Sports Around the World

Match the words and word combinations with their definitions.

1. football

2. handball

3. gymnastics

4. wrestling

5.swimming

6. extreme sports

7. boxing

8. figure skating

a) moving your body through water

b) a sport involving skilled and controlled physical exercises and movements, often performed in competitions

c) a game played by two teams of 11 players who try to kick a round ball into their opponents' goal 

d)  a game in which you hit a ball against a wall with your hand 

e) a kind of skating in which you cut patterns in the ice with your skates

f) a sport in which two people fight by holding onto each other and trying to make each other fall to the ground 

g) very exciting or dangerous sports  

h) the sport of fighting while wearing big leather gloves  

Read the dialogue and do the task.

— OK, Kevin, I hear that you’re from Wales.

— Yes, I’m from Wales.

— And you’re really into rugby!

— Yeah, I love rugby. Um, in Wales everybody plays rugby, in primary school, in junior high school we play rugby. When I was in high school everybody in my high school had to play rugby. All the boys had to play rugby. And it’s our national sport.

— OK. Uh, do you still play now?

— Ah, I played about five years ago. I played in Japan in Kobe. The club was called Kobe Regata club.

— OK.

— And they were very strong. Yeah, but in this country you play on sand, but in Wales you play on grass. It’s a lot easier to play rugby in Wales.

— Um, What’s the best thing about rugby?

— Ah, violence. Ah, it’s very good because you can run and you can hit somebody and you don’t go to jail for doing it so…it’s the same as if you’ve been to America, the same as American football. Uh, it’s very strong and when you practise you become stronger. Your  body becomes stronger and it’s just fun to play rugby.

— Have you ever broken a bone or…?

— I’ve broken my nose, I’ve had about ten stitches in my bottom lip. Ah, I’ve broken a finger. That’s not too bad. Many of my friends have broken their legs and knees…and problems but not too bad for me.

— OK. Great. Thanks a lot Kevin.

— Thank you.

Choose the correct answer.

1. Does Kevin play now? 

a) Yes, does

b) Sometimes

c) Not anymore

2. What’s the best thing about rugby? 

a) The running

b) The teamwork

c) The violence

3. What sport is it similar to?

a) Soccer

b) American Football

c) Hockey

4. Where did he get stitches? 

a) His leg

b) His ear

c) His lip

5. What has he broken? 

a) His leg

b) His nose

c) His arm

Watch the video “Sports in UK” and do the task below.

Choose the correct answer.

1.A game similar to baseball

a) football

b) tennis

c) rounders

d) cricket

2.There are ... in nearly every UK park.

a) ski slopes

b) tennis courts

c) stadiums

d) tracks