Sports Vocabulary
This person helps athletes train and improve.
the coach
Serena Williams is one of the greatest players of all ______.
Time
After a careful ______, the doctor gave me medicine. (examine)
Examination
How do you make the first conditional? What is the structure?
If+ present simple, will + verb
When you don't feel well in class you have to: ______ with it.
a. cope
b.sleep
cope with
When supporters shout happily after a goal, they ______.
Cheer
You need to wear protective ______ when riding a motorbike.
Equipment
My first ______ of the new coach was very positive. (impress)
Impression
Make a sentence using the first conditional:
If/you/ write/too fast/you/make/mistakes
If you write too fast, you will make mistakes.
Unless you practise more, you ______ win.
won't
The normal number or level in a group is the ______.
Average
A football match is played on a football ______.
Field/pitch
We finally reached an ______ after talking for an hour. (agree)
agreement
There would be more elephants, if people _______ nicer to them. (be)
were
If I were taller, I ______ play basketball better.
would
If something helps you succeed, it gives you an ______.
Many athletes dream of breaking a world ______.
Record
Thank you for your help and ______. (admire)
admiration
Complete the second sentence so it has a similar meaning as the first using the second conditional:
I can't order at a French restaurant because I don't speak French.
If I spoke French,_____________________
I would order at a French restaurant.
Write a sentence using the first conditional:
We/not/have/time/to shop/ unless/we/leave/now
We won't have time to shop, unless we leave now.
Professional athletes have to __________ train everyday.
a. waste time
b. make time
make time
In basketball, players ______ the ball. This is when you bounce it up and down.
dribble
The manager listened to the customer’s ______. (complain)
complaint
Complete the second sentence so it has a similar meaning as the first using the second conditional:
I'm too tired to do homework.
If I weren't so tired,____________________
I would do my homework.
Write a sentence using the first conditional:
Ann /not /go /to/ the/ picnic /if /it /snow /tomorrow.
Ann won't go to the picnic if it snows tomorrow.