guess the sport
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Short descriptions for students to guess different sports.TRANSCRIPT
Read the description and find out the sport the people do.
A lesson about SPORT
A game played especially in the US by two teams of nine
players, using a bat and a ball. Each player tries to hit the ball and then run around four bases
before the other team can return the ball.
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BASEBALL
A game played by two teams of five players, using a large ball
which players try to throw into a high net hanging from a ring.
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BASKET-BALL
The sport of racing cars as Formula 1.
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CAR
RACING
A game played on grass in which players use wooden
mallets (hammers with long handles) to knock wooden balls
through a series of hoops (curved wires).
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CROQUET
The sport or activity of diving into water with your head and
arms first.
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DIVING
A game played on a field by two teams of ten players who use
sticks with curved nets on them to catch, carry, and then throw
the ball.
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LACROSSE
The sport or activity of riding a bicycle.
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BIKING
An American game played by two teams of 11 players, using an oval ball which players kick, throw , or carry up and down the playing field. Teams try to
put the ball over the other team’s line.
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AMERICAN
FOOTBALL
A game played on ice by two teams of 11 players, with
curved sticks and a small hard ball (puck). Teams try to hit the ball into the other team’s goal.
AE = ICE HOCKEY
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HOCKEY
Physical exercises that develop and show the body’s strength and ability to move and bend
easily, often done as a sport in competitions.
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GYMNASTICS
A Japanese system of fighting in which you use your hands and
feet as weapons.
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KARATE
The sport or activity of moving and dancing on ice on skates.
You cut patterns in the ice and do jumps and spins.
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ICE
SKATING
A game in which two or four players use rackets to hit a ball backwards and forwards across
a net on a specially market court.
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TENNIS
The sport or activity of moving through water in a horizontal position using your arms and
legs.
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SWIMMING
The sport of riding on waves while standing on a narrow
board.
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SURFING
A Japanese style of wrestling in which the competitors are
extremely large.
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SUMO
A game played like tennis with bats and a small plastic ball on
a table with a net across it.
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TABLE
TENNIS
A game played by 11 players, using a round ball which players kick up and down the playing field. Teams try to kick the ball into the other
team’s goal.
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SOCCER
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The sport or activity of moving over snow on skies,
especially as a sport.
SKIING
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The sport or activity of travelling down a river on
a raft.
RAFTING
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A game played over a large area of ground using specially
shaped sticks to hit a small hard ball into a series of 9 to
18 holes, using as few strokes as possible.
GOLF
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The sport of travelling in or racing a canoe.
CANOEING
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To put up a tent and live in in for a short time, etc. on
holiday / vacation.
CAMPING
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The sport or business of catching fish.
FISHING
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A sport in which you jump from a plane and fall for as
long as you safely can before opening a
parachute.
PARACHUTING