VOCABULARY
PLAY, GO, DO
PHRASAL VERBS
WORD FORMATION
GRAMMAR
100
rink, pitch, course, court

You play football on a .....

You play ice hockey on a .....

You pay golf on a .......

You play tennis on a ........

You play football on a pitch.

You play ice hockey on a rink.

You pay golf on a course.

You play tennis on a court.

100
play, go, do

football, tennis, karate, judo, swimming, cricket, ice hockey, climbing, athletics, skateboarding, squash, skiing, gymnastics, horse-riding

PLAY: football, tennis, cricket, ice hockey, squash

GO: swimming, climbing, skateboarding, skiing, horse-riding

DO: karate, judo, athletics, gymnastics

100
Don't give .....! Keep trying!
give up
100
STRONG, STRONGER, STRENGTH, STRENGTHEN

Max is very ...........

You need to have a lot of ......... to be a weightlifter.

I'm .......... than you!

I've been going to the gym regularly in order to ........ my muscles.

strong

strength

stronger

strengthen

100
Olympic athletes must feel / have felt very proud when they are awarded their medals and hear their national anthem played!
...must feel
200
referee, coach, umpire

A/An ..... is someone who trains athletes.

A/An ..... is someone who controls a football or ice hockey match.

A/An ..... is someone who controls a baseball or tennis match.

A coach is someone who trains athletes.

A referee is someone who controls a football or ice hockey match.

An umpire is someone who controls a baseball or tennis match.

200
I ..... badminton every Saturday afternoon and ...... karate on Sundays. My sister also ....... badminton on Saturdays, but ....... climbing on Sundays.
I play badminton, do karate...

My sister plays badminton, goes climbing

200
One word is needed to complete all three sentences.

Extreme sports have really taken ...... They're quite popular these days.

All my hard work has paid ..... and I've won the championship!

The final round of the tennis competition has been put ..... until the weather improves.

OFF
200
COMPETE

We're ............... in an international tennis .................. next week. We're both really .............. and will be very disappointed if we lose.

competitors, competition, competitive
200
Tony and Kathy (could / play) golf at the moment, or they might have gone shopping.
...could be playing...
300
The person or team that you play against is...

an o __ __ __ __ __ __ __

OPPONENT
300
My brother loves trying new sports. He's ........... karate and judo. He's also ......... hang-gliding and even sky-diving. Next weekend, he's going to ....... water polo, then ....... horse-riding.
He's done karate and judo. He's also been hang-gliding and even sky-diving. Next weekend, he's going to play water polo, then go horse-riding.
300
Replace the underlined words and phrases with suitable phrasal verbs in the correct form.

Due to injury, I've had to quit the athletics competition. My doctor says I've torn my ACL, which represents 'Anterior Cruciate Ligament'.

I've had to drop out of....

...which stands for...

300
It'll take a lot of .........(PREPARE) in order to win. I'm really nervous as my opponent is a three-time gold ..........(MEDAL).
preparation, medalist
300
How much are the tickets?

Do you know....

Do you know how much the tickets are?
400
I'm a co __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ in the national
bo __ __ __ __ competition next weekend.
I'm a bit nervous as my op __ __ __ __ __ __ is
last year's ch __ __ __ __ __ __. However, I've been training
really hard and my co __ __ __ says that I'm this year's
fa __ __ __ __ __ __ __ to win!
competitor

boxing

opponent

champion

coach

favourite

400
Find and correct all the mistakes.

I've never played the high jump, but I've been going gymnastics for five years. I've also done badminton and played judo since I was eight years old. This year, I'd like to start doing climbing and maybe even try playing hang-gliding.

I've never done the high jump, but I've been doing gymnastics for five years. I've also played badminton and done judo since I was eight years old. This year, I'd like to start going climbing and maybe even try going hang-gliding.
400
Last weekend, I .......... on last year's champion in a race. I thought I was going to win but in the last few metres she ........ up with me.
took on, caught up with
400
Last week's .........(LOSE) was a real disappointment for our team. We'll have to show a lot of ......(IMPROVE) in our ........(PERFORM) if we're going to win next time.
loss, improvement, performance
400
Perhaps Nick has forgotten that practice was cancelled.

MIGHT

Nick .................... that practice was cancelled.

Nick might have forgotten that practice was cancelled.
500
I came in second place in the tennis competition.

UP

I ......................... in the tennis competition.

I WAS THE RUNNER UP in the tennis competition.
500
On Saturdays and Sundays, I usually swim at the local pool.

GO

At ............................... at the local pool.

At weekends, I usually go swimming at the local pool.
500
Perhaps we should have the meeting tomorrow instead of this afternoon.

OFF

Perhaps we should ............ tomorrow.

Perhaps we should put off the meeting until / till tomorrow.
500
The leader has been seriously injured and has had to drop out of the match. A

Due to ................. has had to drop out of the match.

Due to a serious injury, the leader has had to drop out of the match.
500
It really isn't possible that Alan was playing in goal.

BEEN

Alan ...................... in goal.

Alan can't have been playing in goal.
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