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Beginning English - Lesson 9 - Sports/Hobbies
This page: Names of Sports in English
Pages in this lesson: Vocabulary - Grammar - Listening - Dialogue - Reading - Pronunciation - Dictation - Game

 

Sports in English

 

Instructions

  1. Print the vocabulary list.
  2. Translate the words. (Google Translation - http://translate.google.com/)
    - or -
    Look up the English definition. (Longman Dictionary - http://www.ldoceonline.com/)
  3. Do the exercises below. Click on a word to hear the pronunciation.

 

Video

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Sports

tennis
football
soccer
baseball
basketball
bowling
golf
gymnastics
skiing
swimming
volleyball
horseback riding
weight lifting
running
cycling
skating
hockey
hiking

 

Practice
Select the name of the sport in English.

1.    

     Football

 

2.  

     basketball

 

3.     

     running

 

4.    

     horseback riding

 

5.    

     cycling

 

6.     

     skating

 

7.  

     swimming

 

8.    

     tennis

 

9.     

     gymnastics

 

10.    

     baseball

 

11.  

     weight lifting

 

12.      

     golf

 

13.    

     hockey

 

14.  

     skiing

 

15.     

     hiking

 

 

Other Vocabulary

welcome
world
triathlon
race
racer
get ready
fast
pass
in front
behind
far
start
finish
still
portion
wait
win
ahead
well
schedule
weekend

Practice
Select the correct word for each sentence.

1.  The athlete is participating in the . 

2.  I live in Italy and my family lives in Canada.  I live from my family.

3.  He drives 85 miles per hour.  He drives . 

4.  Saturday and Sunday are the days of the . 

5.  They start work at 8:00 AM and at 5:00 PM.

     girl and dog

6.  In the picture the girl is the dog. 

7.  In the picture the dog is the girl. 

8.  He is a good cook.  He cooks very . 

9.  She started cleaning the house at 9:00 AM.  It's 10:00 now and she's cleaning.

10. I'm meeting my brother at the restaurant but he's late.  I need to for him. 

 

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Beginning English - Lesson 9 - Sports/Hobbies
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