Sportomaniacs’
vocabulary
SPORTS
level pre-intermediate
1. Complete this text with the correct form of PLAY, GO, COME or DO:
I’m preparing to run in a marathon – that’s a 40 kilometer road race. I ……….jogging every morning and …………swimming twice a week. I ………….for a run most evenings and at weekends. I sometimes ask my son to ……………with me but he prefers to ………….horse – riding. My daughter ………. ballet at the sports centre and while she is at herc lass I ……………..weight-lifting in the gym. I …………….to basketball practice regularly because I’m in the team and we ………………matches most weekends. In my lunch hour I often ……………squash with a colleague. By ……………..so much exercise I hope to be really fit for the marathon. I’m not going to relax afterwards either – I plan to ……………….skiing with my family in the Swiss Alps.
2. How much do you know about sports? Choose the right answer.
a) You play golf on a golf : track/course/park
b) To score in hockey you hit the ball : into the net/ over a bar/ through a basket
c) A game ends in a draw when : a player is injured/ both sides have the same score/one team gives up
d) You score goals in : table tennis/ squash/ice hockey
3. Which one is the odd one out? Why?
a) coach/ champion/winner/partner
b) track/pool/changing room/court
c) sailing/snowboarding/waterskiing/windsurfing
d) match/competition/result/game
e) tennis/volleyball/table tennis/basketball
4. What sports do people do at schools in Poland?Which do you prefer; attending sporting events or watching them on TV? Write two short paragraphs explaining why.
Sportomaniacs’ vocabulary
HEALTH AND FITNESS
level pre-intermediate
1. Complete the gaps with proper forms of adjectives
a) strong / / the strongest
b) healthy/ healthier/
c) / more confident/
d) / /the fittest
2. Put the correct forms of adjectives into the sentences
healthy/cheap/relaxing/lazy/fit/busy/expensive
a) I’m feeling………………today. Do you mind going to the gym without me?
b) Sunday is the ………….day of the week at Bodyline because most people don’t have to go to work.
c) After I’ve been in the gym, I find sitting in the steam room……….than swimming up and down the pool.
d) Paul must be the …………..member of staff at Bodyline. He’s always using the machines.
e) A glass of fresh fruit juice is certainly ……….than a cup of coffee.
f) Membership of a gym can be quite…………Football is much………..and more fun.
3. Make a list of gym equipment that you find interesting. Do you use a gym regularly? Do you consider it boring? Write several sentences explaining why or why not.
4. Here are some sentences about going to a gym. For each sentence, complete the second one so that it means the same. Use no more than three words.
a) She paid $45 for membership for 3 months.
Membeship for 3 months…………………her $45.
b) The coach recommended using the gym 2 or 3 times a week.
‘You……………….the gym 2 or 3 times a week’, said the coach.
c) She was shown how to use the step machine by a member of staff.
A member of staff…………..to use the step machine.
d) He enjoyed the exercise bike more than the jogging machine.
He found the exercise bike more …………..the jogging machine.
e) She had a shower and then she went to the juice bar.
She went to the juice bar after she ………….a shower.
SPORTS
level pre-intermediate
1. Complete this text with the correct form of PLAY, GO, COME or DO:
I’m preparing to run in a marathon – that’s a 40 kilometer road race. I ……….jogging every morning and …………swimming twice a week. I ………….for a run most evenings and at weekends. I sometimes ask my son to ……………with me but he prefers to ………….horse – riding. My daughter ………. ballet at the sports centre and while she is at herc lass I ……………..weight-lifting in the gym. I …………….to basketball practice regularly because I’m in the team and we ………………matches most weekends. In my lunch hour I often ……………squash with a colleague. By ……………..so much exercise I hope to be really fit for the marathon. I’m not going to relax afterwards either – I plan to ……………….skiing with my family in the Swiss Alps.
2. How much do you know about sports? Choose the right answer.
a) You play golf on a golf : track/course/park
b) To score in hockey you hit the ball : into the net/ over a bar/ through a basket
c) A game ends in a draw when : a player is injured/ both sides have the same score/one team gives up
d) You score goals in : table tennis/ squash/ice hockey
3. Which one is the odd one out? Why?
a) coach/ champion/winner/partner
b) track/pool/changing room/court
c) sailing/snowboarding/waterskiing/windsurfing
d) match/competition/result/game
e) tennis/volleyball/table tennis/basketball
4. What sports do people do at schools in Poland?Which do you prefer; attending sporting events or watching them on TV? Write two short paragraphs explaining why.
Sportomaniacs’ vocabulary
HEALTH AND FITNESS
level pre-intermediate
1. Complete the gaps with proper forms of adjectives
a) strong / / the strongest
b) healthy/ healthier/
c) / more confident/
d) / /the fittest
2. Put the correct forms of adjectives into the sentences
healthy/cheap/relaxing/lazy/fit/busy/expensive
a) I’m feeling………………today. Do you mind going to the gym without me?
b) Sunday is the ………….day of the week at Bodyline because most people don’t have to go to work.
c) After I’ve been in the gym, I find sitting in the steam room……….than swimming up and down the pool.
d) Paul must be the …………..member of staff at Bodyline. He’s always using the machines.
e) A glass of fresh fruit juice is certainly ……….than a cup of coffee.
f) Membership of a gym can be quite…………Football is much………..and more fun.
3. Make a list of gym equipment that you find interesting. Do you use a gym regularly? Do you consider it boring? Write several sentences explaining why or why not.
4. Here are some sentences about going to a gym. For each sentence, complete the second one so that it means the same. Use no more than three words.
a) She paid $45 for membership for 3 months.
Membeship for 3 months…………………her $45.
b) The coach recommended using the gym 2 or 3 times a week.
‘You……………….the gym 2 or 3 times a week’, said the coach.
c) She was shown how to use the step machine by a member of staff.
A member of staff…………..to use the step machine.
d) He enjoyed the exercise bike more than the jogging machine.
He found the exercise bike more …………..the jogging machine.
e) She had a shower and then she went to the juice bar.
She went to the juice bar after she ………….a shower.