Sport and health Vocabulary
sports
1. In pairs, add as many sports as you can to the table in a minute.
Summer sports
Winter sports
Both
2. Study the table and complete the sentences with do, play or go.
Rule
Play Go Do
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6)
With sports, we normally use: for team sports and ball sports: for sports that end in ‘ing’ for individual sports not ending in ‘ing’ and with martial arts even if they end in ‘ing’
example: I play basketball. He goes swimming. She does gymnastics, and he does karate and kick-boxing.
Peter ____ tennis three times a week. Sarah ____ gymnastics on Saturday evenings. Kate usually ____ rollerblading in the park. Peter doesn’t ____ badminton with his friends. He doesn’t ____athletics at school. We often ____ running in the morning.
Listening
sports activities
3. Look at the photos and say what sports you think are favourite for each of them. Choose from the words in the box. Use play, do or go, or other if necessary.
badminton/ cycling / football / ice-skating / yoga / karate / kayaking / skiing / swimming / table tennis / tennis / volleyball / jogging
Mark
102
Anna
Tony
