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Sporting Vocabulary & Terms (This page will grow as more sports are added) THE CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE RELATED PAGES |
SPORT | EQUIPMENT | SPORTSWEAR | PLACE/VENUE |
BOXING people, verbs, vocabulary for boxing | | | |
CRICKET people, verbs, vocabulary for cricket | | | |
TABLE-TENNIS people, verbs, vocabulary for table-tennis | | normal sportswear | |
HOCKEY (known as field hockey in America) people, verbs, vocabulary for hockey | | - tee-shirt
- shorts
- hockey boots
- shin pads
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ICE HOCKEY | |
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DIVING people, verbs, vocabulary for diving | - 1 metre & 3 metre spring boards
- diving board
| - swimming costume (female) (slang: 'cossie')
- swimming trunks (male)
- swimming cap
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POOL | | | |
SWIMMING people, verbs, vocabulary for swimming | -
ear-plugs -
nose-clip -
armbands -
floats -
goggles | - swimming costume (female) (slang: 'cossie')
- swimming trunks (male)
- swimming cap
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SPORT | PEOPLE | ACTION VERBS | RELEVANT VOCABULARY |
BOXING equipment, clothes, place for boxing | | - to box
- to punch
- to jab
- to duck
- to parry
- to dodge
- to knock s.o. out
- to be knocked down
- to come round
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an uppercut -
a southpaw -
a knockout -
the count -
a round -
the bell |
TABLE-TENNIS equipment, clothes, place for table-tennis | | -
to play table-tennis -
to play doubles -
to serve -
to chop -
to loop -
to return a serve -
to do topspin -
to do forehand/backhand -
to bounce -
to double-bounce -
to score a point | -
a rally -
a leg -
a match -
service -
sidespin SCORES -
0-0 = love all -
2-0 = two/love -
20-20 = deuce -
21-11= game/eleven |
HOCKEY equipment, clothes, place for hockey | | - to play hockey
- to do a ........
- to tackle
- to block
- to cross sticks
- to push the ball
- to flick the ball
- to score (against..)
- to blow the whistle
| - team
- the circle
- the penalty corner
TO BE ...... TO DO ...... - a reverse stick
- a flick
- a push
- a slapshot
- a bully
- a side hit
- a cross
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CRICKET equipment, clothes, place for cricket | | - to play cricket
- to bat
- to win/lose the toss
- to bowl
- to hit the ball for six
- to be caught out
- to have (10) runs
| - leg before wicket
- a century
- runs
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DIVING equipment, clothes, place for diving | | - to dive
- to enter the water (like a dart)
- to create too much splash
- to do a belly-flop
| TO DO: - a forward 1½ somersault with 1 twist
- a back .... with ......
- a reverse ..... with ....
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POOL | | | |
SWIMMING equipment, clothes, place for swimming | | - to swim
- to float
- to do backstroke
- to do the butterflystroke/the crawl/the breaststroke
| - a gala
- a belly-flop (slang for doing a horizontal dive and landing on your stomach)
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DO/GO/PLAY |
Be careful when using DO + a sport or activity - What sports do you DO?
- I DO swimming, sailing, hockey, skiing, football and squash
<>()<> - What activities to you DO (in your free time)?
- I DO yoga, gymnastics, aerobics and chess.
<>()<> - What are you DOING tonight?
- I'm DOING boxing, swimming, sailing, hockey, skiing, football, squash, yoga, gymnastics, aerobics
- I'm PLAYING chess, hockey, football, pool
- I'm GOING swimming, sailing, skiing.
- I'm GOING to yoga, to gymnastics, to aerobics
<>()<> - Where are you GOING tonight?
- I'm GOING swimming, sailing, skiing.
- I'm GOING to yoga, to gymnastics, to aerobics
- I'm GOING to PLAY chess, pool
- I'm GOING to THE pool hall, swimming pool
<>()<> This section was added in response to a query from Ewa Schlünssen, Denmark. |
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SOURCE: http://www.musicalenglishlessons.org/vocabulary/sport.htm
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