Sports Vocabulary

Match the words to the definitions
  1. also-ran
    = Someone who failed to win a competition.
  2. the decathlon
    = A competition including ten different sports
  3. The shot put
    = an event where you try to throw a heavy metal ball as far as possible (Javalin is a kind of spear)
  4. to pull out a winner
    = to produce the throw, score the goal etc, often unexpectedly , which results in a victory.
  5. The discuss
    = An event where you to throw a heavy plate shaped object as far as possible
  6. A setback
    = something that delays or prevent progress, or makes things worse than they were.
  7. A come back
    = doing well again after being absent or unsuccessful for a period of time
  8. set a record
    = to run a race faster, jump further, etc., than anyone else
  9. The pursuit of glory
    = the act of trying to achieve fame and honour in a determined way
  10. A bronze medalist
    is Someone who has come third in a competition Eg The Olympics
  11. To resume training
    = practising your event or sport again, after a period of absence
  1. Someone who failed to win a competition.
  2. A competition including ten different sports
  3. an event where you try to throw a heavy metal ball as far as possible (Javalin is a kind of spear)
  4. to produce the throw, score the goal etc, often unexpectedly , which results in a victory.
  5. An event where you to throw a heavy plate shaped object as far as possible
  6. something that delays or prevent progress, or makes things worse than they were.
  7. doing well again after being absent or unsuccessful for a period of time
  8. to run a race faster, jump further, etc., than anyone else
  9. the act of trying to achieve fame and honour in a determined way
  10. Someone who has come third in a competition Eg The Olympics
  11. practising your event or sport again, after a period of absence

a layoff / a come back Javalin , shot put , pole vault, discus , long jump, high jump, triple jump, hammer throw , hurdles ,100m , 400m ? rival team figure skating

Image Complete the gaps in the following sentences with one of the words from the box in the correct form.
glory decathlon setback pull resume put competitor bronze comeback set

  1. It was amazing. They.....................out a winner by scoring in the last minute.
  2. After being 3-0 down they made an amazing .....................and finally drew 3-3.
  3. Jack Reeves has.....................a new world record for the second time this year.
  4. I will.....................training as soon as my ankle injury has healed up.
  5. After many.....................she will be entering her first major competition for some time in the summer.
  6. I'm afraid he was not very happy about being the .....................medallist. He could only think of gold.
  7. Do you know the ten different events that make up the.....................?
  8. It's the never-ending pursuit of.....................which keeps these athletes training month after month.
  9. Don't you have to be pretty big to be good at the shot.....................?
  10. Two of the.....................failed to turn up for the race.
Image There is one missing word in each of these sentences. Decide what it is and where it should go.

  1. You won't seen the notice saying that all tomorrow's events have been cancelled.
  2. She's about buy a new flat and move out of her parents'.
  3. Will you taking the binoculars with you to the match?
  4. What time is the match due kick off?
  5. It's impossible to know how fast people be running in a hundred years' time.
  6. They're on point of buying that empty land next to our house to turn into tennis courts.
  7. All students are assemble in front of the school for the awards ceremony.
Image The underlined words have incorrect endings. Replace them with the correct endings.

  1. The fliqhtperson came back and asked if I would like some more coffee.
  2. Policepeople seem to be getting younger and younger these days.
  3. David will make a very good chairofficer for the meeting, I think.
  4. I could never be a fire attendant. I would be scared to death!
  5. The spokesofficer for the company denied that there would be any further redundancies.
  6. She's not a very good headmistress. She finds it difficult to keep the children interested in her lessons.
Image Complete each of these sentences in a logical way.
  1. I thought Tim's parents were very hard on him. First they said he couldn't go out with his friends for a whole week and on top of that...
  2. It's true that, on the whole, Kylie is a lovely person. Having said that though ...
  3. This government has reduced both inflation and unemployment. At the same time, we do need to remember that ...
  4. You know that Derek broke the record despite appalling weather conditions. What's more ...
  5. Did you know that Mr Deacon said he would come and give us all extra lessons just before the exam? Not only that ...

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