretch their legs carefully as their legs are important to the success of the team.
  • pass the baton to the next swimmer.
Which of the information below is NOT mentioned in the passage?
  • In most relays, team members cover equal distances.
  • A relay race requires each team member to take turns to take part in.
  • 100-meter and 300-meter running races are the most common relay races.
  • Olympics hold a lot of different races.

What does the word "leg" in the fourth paragraph mean?

  • a part of human's body
  • a part of a relay race
  • a part of a baton
  • a part of furniture

Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text.

  1. A relay race is a sports .
  2. The relay race could running, skiing, swimming, or skating.
  3. A baton is a rod.
  4. The team loses if someone the baton.
  5. Swimming relay races do not use batons. Instead, a just touches the wall.
  6. The Olympics are games where countries with each other. 

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text.

  1. The newspaper reports on current world .
  2. She was a national champion .
  3. Those two companies have always against each other.
  4. Many tools, car parts, and pieces of jewelry are made of .
  5. Police work arresting culprits.
  6. I my keys when I got out of the car.