1. Does Haggis not contain beef, chicken or lamb? 
2. Are the ingredients mixed inside a sheep’s stomach, an onion or a tartan sock? 
3. Is blood pudding a type of sausage, a dessert or a drink?

The rules of the game

1

Label the drawing with words from the "rules" paragraph.

Rope

Team lines

Team

Players

Referee

2

Match the word to its definition. 

3

Fill in the table with the Tug of war rules.

Tossing the caber

1

Listen and fill in this information sheet on the equipment required for the caber toss.


For the caber toss, you need… a caber!

A caber is a .
Length: feet → metres.
Weight: pounds → kilograms.

2

Referring to the picture, draggable and drop the elements in the correct order.

3

Transform these sentences to bring them in line with the caber toss rules.

a) The trunk is 25 feet long and weighs 80 pounds. ➝ .
b) The thrower throws the trunk and runs. ➝ .
c) The caber lands without flipping. ➝ .

4

Explain the rules to your friend.
💡 Tip: Use these keywords: first, then, next, after that, finally.

Highland sports

1

Complete these phrases to create captions for each image.

2

Watch the video and say if these statements are right or wrong.


a) The Braemar Games are the oldest in Scotland. (Right. / Wrong.) 
b) The Royal Artillery is competing. (Right. / Wrong.) 
c) There is no dance competition this year. (Right. / Wrong.) 
d) The most popular sport is the tug o’war. (Right. / Wrong.) 
e) The Braemar caber weighs 120 kilos.  (Right. / Wrong.)

3

Ask questions to the caber thrower to learn more about his sport. 

La proinonciation du « i »

Listen: Haggis, kilt, whisky, Highland, piping, finally.

Réfléchis : Comment prononces-tu ces mots ? Distingue les /aɪ/ des /ɪ/.



Répète : Scottish children don’t like haggis nor drink whisky, do they?

Must, HAVE to et need to

Observe : The caber must be 16 to 22 feet long. It has to weigh between 100 and 180 pounds and it needs to be vertical.

Réfléchis : Observe les mots en gras. Permettent-ils d’exprimer des règles, des vœux ou des envies ?

Conclus : Pour exprimer une obligation, on utilise + BV ou + to + BV. Pour exprimer une nécessité, on utilise + to + BV.

Mission 2

1

Your mission is to...

interview a player about a sport.

invent a new sport.

talk about an existing sport.

2

You will need to invent...

rules.

players.

objects.

3

Choose your level:

A1+

A2

A2+