U3 Vocab 1Bch

a game played on a specially marked playing area in which two or four people use rackets to hit a small ball across a center net.

• boxing

• athletics

• tennis

• weightlifting / weight training

a sport in which two competitors fight by hitting each other with their closed hands.

• tennis

• boxing

• weightlifting / weight training

• hockey

sports events in which people compete against each other in running races, jumping, and throwing things.

• hockey

• boxing

• athletics

• weightlifting / weight training

a game played on ice between two teams of eleven players who each have a curved stick with which the player tries to put the puck (= small, hard, rubber disk) into the other team’s goal.

• tennis

• athletics

• boxing

• hockey

the activity of lifting heavy bars to strengthen the muscles, either for exercise or in a competition.

• boxing

• tennis

• hockey

• weightlifting / weight training

an enclosed area for a boxing match.

• court

• ring

• pitch

• track

an area marked with lines where some sports are played, such as tennis, volleyball, basketball and squash. The surface is usually hard, better for ball bounces.

• pitch

• track

• ring

• court

[British English] a flat area of grass or softer artificial surface for playing particular sports on, such as football, cricket, rugby and hockey. The American word is field.

• court

• pitch

• track

• ring

a type of path or road, often in the shape of a ring, which has been specially designed and built for sports events, especially athletics.

• track

• court

• ring

• gym

a place or club where you can go to exercise using machines, weights, and other equipment

• pitch

• court

• gym

• track