Sport Vocabulary

Unfortunately, Natali didn't ... for the next round of the skating championship.

• qualify

• query

• select

• connect

When Harry was toldhat he hadn't got into the volleyball team, he was ... a loss for words.

• to

• of

• at

• over

Shall we meet at the golf ... at around eleven o'clock?

• court

• course

• ground

• field

While Eva was skiing down a steep ..., she fell and hurt herself badly.

• bend

• curve

• slope

• ride

As the football player was carried off on a stretcher, his ... ran onto the pitch.

• substitute

• understudy

• cover

• reserve

Most of the ... at the basketball match had travelled all the way from Madrid to see their team play.

• viewers

• spectators

• audience

• observers

My friends told me that they really enjoyed going white-water rafting. I was sorry that I had ... on the experience.

• taken up

• missed out

• called off

• gone in

Your dream of becoming a professional athlete has had a bad effect ... your schoolwork.

• to

• on

• for

• with

It was the great football player Pele who ... me to pursue a career in football.

• insisted

• suggested

• inspired

• impressed

Could you please tell me where the boxing ... is?

• ring

• rink

• square

• alley