Types of sport

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Types of sport

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Team sports

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

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American football

Amerikanisches Fußball

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

American English =‘football’

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baseball

Baseball

‘I played baseball on holiday.’

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basketball

Basketball

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

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cricket

Cricket

‘I enjoy playing cricket.’

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football

Fußball

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

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

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hockey

Hockey

‘I was captain of the university hockey team.’

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netball

Netzball

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

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rugby

Rugby

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

Racquet sports

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

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badminton

Badminton

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

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squash

Squash

‘I play squash every Saturday morning.’

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table tennis

Tischtennis

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

Also known as ‘ping pong’

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tennis

Tennis

‘My favourite sport is tennis.’

Winter sports

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

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biathlon

Biathlon

‘The biathlon competition will be taking place soon.’

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bobsleigh

Bobfahren

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

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cross-country skiing

Skilanglauf

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

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downhill skiing

Abfahrtslauf

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

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ice hockey

Eishockey

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

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ice skating

Eislaufen

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

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snowboarding

Snowboarden

‘I prefer snowboarding to skiing.’

Water sports

Your score	Vocabulary	Translation	Example sentence / notes
0/0	canoeing	kanufahren	‘We went canoeing on the river.’
0/0	to row	rudern	‘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	rrudern	‘I enjoy rowing, especially when the sun is shining.’
0/0	sailing	segeln	‘I’m going to spend next week sailing along the coast.’
0/0	to scuba dive	sporttauchen	‘Last summer I went scuba diving off the coast of Egypt.’
0/0	surfing	surfen	‘I’ve taken up surfing as a hobby.’
0/0	to swim	schwimmen	‘I swim most mornings.’
0/0	swimming	schwimmen	‘I’m not a strong swimmer. I prefer running to swimming.’
0/0	to windsurf	windsurfen	‘I want to learn to windsurf when I’m on holiday this summer.’
0/0	windsurfing	windsurfen	‘I’d like to go windsurfing today, but the weather isn’t suitable.’
0/0	yachting	segeln	‘I enjoy yachting, but it’s quite expensive.’