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English Vocabulary Exercises for A1 – Sports and hobbies

10 esercizi

1. Label pictures 1-16 with the words below.

  • basketball climbing cycling dancing football golf
  • gymnastics ice hockey ice skating karate skiing surfing
  • swimming table tennis volleyball yoga
8 A Vocabulary elementary 01
8 A Vocabulary elementary 02
8 A Vocabulary elementary 03
8 A Vocabulary elementary 04

2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of play, go or do.

  • 1)
    I roller skating with my friends yesterday.
  • 2)
    We badminton in the garden. Do you want to join us?
  • 3)
    My dad athletics when he was at school.
  • 4)
    I judo on Mondays after school.
  • 5)
    My sister aerobics every weekend.
  • 6)
    We sometimes handball in P.E. lessons.
  • 7)
    Do you want to skateboarding now?
  • 8)
    My father tennis for the UK in the 1980s.

3. Work in pairs. Match each group below (1-4) with as many sports and activities from exercises 1 and 2 as possible.

  • 1)
    You need a ball for these:
  • 2)
    You need water, ice or snow for these:
  • 3)
    You only need one person for these:
  • 4)
    These nearly always take place outside:

4. Listen. Match each speaker (1-4) with two sports and hobbies from exercises 1 and 2.

Audio
  • Speaker 1: and
  • Speaker 2: and
  • Speaker 3: and
  • Speaker 4: and

5. Listen again. Match each speaker (1-4) with one of the sentences (a-f) below. There are two extra sentences.

Audio
  • This speaker:
  • a)
    learned a new sport at school.
  • b)
    does one of the activities at home.
  • c)
    is keen to watch the Winter Olympics one day.
  • d)
    played sport with three friends last summer.
  • e)
    plans to take part in the Olympic Games.
  • f)
    is not keen on sports in general.

Extra exercises

6. Read the definitions and write the name of a sport.

  • 1)
    Physical exercises that people do in classes, with music.
  • 2)
    A game for two teams of five players who try to throw a ball into a high net.
  • 3)
    A game that you play by hitting a small ball into holes with a long stick.
  • 4)
    A sport where two people fight and try to throw each other onto the floor.
  • 5)
    The sport of moving down mountains covered in snow using two long flat pieces of metal or plastic that are fixed to your boots.
  • 6)
    A game where two teams try to hit a ball over a high net with their hands.
  • 7)
    A system of exercises that helps relax both your body and your mind.
  • 8)
    The sport of moving over the ground standing on a long piece of wood on wheels.

7. Complete the text with the future time expressions below.

  • the day after tomorrow this afternoon tomorrow tonight
  • next weekend next year
  • Today is the first day of a big adventure for me. I’m going to walk part of the Camino de Santiago in Spain with some friends. I’m having lunch right now, and 1) I have to pack. We’re leaving at 9 p.m. 2) on the night train to Sarria. We arrive 3) morning and we’re going to start walking straight after breakfast. We’re doing the shortest part of the walk, which is only five days. We’re spending the first night in Portomarín and 4) we’ll be in Palas de Rei. Then it’s only three more days to Santiago. We’re staying there 5) to visit the city. We’ll probably do a different part of the walk 6) if we like it.

8. Complete the sentences with nationalities.

  • 1)
    Murat was born in Istanbul. He’s
  • 2)
    I’m from Vancouver. I’m
  • 3)
    Yan and Suyin are from Beijing. They’re
  • 4)
    We’re from Stockholm. We’re
  • 5)
    Paola lives in Rio de Janeiro. She’s
  • 6)
    Our friends are from Paris. They’re

9. Match the sentences with the athletics events below.

  • 100)
    metres long jump marathon pole vault relay shot put
  • 1)
    You have to run in a team.
  • 2)
    You have to throw a heavy metal ball as far as possible.
  • 3)
    You have to run a long way.
  • 4)
    You have to go very high.
  • 5)
    You have to run very fast.
  • 6)
    You have to jump as far as possible.

10. Complete the dialogues. Write one word in each space.

  • better fancy prefer rather right suppose
  • 1)
    A Let’s go skiing next winter.
  • B I’d not. It’s very dangerous!
  • 2)
    A It’s getting late. Shall we go now?
  • B I so. We need to catch the last bus.
  • 3)
    A Why don’t we play football?
  • B I’d to play basketball if that’s OK.
  • 4)
    A Do you fancy going climbing?
  • B Not really. I think that skateboarding would be
  • 5)
    A This match is boring.
  • B You’re Shall we watch something else?
  • 6)
    A Shall we watch the swimming?
  • B I don’t really that. Let’s go for a walk.

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