WORDS TO LEARN
athletics / track-and-fields
ball
ball game
basketball
boxing/fist fighting
cycling
to do a sport / do sports
football
(do) gymnastics
handball
horse riding
to lose
medal
to play football / tennis etc.
(basketball-/ football- /handball- etc.) player
to ride a bike
to row (rowing)
to run (running, runner)
to skate (skating, skater)
to ski (skiing, skier)
sportsman
sportswoman
to support a team
to swim (swimming, swimmer)
table tennis / pingpong
team
tennis
volleyball
win (winner)
1) Name what you can see in the pictures.
1. _______________ 2. _______________
3. _______________
4. _______________
5. _______________ 6. _______________ 7. _______________
8. _______________
2) Match the words from the 1st coloumn to the words in the second.
ball
basket
do
fist
horse
play
ride
sports
support
table
a team
tennis
fighting
ball
a sport
a bike
riding
game
man
football
3) Unjumble the following letters to have meaningful words.
r
i
g
n
o
w
l
a
v
l
y
o
l
t
a
k
n
i
g
s
i
g
n
i
k
s
t
e
c
h
i
t
b
a
d
l
a
h
b
e
l
a
s
l
n
l
4) Match the words with the definitions.
athletics
ball
boxing
cycling
horse riding
lose
medal
row
run
skate
ski
swim
1. a sport in which two competitors fight by hitting each other with their hands
2. to move using your legs, going faster than when you walk
3. the general name for a particular group of competitive sports that require physical
strength, speed and/or skill including running, jumping and throwing
4. to fail to win a competition
5. to move through water using the arms and legs
6. the sport or activity of riding a bicycle
7. the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements
8. to move over snow on skis
9. a round object used for throwing, hitting or kicking in games and sports
10. to move a boat through water using oars
11. a flat piece of metal, with words or a picture on it, that is given to the winner of a
competition
12. to move on a surface, using skates
5) Complete the sentences with the words listed and translate the sentences into your
language.
athletics
ball
boxing
cycling
horse riding
lose
medals
rowed
run
skate
skied
swimming
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1. If we _______________ this game, we're out of the championship.
2. _______________ is getting more and more popular among city dwellers who have
had enough of cars.
3. The children had to _______________ to keep up with their father.
4. She won three Olympic gold _______________.
5. The ice on the river is thick enough to _______________ on.
6. We spent the day on the beach but it was too cold to go _______________.
7. I love horses and any sports associated with them, like _______________.
8. The living legend of _______________, Carl Lewis will soon be coming to Budapest.
9. Grace _______________ the boat out to sea again.
10. We _______________ down the snowy slope one by one.
11. Many doctors believe that _______________ is too dangerous because of the hits on
the head.
12. Bounce the _______________ and try and hit it over the net.
6) Define the following words.
1. ball game: _____________________________________________________________
2. basketball: _____________________________________________________________
3. football:
_____________________________________________________________
4. handball: _____________________________________________________________
5. sportsman: ______________________________________________________________
6. support a team: ___________________________________________________________
7. team:
______________________________________________________________
7) Translate the following sentences from Hungarian into English.
1. Pars a magyar atlétika tizedik aranyérmét szerezte meg Londonban.
2. Joe kapott egy labdát a születésnapjára, és most mindig focizik, kézilabdázik vagy
kosarazik.
3. A kerékpározás Európa második legnépszerűbb sportja, de nem tud mindenki
biciklizni.
4. Muhammad Ali az ökölvívás egyik legnagyobb alakja.
5. Célunk, hogy mindenki rendszeresen sportoljon.
6. Mindig megnézem a tornagyakorlatokat a tévében, és én is tornászom egy kicsit.
7. A lovak szeretik a lovaglást?
8. Senki sem szeret veszíteni, de nem lehet mindenki győztes.
9. Hány érmet szereztek a sportolóink a londoni Olimpián?
10. A kosárlabdázók általában magasak.
11. Eveznék, de gyengék a karjaim, ezért csak nézem a csapatot, és drukkolok nekik.
12. Tudsz olyan gyorsan futni, mint Mike? Nem, de jobban úszom nála.
13. Jég van a tavon és esik a hó. Elmegyünk korcsolyázni vagy síelni?
14. Egy igazi sportember nem csal, hogy győzzön.
15. A kedvenc labdajátékaim a tenisz, a röplabda és a pingpong.
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EXTENDED VOCABULARY
Further words to learn
aerobics
amateur sport
backstroke
badminton
basketballer / basketball player
bow
bowling
canoeing
champion /-ship
coach
compete
archery
arrow
artistic gymnastics
athlete
badminton court
ball game
baseball
baseball field
bat
beach ball
beat sy.
billiards
boxing gloves boxing ring
breaststroke
bronze medal
cheer
chess
climb /-ing
(golf)club
competition
competitor
cricket
diving
(basketball / handball / tennis / volleyball) court
European Cup extreme sport
fencing
figure skating
final
fishing
footballer / football player
freestyle
goal
goalkeeper
gold medal
golf
golf course
gym hall
gymnast
hammer throw heat
helmet
high jump
hurdles
ice hockey
ice rink
individual sport indoor sport
javelin throw
jogging
judo
karate
kayaking
kick
land sport
long distance run
long jump
Marathon running
medley
net
oar
Olympics / Olympic games
outdoor sport
parachuting / skydiving
pentathlon
(football / rugby) pitch
podium
pole vault
polo
quarter-final
race /-ing
race track
racket / racquet
referee
rod
roller skating
rugby
score
scuba diving
set a record
shooting
shooting range shotput
shuttlecock
silver medal
skateboarding ski goggles
skiing slope
ski jump
semi-final
snowboarding
soccer
speed skating
sprint
squash
stadium
stick
surfing
swimming goggles
swimmingpool
team sport
tennis court
trainers
umpire
victory
volleyball court
waterpolo water sport
weightlifter
weightlifting
wind surfing
work out
World Cup
world record
wrestler
wrestling
yachting
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KEY TO THE EXERCISES
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) 1. (do) gymnastics
2. skate /-ing /-er
3. medal
4. cycling / ride a bike
5. horse riding
6. win /-ner
7. swim /-ming /-mer
8. row /-ing
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) 1. lose
2. cycling
3. run
4. medals
5. skate
6. swimming
2
) ball game
basketball
do a sport
fist fighting
horse riding
play football
ride a bike
sportsman
support a team
table tennis
7. horse riding
8. athletics
9. rowed
10. skied
11. boxing
12. ball
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) 1. any game played with a ball
2. a game played by two teams of five
players, using a large ball which players
try to throw into a high net hanging from a
ring
3. a game played by two teams of 11
players, using a ball which players kick up
and down the playing field trying to kick
the ball into the other team's goal
4. a team game for two teams of seven
players, usually played indoors, in which
players try to score goals by throwing a
ball with their hand
5. a person who does a lot of sport,
especially as a professional
6. to like a particular sports team, watch
their games, etc
7. a group of people who play a particular
game or sport against another group of
people
3
) rowing
volleyball
skating
skiing
athletics
handball
4
) 1. boxing
2. run
3. athletics
4. lose
5. swim
6. cycling
7. horse riding
8. ski
9. ball
10. row
11. medal
12. skate
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) 1. Pars got the tenth golden medal of the Hungarian athletics in London.
2. Joe got a ball for his birthday and now he always plays football,
handball or basketball.
3. Cycling is the second most popular sport in Europe but not everybody
can ride a bike.
4. Muhammad Ali is one of the greatest figures of boxing.
5. Our goal is that everybody should regularly do sports.
6. I always watch gymnastics on TV and I also do some gymnastics.
7. Do horses like horse riding?
8. Nobody likes losing but not everybody can be a winner.
9. How many medals did our sportsmen win at the London Olimpics?
10. Basketball players are usually tall.
11. I would row but my arms are weak, so I just watch the team and
support them.
12. Can you run as fast as Mike? No, but I can swim better than him.
13. There is ice on the lake and it is snowing. Shall we go skating or
skiing?
14. A real sportsman doesn’t cheat to win.
15. My favourite ball games are tennis, volleyball nad table tennis.
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