Have Fun 1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Goals

• Vocabulary: Learn vocabulary about sports (winning/losing and competition).

Sport

What is the sport and who is the person?

What is the sport and who is the person?

What is the sport and who is the person?

What is the sport and who is the person?

sport	person	verb(s)	place
athletics	athlete	run, jump, throw, etc.	track (in a stadium)
motor racing	racing driver	drive/race	track
swimming	swimmer	swim/race	pool
skiing	skier	ski	ski slopes
football	footballer	play	pitch (in a stadium)
ice hockey	ice hockey player	play	ice hockey rink
golf	golfer	play	golf course
basketball	basketball player	play	basketball court
sailing	sailor	sail	on the sea or a lake

Language help

• We play sports such as football, ice hockey, tennis, golf and basketball.

I play basketball twice a week.

• We use go with other sports and activities, especially those ending in -ing.

I go swimming in the lake during summer. 

• We use do with a lot of / a bit of + -ing.

I did a bit of sailing in the holidays. 

It was a fantastic ............... for the team.

1. victory
2. defeat
3. both

At half-time in the game, the ............. is 1–0 to Arsenal.

1. score
2. result
3. both

Croatia ..................... Germany 3–2.

1. beat
2. defeated
3. both

Winning and losing

In football, you can talk about the score [the number of goals a team has] like this:

Spain played Poland and they won the game. = Poland lost the game.

Spain won 2–0 (spoken as two nil). = Poland lost 2–0.

Spain beat Poland (2–0). (NOT Spain won Poland.) = Poland lost (2–0) to Spain.

Spain defeated Poland (2–0). = Poland were defeated (2–0) by Spain.

Spain and Italy drew 1–1 (spoken as one all) OR It was a 1–1 draw between Spain and Italy.

Language help

The score at the end of a game is also the result.

The final score/result was 2–0. The score at half-time was 1–0. (NOT The result at half-time was 1–0.)

The French Open is a famous tennis ...................... .

1. cup
2. tournament
3. both

The UEFA Cup is a great ............................. .

1. competition
2. league
3. both

Competition

A competition is an organised event in which people try to win something by being the best, the fastest, etc. 

Individuals, such as tennis players Serena Williams or Rafael Nadal, and teams such as Manchester United, take part in [join with others in] different types of competition. 

Tennis players and golfers enter tournaments such as the French Open; football and ice hockey teams play in league competitions, where they play against different teams.

Competition

Many teams also play in cup competitions (similar to tournaments), e.g. the FA Cup or the World Cup, which ends with two teams playing against each other in a final. 

The winners (opp the losers) are the champions, 

e.g. Germany became World Cup champions in 2014, and Philipp Lahm received the cup as captain of the winning team.

Lionel Messi was ................ for Barcelona.

1. outstanding
2. incredible
3. both

Language help

Superb, incredible and outstanding can describe something or someone that is very
good and of a very high quality, 

e.g. Pelé was a superb footballer.

Do you know the size of a boxing ........................ ?

1. ring
2. course
3. rink
4. pitch

I ........................ a bit of yoga when I was younger.

1. went
2. played
3. did
4. had

The ........................ at half-time was 2–1, but the final was a draw.

1. score
2. result
3. both

Brazil ........................ 1–1 with Argentina last night.

1. drew
2. equaled
3. defeated

Holland ........................ England 2–1, so they are in the semi-final.

1. beat
2. defeated
3. both

Serena Williams has won the Wimbledon ........................ at least six times.

1. championship
2. tournament
3. both

What have you learnt TODAY?