Sports & Equipment
Action Verbs in Sports
Rules & Modals
Tenses
Fixing Mistakes
100

In this global team sport, players use their feet and head to score goals in a net, and they mustn't touch the ball with their hands (unless they are the goalkeeper)

Football / Soccer

100

Tennis/Volleyball action to start a point

Serve

100

(In tennis) Use a racket to hit the ball

Must / Have to

100

People usually ________ (play) basketball on Saturdays.

People usually play basketball on Saturdays.

100

Listen! The fans cheering for their team in the stadium.

Listen! The fans ARE cheering for their team in the stadium.

200

In this team sport, players run across an indoor court and bounce or throw an orange ball through a high hoop using their hands

Basketball

200

Gymnasts/runners do this before routines

Stretch

200

(In football) Argue or shout at the referee.

Shouldn't

200

Look! The players ________ (run) across the field

Look! The players are running across the field

200

Look at those dark clouds, it will rain right now.

Look at those dark clouds, it is going to rain right now.

300

In this water team sport, athletes swim constantly and mustn't touch the bottom while passing a ball and trying to score in a goal.

Water polo

300

Try to stop the striker near the penalty area / Rugby skill or movement

Tackle

300

(In Box) Ignore the referee's whistle during a fight 

Mustn't

300

Next weekend, we ________ (watch) the sports tournament on TV with my friends, I got an invitation.

Next weekend, we are going to watch the sports tournament on TV with my friends, I got an invitation.

300

A football player should to kick the ball with his foot, not his hands

A football player should to kick the ball with his foot.

400

In this synchronized aquatic discipline, athletes sit facing backwards in a thin craft. They must apply coordinated leg drive and arm pull to move forward through the water.

Rowing

400

Move quickly to the side to avoid a hit

Dodge

400

(Athlete) Give an advice for a marathon runner before a race

Can / Should

400

Yesterday, our team ________ (win) the match because they ________ (play) brilliantly.

Yesterday, our team won the match because they were playing brilliantly.

400

Yesterday, the athletes runed very fast, but they catch the ball badly and lose the match.  

Yesterday, the athletes ran very fast, but they caught the ball badly and lost the match.

500

In this intense racket sport, players can't let a lightweight feathered projectile hit the floor, and they must smash it back and forth over a high net.

Badminton

500

Bounce the ball past opponents with both hands.

Dribble

500

(In golf) Run fast to win a golf tournament

Don't have to

500

While the goalkeeper ________ (look) away, the striker ________ (score) a goal. I ________ (be) so happy about it that now I still ________ (smile).

While the goalkeeper was looking away, the striker scored a goal. I am so happy about it that now I still smile

500

While the referee were whistling a penalty, the goalkeeper droping his water bottle and everybody starts to laugh.

While the referee was whistling a penalty, the goalkeeper dropped his water bottle and everybody started to laugh.