Sport Vocabulary

Vocabulary tasks: Sport

Task 1: Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) that best fits each gap in the text.

Someone once said that there are three kinds of people who are (1)_____ in sport: people who (2)_____ part, people who watch, and people who watch (3)_____ television. It’s very easy to make fun of stay-at-home sports (4)_____, but on the other hand, television does enable us to enjoy all kinds of (5)_____ events. We can watch a racing car (6)_____ another, see a cyclist (7)_____ the finishing line, or enjoy the (8)_____ of our favourite football team. The first time I watched a tennis (9)_____ was on television, and I found it (10)_____ interesting. It’s not always easy to (11)_____ long distances to football (12)_____, and television is a good solution. Of course, you can (13)_____ used to sitting indoors all the time, and this is dangerous. We should all try to (14)_____ fit, and have other interests and (15)_____.

| |A. playing |B. really |C. interested |D. succeed |
| |A. take |B. have |C. make |D. get |
| |A. on |B. with |C. by |D. from |
| |A. people |B. centres |C. programmes |D. fans |
| |A. the |B. future |C. sports |D. athlete |
| |A. cross |B. overtake |C. or |D. from |
| |A. overtake |B. and |C. cross