English Vocabulary Organiser Sport 49 Other sports 1 Basic vocabulary Match the sports with the pictures: swimming, eyeling skiing ice-skating __ice hockey horse racing motor racing show jumping gymnastics weightlifting 2 Sportsmen and women 3 What's the sport? Fill in the missing words in the table: Match the following commentary extracts with one of the sports from exercise 2. The words The sport The person | and phrases in green will help you to decide. Le eveeeee boxer | 1. What an amazing fight! Lewis has won with 2. swimming ne knock-out in the tenth round. 3, skiing | 2. They're coming to the final fence now and ae — the favourite Pink Gin is still in the lead. 3. Schumacher is off the track. He was trying to poe gymnast pass Hill, then he lost control of the car and 6. athletics that’s the race over for him. 7, motor racing 4. The next big race is the 800 metres, in which 8. cycling : Sarah Gates represents Great Britain. 5 fe jockey 5. The women’s downhill starts at ten and the men's slalom event follows at two o'clock. 10. the pentathlon 6. And so Wescott wins the 100 metres freestyle 1... yachtsman to add to his victories in the breast-stroke, 12. rowing - the backstroke and the butterfly. 13. . sky diver 7. After his performance on the rings, he'll be 14, weightlifting coneae hoping for something better on the horse. 8. It looks like tomorrow's race is off. The IS. vee eee es climber forecast is for a force 8 gale! 104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. [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. Tlost 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 $.... atrophy 13... the favourite 6... thecup 14. ... the world record 7... yourrival 15. ... the other team 8... arace 16, ... 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... 20, Warren is Black’s closest 100 metres. Je which in this race. in the 05 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. Je 2... 3... 4... Sie. 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 4. Venus Williams won the final to become champion for the second time. ¢. Martina Hingis won her first round match, f. 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 followin: Tessa Sanderson is absolutely delighted. She has won 2. It’s every athlete's dream to represent 3. It’s an incredible time ~ I think she’s broken 4. As expected, the favourite from Kenya came 5. After so much preparation it was a big disappointment to finish 6. Runners from eight different countries will be competing 7. And with 200 metres to go, Samuels has taken a. the world record. b. in second place. c. his or her country. d. the gold medal. e. in the next race, f. the lead. &. 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?