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 a team
basket tennis
do fighting
fist ball
horse a sport
play a bike
ride riding
sports game
support man
table football
3) Unjumble the following letters to have meaningful words.

r i g n o w

l a v l y o l b e l

t a k n i g s

i g n i k s

t e c h i t l a s

b a d l a h l n

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 archery arrow artistic gymnastics athlete
backstroke badminton badminton court ball game baseball baseball field
basketballer / basketball player bat beach ball beat sy. billiards
bow bowling boxing gloves boxing ring breaststroke bronze medal
canoeing champion /-ship cheer chess climb /-ing (golf)club
coach compete 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

1 2 3 4
) 1. (do) gymnastics ) ball game ) rowing ) 1. boxing 7. horse riding
basketball volleyball 2. run 8. ski
2. skate /-ing /-er
3. medal do a sport skating 3. athletics 9. ball
4. cycling / ride a bike fist fighting skiing 4. lose 10. row
horse riding athletics 5. swim 11. medal
5. horse riding
play football handball 6. cycling 12. skate
6. win /-ner
7. swim /-ming /-mer ride a bike
8. row /-ing sportsman
support a team
table tennis
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) 1. lose 7. horse riding
2. cycling 8. athletics 7
3. run 9. rowed ) 1. Pars got the tenth golden medal of the Hungarian athletics in London.
4. medals 10. skied 2. Joe got a ball for his birthday and now he always plays football,
5. skate 11. boxing handball or basketball.
6. swimming 12. ball 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.
6 5. Our goal is that everybody should regularly do sports.
) 1. any game played with a ball 6. I always watch gymnastics on TV and I also do some gymnastics.
2. a game played by two teams of five 7. Do horses like horse riding?
players, using a large ball which players 8. Nobody likes losing but not everybody can be a winner.
try to throw into a high net hanging from a 9. How many medals did our sportsmen win at the London Olimpics?
ring 10. Basketball players are usually tall.
3. a game played by two teams of 11 11. I would row but my arms are weak, so I just watch the team and
players, using a ball which players kick up support them.
and down the playing field trying to kick 12. Can you run as fast as Mike? No, but I can swim better than him.
the ball into the other team's goal 13. There is ice on the lake and it is snowing. Shall we go skating or
4. a team game for two teams of seven skiing?
players, usually played indoors, in which 14. A real sportsman doesn’t cheat to win.
players try to score goals by throwing a 15. My favourite ball games are tennis, volleyball nad table tennis.
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