VOCABULARY PRACTICE
1. Game “Guess the Game”. Match the definition with the game.
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The most popular English summer game, played on a green field, very | Cricket
slow and long by two teams of 11 players each.
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One of the most popular English games, played from late August until | Soccer
the beginning of May on a large field with a round leather ball, by two |
teams of 11 players each. |
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A very popular outdoor game, played on a court with rackets in which | Lawn Tennis
the ball must pass back and forth over the net. |
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A game played by two or teams of two players on a rectangular table | Table Tennis
using wood paddles and a small plastic ball. |
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A game for two or four players played in a four-walled court with a special | Squash
racket and soft ball. |
The ball is made to rebound off the front wall against any of the others. |
It is in play so long as it hits front wall above the line drawn on it and does |
not hit the floor. |
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2. Brainstorming.
1)How many names of sports can you think? Write down as many as you can in 3 minutes.
2) Sports are often grouped into categories. Here are some of the most common. Look at the list of sports you made, and sort them into the categories.
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water
sports
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indoor
sports
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winter
sports
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target
sports
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motor
sports
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ball
games
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racquet
sports
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3. Complete the chart by distributing the words below according to their meaning.
athletics diving game tennis racket rod
bat field hockey marathon skis
boots helmet judge player stadium
beach ball boxing gloves motor racing pool snooker
canoeing coach manager parachuting striker
captain fishing net rock climbing trunks
court goalkeeper pitch referee team
basketball golf pole vault ring water polo
defender ground oar squash whistle
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games
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sport
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people
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places
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equipment
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4. Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space.
Football or soccer, which is so popular all over the world, dates back to the Middle Ages. At that 1 ................... it was very different from the game we play today. Any number of players could 2 ................... part and the matches usually developed into a free-for-all. In its modern 3 ................... , football is less than two hundred years old. In 1848, the first rules to govern the game were drawn 4 ................... at Cambridge University. The number of players was 5 ................... to 11 per side, which made things much more 6 ................... than before. Later in 1863, the Football Association was 7 ................... up to help promote the game in Britain. The game is played on a grass or artificial 8 ................... with a goal net at each end. The 9 ................... is to move the ball around the field,
10 ................... the feet or head, until a player is in a position to put the ball into the net and score a goal.
1. season time term stage
2. play make take do
3. form shape fashion pattern
4. out away up in
6. limited checked counted defined
6. tidy neat arranged orderly
7. put set born called
8. court pitch course track
9. object reason focus purpose
10. by to of with
5. Say or write. Continue these statements.
- Sports builds character...
- It teaches you about life...
- Sport makes men out of boys...
- Sport helps people to become good friends...
- Sport helps to meet people...
- It teaches you to win and to lose...
- It teaches you to be disciplined...
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