SPORT

EXTRA VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES

1 Complete the table with the appropriate words. 5 Complete the sentences with words formed from
the ones given in the brackets.
SPORT PARTICIPANT PLACE
1 tennis t________ c________ 1 He took part in a lot of ________ (COMPETE)
when he was younger.
2 boxing b________ r________ 2 He’s the youngest ________ (CONTEST) in the
3 football f________ p________ race.
4 swimming s________ p________ 3 You should respect your ________ (OPPOSE).
4 The FA Cup is a popular ________ (SPORT) event.
5 skating s________ ice r________
5 The first ________ (DIVIDE) in England is called
6 skiing s________ ski s________ the Premier League.
7 golf g________ c________ 6 One of the ________ (SPECTATE) attacked the
referee.
2 Complete the missing letters to form sports- 7 The ________ (GOAL) saved two penalties.
related words, then match them with sports from 8 We do a lot of ________ (GYM) at our school.
excercise 1. 9 We do ________ (DOOR) sports in good weather.
10 ________ (WEIGHT) is a popular sport in Bulgaria.
a _o__b__l b__t_ e _a_k_t
b g__v_s f __at_s 6 Use the words from the box to fill in the gaps.
c g__g_e_ g _ _ i s _ i_
d g___ c_u_ athletes champion Championships cheering
disqualify Games give gold lead live medal
3 Read the definitions and guess the names of sports. podium race rivals sprinted track set
supporters test training
1 It’s like tennis but you use a shuttlecock, not a ball.
________
SPORT
2 It’s like tennis but you hit the ball against a wall.
________
3 You can play it on grass or on ice. ________
My Olympics
4 Indoors there are six players on each side, but on I’d been 1 ______ hard and I was fitter than I had ever
been. A month earlier I had won the silver 2 ______ in
the beach there are two on each side. ________
the 5,000 metres final in the European 3 ______ and now
5 Popular in the USA, 11 a side, you need a bat and
I was ready to do better in the Olympic 4 ______. I looked
a ball. ________ at the other runners. My most dangerous 5 ______ were
6 Popular in New Zealand, 15 a side, the ball is not the Kenyans. Nothing much happened in the first 3,000
round. ________ metres, but then suddenly, I fell on the 6 ______. When
7 You need a bow, an arrow and a target. ________ I got up, the other 7 ______ were already fifty or sixty
8 When you throw the ball well, you get 1, 2 or 3 metres ahead of me. I was sure I was going to lose the
points. ________ 8
______, but a voice in my head told me to not to 9 ______
9 You have to run 42.195 kilometres. ________ up. I began to run again. I could see myself on the giant
10 A baton, 4 runners, 100 or 400 metres. ________ screen. I could hear the 10 ______ commentary on the
loudspeakers. Now, I was only thirty metres behind
4 Complete each gap with a verb in the appropriate the leaders. The crowd was 11 ______. With only two
hundred metres to go I was fourth. Amazingly, twenty
form.
metres from the line I was in the 12 ______. But then
1 The Spanish were delighted when their team one of the Kenyans overtook me. I 13 ______ faster than
________ the World Cup in 2010. I had ever done before. Suddenly, one of the 14 ______
2 They ________ Holland 1-0 in the final. was throwing me a flag and I was crying with joy! I had
won the 15 ______ medal in the Olympics. I looked at the
3 Usain Bolt ________ the 100 metres world record
scoreboard. I had 16 ______ a new Olympic record too!
last night. Then an official told me I had to go for a drugs 17 ______.
4 We ________ the game 0-5. We were terrible. I knew I was clean but I was still afraid that they might
5 I ________ out for an hour a day at the gym. 18
______ me. I needn’t have worried. An hour later I was
6 I ________ yoga to help me relax. on the 19 ______ as my national anthem played. I was the
7 My doctor said I should ________ up a sport. Olympic 20 ______!
8 Let’s ________ cycling tomorrow.

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