LUCKY BREAK

SUCCESS

100

Choose the correct spelling:

a. SUCCESFULL

b. SUCCESSFUL

B: successful

200

What should you do with your potential?

a. overcome it

b. fulfil it

c. set it up

B: fulfil it

300

Name 2 reasons why "nobody can hold a light to Usain Bolt"

Reasons (name at least 2):

-laid-back & happy attitude at warm up

-super tall & naturally gifted at running

-scoliosis

-youngest gold medallist at 15

400

What do you need to have to win at sports?

a. A competitive streak

b. Determination

c. Both A & B are correct

C: both A & B are correct.

500

What are you doing if you LET your team DOWN?

Disappointing them.

WORD FORMATION

100

Who is the person that competes in a competition?

COMPETITOR

200

What kind of person are you if you insist on being perfect?

a PERFECTIONIST

300

Which are the 2 nouns connected with the verb PERFORM?

PERFORMER and PERFORMANCE

400

What don't you have if you believe you will always lose?

(self) CONFIDENCE

500

When you depend too much ON something or someone you become ........... on them.

DEPENDENT

LUCK

100

Is walking under a ladder considered bad luck?

YES

200

Do very few athletes have superstitions that make them feel safe?

NO: MANY of them have superstitions (not just "a few")

300

You're walking on the sidewalk & you find a 100 dollar bill, what do you say?

"I ----  ------- my luck!"

can't believe

400

If you stop having good luck, you can say:

"I've run --- -- luck"

OUT OF

500

Why do people touch wood? 

In the past, they thought good spirits lived within trees, so touching their trunks would invoke them to bring good luck to the people.

PRACTICE TESTS

100

"In those days you couldn't buy butterfly nets locally, so Blanca Huertas' father made ....... for her".

a. them

b. it

c. one

C: one

200

"....... she was 16, Blanca went to university"

a. While

b. When

c. As

B: when

300

"Blanca rediscovered a butterfly that hadn't ....... seen for 30 years"

a. being

b. been

c. be

B: been

400

What's the noun connected with the verb "choose"?

For example: "Come on, choose one or the other, make a ........."

CHOICE

500

What is SUGGEST followed by?

a. to infinitive verb

b. infinitive verb without "to"

c. ing verb (gerund)

C: ing verb (gerund)

RANDOM

100

What preposition do you need after FOCUS?

a. IN

b. ON

c. AT

b: ON

200

Are athletes many times UNDER PRESSURE to SUCCEED?

YES

300

According to a famous superstition, what happens if you break a mirror?

7 years of bad luck

400

When or why did Jamaicans TURN ON Usain Bolt?

Wen he got injured and needed to stop running for some time, they criticized him by saying he was undisciplined and partied too much.

500

What does it mean that successful athletes are usually SINGLE-MINDED?

That they have only 1 aim in life and they won't stop until they make it come true.