English Vocabulary Organiser Spot 49 Other sports | 1 Basic vocabulary Match the sports with the pictures: swimming horse racing Tee 2 Sportsmen and Fill in the missing words athletics motor racing cycling . the pentathlon . rowing, |. weightlifting eyeling motor racing women in the table: gymnast racing .. yachtsman sky diver ice-skating ice hockey show jumping gymnastics weightlifting 5. 3 What's the sport? Match the following commentary extracts with one of the sports from exercise 2. The words and phrases in green will help you to decide. 1. What an amazing fight! Lewis has won with a knock-out in the tenth round. 2, They're coming to the final fence now and the favourite Pink Gin is still in the lead 3. Schumacher is off the track. He was trying to pass Hill, then he lost control of the car and that’s the race over for him, 4, The next big race is the 800 metres, in which Sarah Gates represents Great Britain. $. The women’s downhill starts at ten and the men’s slalom event follows at two o'clock 6. And so Wescott wins the 100 metres freestyle to add to his victories in the breast-stroke, the backstroke and the buttertly. 7. After his performance on the rings, he'll be hoping for something better on the horse. 8. It looks like tomorrow's race is off. The forecast is for a force 8 gale!Spot English Vocabulary Organiser 4 Athletics There are two types of athletics event: track events are all those which take place on the running track; all other events, except the marathon, are field events. Match these events with the pictures: the hurdles the javelin the discus the shot-put the high jump the long jump The event when you have to hop, step and jump is called the triple jump. A sprint is a short race ~ 100 metres, for example. The 800, 1500, and 3000 metre races are middle- distance events. A long-distance race is 5000 metres or more. 5 Boxing 6 Fighting sports Complete this newspaper report of a boxing match Answer the questions below about these sports: with these words and phrases: boxing wrestling judo first round on points heavyweight bell karate kick boxing right hand knock-out corner title 4. Which three sports take place in a ring? LEWIS RETAINS TITLE 2. In which of the sports do you use gloves? The world . . champion, Lennox Lewis, successfully defended his ‘against American Evander Hollyfield Last night. Right from the very start Lewis had qHollyfield in trouble and at the end of the - . Hollyfield was clearly very relieved to get back to his FThe.......... went for the second round and Lewis immediately knocked his ‘opponent down with a huge . and it seemed only a matier of time before Lewis would win by a But ‘Holyfield recovered and as the fight went ‘on he got increasingly stronger, causing the champion serious problems. In the end it [Went the full twelve rounds and Lewis was ‘quite relieved to win 3. In which of the sports can you become a black-belt? 4, In which of the sports do you throw your opponent? Do you know which sports the following sportsmen and women were famous for? Carl Lewis Martina Navratilova Ayrton Senna ‘Add your own words and expressions ] 105,English Vocabulary Organiser. Sport _ 50 Results and scores _ 1 Basic vocabulary Translate the words in green into your language: 1. Who do you think will win? . 2. I think he’s going to lose. 3. Sweden beat Portugal 2-0. 4. He's a very difficult opponent. .. 5. It’s a five-day tournament. . 6. She lost in the semi-final. 7. [lost in the first round. 8. 3-2 is an excellent result. 9. It’s his first trophy. 10. What was the final score? 2 Win or beat? Complete each of the following phrases with either win or beat: 1... thefinal 9. ... the champion 2.... onpoints 10. ... your opponent 3. ... amedal 11. ... a competition 4.... apoint 12. ... the championship S.... atrophy 13... the favourite 6.... thecup 14. ... the world record 7. ... yourrival 15. ... the other team 8... arace by two seconds Now use some of the nouns above to complete the sentences below: 17. Pierce has beaten the defending . 18. Jackson holds the current... . stands at 46.24 seconds. 19, Beatty is the hot... im this race. 20. Warren is Black’s closest .. in the 100 metres. 106 3 Tournaments Below are six stages of a tennis tournament. Put the stages into a logical order. The first one has been done for you. te 2... 3... 4... 5... 6 a. Anna Kournikova was beaten in the quarter-finals. b. Venus Williams won her semi-final against Monica Seles. c. Lynsey Davenport was knocked out in the second round. d. Venus Williams won the final to become champion for the second time. e. Martina Hingis won her first round match. £. Mary Pierce won a difficult third round match The same phrases are used in football competitions. 4 Races, records and medals Choose the correct ending for the following: 1. Tessa Sanderson is absolutely delighted. She has won . Ie’s every athlete’s dream to represent It’s an incredible time ~ I think she’s broken . As expected, the favourite from Kenya came . After so much preparation it was a big disappointment to finish . Runners from eight different countries will be competing 7. And with 200 metres to go, Samuels has taken when a. the world record. b. in second place. . his or her country. d. the gold medal. e, in the next race. f. the lead. g. first Notice the complete expressions in this exercise, for example, break the world record. What medals do you win if you come second or third?5 Tennis scores Look at the tennis scoreboard and complete the sentences below with these words: losing winning beating leading SETS GAMES SAMPRAS 6 6 _ _ 7 AGASSI leg 3 3 1. Sampras is 4-3 in the third set. 2. Sampras seems to be. » Agassi easily. 3. At the moment Sampras is........ the match and Agassi is .. When the score is: You say: 15-0 Fifteen-love 15-15 Fifteen-all 30-15 Thirty-fifteen 40-40 Deuce If the score is deuce and Smith wins the next point, we say, “Advantage Smith”. ‘Add your own words and expressions Sport English Vocabulary Orgoniser 6 Football scores Look at these football results: Brazil 2 Italy 1 France 3 Spain 0 Germany 2. Holland 2 Use these verbs to fill the gaps below: lost to won drew conceded beat scored 1. Brazil 24. 2. Brazil Italy 2-1. 3. Spain « France. 4. Germany and Holland . . . 5. France ..... . three goals. 6. Spain...... three goals. You say football scores like this: 2-1 They won / lost two-one. 2-0. They won / lost two-nil. 4-4 They drew four-all. 0-0 They drew nil-nil. It was nil-nil. 7 What makes a champion? Match these sentences with the ideas in a-e below: 1. He's got so much talent. 2. He’s got amazing stamina. 3. He’s very competitive. 4, He's a very aggressive player. 5 6. . He’s got guts. . He's very dedicated. . He can keep running all day. . He sometimes gets into trouble with the referee. . He always wants to win. . He trains every day in wind, rain or snow! . He's not afraid of anything. He makes it all look so easy. oP me ao Which three of the qualities above are important for the sports you play? 107