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CONVERSATIONWORKSHEET:SPORTSPart1:VocabularyBuilder

ASportnouns

1Matchthesportstotheplaceswhereyoudothem.Somecanbeusedmorethanonce.

1baseball____

2tennis____

3icehockey____

4soccer____

5basketball____

6surfing___

7swimming____

8skateboarding____

9horsebackriding____

10cricket____

11skiing_____

12climbing_____

13cycling_____

arink

bcourt

cbikelane

dfield

ecourt

focean

gcliff

hslope

ipitch

jpool

karena

lskatepark

2Matchthesportsfromtheboxtothenouns.

baseballbasketballcricketgolfgymnasticshockeyrunningskiingsoccertennis

1hoop________

2lift________

3net_________

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4goal_________

5wicket________

6base_______

7sandtrap______

8balancebeam________

9puck________

10track_________

BVerbsforplayingsports.

1Inwhatsportsdoyouusetheseverbs?(Somecanbeusedinmorethanonesport.)

kickswingthrowjumpshootcatchpassrunpitchdivetacklescore

Baseball Americanfootball Soccer(football) Basketball Swimming

kick

2Completethesentenceswithverbsfromthetable.

1Ifyoumoveyourlegbackfartheryoucan_____theballwithmoreforce.

2Thereasonbaseballplayerswearaleathermittissotheycan_____theballwithoutinjuringtheirhand.

3Susanisafraidofheights,soshedoesn'tliketo_____fromthehighboardintothepool.

4Darrylistheshortestplayerontheteam,buthecan_____sohighthathealmostalwaysgetstheballthroughthehoop.

5Ifyou'resurroundedbyplayersfromtheotherteam,youshould_____theballtoateammateinabetterposition.

6Doyouwantto_____yourgolfclublikeTigerWoods?Agoodgrip,postureandalotofpracticewillhelpyou.

7Youngchildrendont_____thebaseballfromaprofessionaldistance.Itstoofarforthem.

8TheWolfsoccerteam_______twiceinthefirst15minutesofthefirsthalfofthegame,killingtheotherteamoffandwinningthegameby3tonothing.

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CWinningandlosing.

Completethesportsnewswiththecorrectverbinthecorrectform.(Twooftheverbsareinterchangeable.)

windefeatbeatlosetie

1FOOTBALL:Ukraine____thematchagainstEnglandandisheadingtothenextWorldCup.

2TENNIS:Rogerskneeinjuryaffectedhisperformanceandunfortunatelyhe_____theUSOpentitlethisyear.

3BASKETBALL:Isthereanyteamwhichcan_____thefabulousLakers?

4HOCKEY:TheGermanwomenshockeyteam______withNewZealand22.

5BASEBALL:TheNYYankeescelebrateafter____theMinnesotaTwins3to1.

DListening

1Listenoncetotwopeopletalkingaboutafootballgametheyattended.Markwheretheyweresittingduringthematch.

2Listenagain.Answerthequestions.

1Howwasthegame?

2WhydidPaulfeelsofrustrated?

3WhywasMarkluckierthanPaul?

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EREADING

KobeBryant(1978Philadelphia,Pennsylvania)

Canyouimagineifoneofthemostsuccessfulbasketballplayersintheworldhaddecidedtogoinforanothersport?It'sabitlikepicturinganalternateuniversewhereupisdown,downisup,andbasketballprosshoothoopswiththeirfeet.Orisit?

KobeBryant'sfathermovedhisfamilytoItalywhenKobewasjustsixyearsold.HisfatherwasalsoabasketballplayerandwaspursuingaprofessionalcareerinEurope.It

wastherethatKobehadhisfirstexposuretosoccerafarmorepopularsportinItalythanbasketballandhefellinlovewithit.Henormallywenttotheparkstoplaybasketball,andhewouldoftengetinonagameofsoccerbeforegettingtothebasketballcourt.

Washeagoodplayer?"Iwasn'tanythingspectacular,"Bryantsays."Iwouldhavemomentsofdoingsomethingcrazythatreallywasn'tdoneonpurpose.I'dpulloffanicemovethatwasunintentional."Hestartedoutasagoalkeeperbecausehisarmsweresolongandhewasn'tusedtohandlingtheballinthefield.Lateronheimproved,andgottoplaymidfield.

WhenhisfamilyreturnedtotheUSin1991,therewereveryfewkidswhoplayedsoccerinhisPhiladelphianeighborhood,sohefocusedonbasketball.ButifhisfamilyhadstayedinItaly?"Iwouldhavekeptplaying[soccer],that'sforsure,"hesays."IwantedtoplayforACMilan.Thatwasmyteamgrowingup."Surprisingly,hehasneverseentheteamplayinperson.WhilehisfamilywasinItaly,hismotherwouldn'tlethimgotosoccermatchesbecauseshethoughtthecrowdsweretooviolentandthathecouldgethurt.Nowadays,BryantimagineswhataUSsoccerteamwouldbelikeifheandothergreatbasketballplayershadgrownupplayingsoccerinstead."Ifwehadplayedsoccerallourlives,Ithink[theUSsoccerteam]wouldhavebeenprettypotent."Anditwouldcertainlybethetallestteamintheworld!

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1DrawKobeBryant'sthreekeylifemoments.

________________________________________

2Whichmomentmarksaturningpointinhiscareer?Why?

_______________________________________________________.

3Findfivesporttermsinthetext.

goalkeeper

Scrolldownfortheanswerkey

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Answerkey

CWVocabularyBuilderSPORTS

A1)

1d

2b

3a

4d

5e

6f

7j/f

8l

9k

10i

11h

12g

13c

2)

1basketball

2skiing

3tennis

4soccer

5cricket

6baseball

7golf

8gymnastics

9hockey

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10running

B1

Baseball Americanfootball Soccer(football) Basketball Swimming

throw

catch

pitch

run

swing

score

kick

pass

tackle

score

kick

pass

run

score

shoot

jump

run

throw

score

dive

jump

B2

1kick

2catch

3dive

4jump

5pass

6swing

7pitch

8scored

C

1won

2lost

3defeat/beat

4tied

5beating/defeating

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DListening

Script

Paul:Ididn'tseeyouatthegamelastnight.Whathappenedtoyou?

Mark:Iwasthere.Iarrivedlate,soIcouldn'tgettomyregularseatinthedoubleCsection.

P:Sowheredidyouendupsitting?

M:Iwasatthenorthendofthestadium.Thescoreboardwasjustbehindme,soIcouldn'tseeanyofthescoresgoup.Itwasprettyfrustrating.

P:Itmusthavebeen!Iwasalotluckierthanyou.Iranintoanoldfriendwhowritesaboutsportsforthenewspaper,andheinvitedmetositwithhim.

M:Soyouweresittingdirectlyoppositeme?

P:No.Therearetwopressboxesinthestadium.Wewereintheotherone,withaviewrightacrossthefieldfromthesidelines.

M:Luckyyou!Sowhatdidyouthinkofthegame?

P:Ourteamwasamess!Theydidn'tseemtoknowwhattheyweredoing.

M:Yeah,they'renormallyalotbetterthanthat.Iguessallteamshavetheiroffdays.

P:Ijustwishitwasn'twhenIhadsuchagreatseat.

1

MarkwassittingNORTHV

PaulwassittingPressboxL

2

1Itwasnotagoodgame.

2Becausehecouldntseethescoreboardfromwherehewassitting.

3Becauseafriendwhoworksforasportsnewspapergavehimseatinthepressboxfromwherehehadanexcellentviewacrossthefield.

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1

19781984(6yearsold)1991(13yearsold)

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wasborninmovedtoItaly/playedsoccermovedbacktoUS.Focusedonbasketballandbecameastar

2

EventhoughKobeBryanthadbecomeagoodmidfielderinItaly,soccerwasnotthatpopularintheUS,sohestartedplayingbasketballandbecameastar.

3

Soccer,basketballplayer,shoothoops,soccer,field,midfielder,team,ball,basketballcourt,soccermatch