Types of sport

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Types of sport

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Team sports

Your score	Vocabulary	Example sentence / notes
0/0	American football	‘How many players are there in an American football team?’ American English =‘football’
0/0	baseball	‘I played baseball on holiday.’
0/0	basketball	‘I used to enjoy playing basketball but now I prefer playing hockey.’
0/0	cricket	‘I enjoy playing cricket.’
0/0	football	‘I used to play football before I injured my knee.’ American English = ‘soccer’ (and different from ‘American football’)
0/0	hockey	‘I was captain of the university hockey team.’
0/0	netball	‘I’ve started playing netball for a local team.’
0/0	rugby	‘I used to play rugby but prefer football now.’

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American football

‘How many players are there in an American football team?’

American English =‘football’

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baseball

‘I played baseball on holiday.’

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basketball

‘I used to enjoy playing basketball but now I prefer playing hockey.’

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cricket

‘I enjoy playing cricket.’

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football

‘I used to play football before I injured my knee.’

American English = ‘soccer’ (and different from ‘American football’)

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hockey

‘I was captain of the university hockey team.’

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netball

‘I’ve started playing netball for a local team.’

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rugby

‘I used to play rugby but prefer football now.’

Racquet sports

Your score	Vocabulary	Example sentence / notes
0/0	badminton	‘I play badminton on Thursday evenings at the local sports centre.’
0/0	squash	‘I play squash every Saturday morning.’
0/0	table tennis	‘I don’t understand the rules of table tennis. I prefer squash instead.’ Also known as ‘ping pong’
0/0	tennis	‘My favourite sport is tennis.’

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badminton

‘I play badminton on Thursday evenings at the local sports centre.’

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squash

‘I play squash every Saturday morning.’

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table tennis

‘I don’t understand the rules of table tennis. I prefer squash instead.’

Also known as ‘ping pong’

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tennis

‘My favourite sport is tennis.’

Winter sports

Your score	Vocabulary	Example sentence / notes
0/0	biathlon	‘The biathlon competition will be taking place soon.’
0/0	bobsleigh	‘Did you see the bobsleigh competition on television yesterday?’
0/0	cross-country skiing	‘I went cross-country skiing at New Year.’
0/0	downhill skiing	‘I prefer cross-country skiing to downhill skiing.’
0/0	ice hockey	‘We’re going to watch the ice hockey game on Saturday.’
0/0	ice skating	‘What time is the ice skating competition on television?’
0/0	snowboarding	‘I prefer snowboarding to skiing.’

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biathlon

‘The biathlon competition will be taking place soon.’

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bobsleigh

‘Did you see the bobsleigh competition on television yesterday?’

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cross-country skiing

‘I went cross-country skiing at New Year.’

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downhill skiing

‘I prefer cross-country skiing to downhill skiing.’

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ice hockey

‘We’re going to watch the ice hockey game on Saturday.’

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ice skating

‘What time is the ice skating competition on television?’

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snowboarding

‘I prefer snowboarding to skiing.’

Water sports

Your score	Vocabulary	Example sentence / notes
0/0	canoeing	‘We went canoeing on the river.’
0/0	to row	‘I’m planning to row the length of the Forth.’ Note the pronunciation of ‘to row’ (a water sport) vs. ‘to row’ (to have an argument)
0/0	rowing	‘I enjoy rowing, especially when the sun is shining.’
0/0	sailing	‘I’m going to spend next week sailing along the coast.’
0/0	to scuba dive	‘Last summer I went scuba diving off the coast of Egypt.’
0/0	surfing	‘I’ve taken up surfing as a hobby.’
0/0	to swim	‘I swim most mornings.’
0/0	swimming	‘I’m not a strong swimmer. I prefer running to swimming.’
0/0	to windsurf	‘I want to learn to windsurf when I’m on holiday this summer.’
0/0	windsurfing	‘I’d like to go windsurfing today, but the weather isn’t suitable.’
0/0	yachting	‘I enjoy yachting, but it’s quite expensive.’