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Vocabulary Exercises

1. What do you call a man who can:

Wrestle, ski, skate, run, shoot, fence, box, climb, race, do weightlifting, swim, cycle, dive, play football/chess/draughts/volleyball/basketball/ hockey/tennis, go boating/yachting/ gliding/parachuting

e.g. to ski - a skier, to play basketball --a basketballer, to play hockey -a hockey-player, to do parachuting/sky diving - a parachute-jump­er/a sky diver, to go gliding — a glider-pilot, to go yachting — a yacht­sman

2. a) Choose the adjectives from the box that can go with the following sports and games.

e.g. Basketball is a fast game (sport).

active beautiful dangerous exciting marvelous popular

strenuous violent spectator slow fast attractive

mass rash spectacular bold thrilling

archery, athletics, badminton, baseball, basketball, bobsledding, bowling, cycling, boxing, golf, gymnastics, fencing, figure skating, judo, football, ice hockey, rugby, rowing, speed skating, skiing, sla­lom, ski-jumping, steeplechase, swimming, volleyball, wrestling, yachting

b) Name sports from the list above that require:

strength, endurance, prudence, courage, quickness of reaction, resolu­tion, team spirit, a good eye and a lot of concentration, calculation

3.Translate the following sentences from English into Russian, paying attention to the translation of the words in bold type.

1. Cricket is a team game.

2. The next event will be the 100 meters race.

3. Do I have to wear a suit to the dinner, or will a sports jacket be good enough?

4. All sport-loving nations wish to take part in the Olympic Games.

5. Chess and checkers (draughts — BrE) are board games.

6. The group campaigns against all blood sports (BrE) especially fox hunting.

7. She established the British long-jump record.

8. Who holds the world record for discus throwing?

9. Carl Lewis is a famous track star.

10. Roger Bannister was the first person to run a mile under four min­utes.

11. During the international skating meet the young Russian dancing pair that were suited to each other to perfection were the sensation of the night.

12. The annual rugby match between British and French universities was cancelled because the British organization whose turn it was to play host couldn't raise enough money to stage the event.

13. The couple qualified to skate for Britain weren't in the running for medals but their performance was unforgettable.

14. Football is a thrilling spectator game.

15. Boxing is a dangerous spectacular sport.

16.

4. Fill in the following crossword puzzle.

Down

1. English pub game.

3. Popular water sport.

4. Canada's national sport.

5. Long distance run.

6. Musketeers liked this kind of sport.

7. Robin Hood was the best in it.

9. Complex of sports events orig­inated in Ancient Greece still very popular.

11. Kind of sports practiced by Daedalus and Icarus.

12. If you are not fond of skiing you are fond of…

13. We use this word speaking of furniture and tennis.

14. Form of football named after a public school.

Across

1. Plunging headfirst into the wa­ter.

2. Fighting where blows with the closed fists are forbidden. You must throw or pin the oppo­nent to the ground.

6. The most popular game. 8. Game similar to tennis.

10. Popular expensive water sport.

11. Ancient but still very popular kind of sport.

15. Board game in which each player has 16 pieces.

16. Not professional player.

18. Kind of sports enjoyed by grown-ups and children in winter.

19. Ancient kind of sports, dan­gerous and not for women.

17. Opponent (synonym).

20. Game played with clubs.

21. Playing many games we have it.

22. Japanese sport for huge peo­ple.

21. Players are dressed in white playing it.

23. One of the most popular sport terms.

24. Many games are played with the help of it.

5. Name sports and games a) popular with children under 7; b) popular with teenag­ers; c) you consider the most expensive; d) that are watched by most people on TV.

6.There are many words connected with sport. See if you know the meaning of the words in the list below, then complete the chart. When you have finished, compare your chart with another student's.

7. Mark the parts the following games consist of.

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