Vocabulary - sport

Sport is a universal topic to discuss. Surely all students will be eager to learn some new vocabulary which they need to talk about their favourite sport disciplines.

1. Match equipments with their names:

net        helmet     cap     racket     club      shin pads

Equipment pictures

2. Guess from the context what the underlined words mean. Write their Polish equivalents:

• We all cheered as the team came on to the field.
• He played well in the team’s 2–2 draw with Southampton.
• There were more skiers further up the slope.
• He missed a penalty in the last minute of the game.  (in soccer)
• The new football stadium will hold 75 000 spectators.
• He has knocked out 15 opponents in 20 fights.

cheer  -
draw -
slope -
penalty -
spectator -
opponent -

3. Match phrases with their translations:

take the lead                                                                                sędzia
break a record                                                                             pobić rekord
beat the other competitors                                                          boisko
defeat                                                                                          bronić
defend                                                                                         podać (piłkę)
pitch                                                                                            objąć prowadzenie
referee                                                                                         pokonać innych uczestników
pass                                                                                             pokonać

4. Which of those disciplines do you know? Which of those are team sports, individual sports, outdoor sports, indoor sports?

athletics
basketball
baseball
soccer
rugby
swimming
tennis
cycling
scuba diving
parachuting
hoarse racing
archery
rowing
sailing
table tennis
sky diving

5. Speaking exercise. Work in pairs. Choose a vocabulary item that you have learned from the previous exercises and try to explain in your words what this word means. Your partner has to guess it. Take turns.

6. Quiz time!

Lets check your knowledge
QUIZ!!!!!

Homework:

Write a short description of your favourite sport discipline. Avoid using its name. Present the description in class and see if they are able to guess it!