PISA Reading Literacy. Adventure Sports. Take a Deep Breath!

Read the title of the text. What do you think the text is about?

Read the text. What does Sara particularly enjoy when she’s diving?

Read the text and mark if the statement is TRUE (1), FALSE (2), NOT STATED (3)

A large flipper that makes people look like a modern-day mermaid is ... .

Match the words in bold with their opposites.

Match the parts of the collocations.

Which of the following equipment does Sara use?

What is the size of Sara's lungs? (The common size of women's lungs is 4080 ml).

Make up new words and fill in the table.

Read the text and fill in the gaps. Sara Campbell takes a final deep and dives into the sea. She goes down into the blue water and carries on going down ... and down. Soon, the people on the surface can’t see her any more. She doesn’t have an air tank, just a wetsuit, goggles, and a monofin – a large flipper that makes her look like a modern-day mermaid. Sara is a world champion and uses only one breath to take her as deep as she can go and back again to the surface! She holds four world and a world championship gold medal. Freediving is one of the world’s most sports. On the way down, a freediver’s lungs shrink to the size of a lemon, and on the way back they double in size. But to Sara, all this comes naturally. After years of practising yoga and meditation, she can hold her breath for over five and her lungs are 22% larger than other women her size. Sara feels completely comfortable underwater. “I just jump in and feel . There are no distractions. Dogs aren’t barking, phones aren’t , and nobody is making noise next door. It’s totally silent.” Sara has a busy life and loves every minute of it. She’s presenting a TV show, planning campaigns, and training to set a new record!

What ability of lungs is mentioned in the text?

Put the sentences in the logical otder.