Wider World 3, Unit 5 Vocabulary

a sport in which two or four people hit a shuttlecock (= a light object with feathers) over a high net

• baseball

• tennis

• badminton

• basketball

A game played by two teams of five players who score points by throwing a large ball through an open net hanging from a metal ring.

• tennis

• handball

• football

• basketball

The sport of climbing on rocks or in mountains, or on specially designed walls inside or outdoors.

• running

• gymnastics

• climbing

• surfing

The sport or activity of swimming or moving around under water, usually using special breathing equipment.

• surfing

• diving

• swimming

• swiming

Physical exercises and activities performed inside, often using equipment such as bars and ropes, intended to increase the body's strength and the ability to move and bend easily.

• volleyball

• handball

• gym

• gymnastics

A game similar to football, played by throwing a ball instead of kicking it.

• football

• handball

• volleyball

• baseball

The sport or activity of riding a horse,

• horsriding

• horse-riding

• hors-riding

• horse -reading

A game played on ice between two teams of players who each have a curved stick with which they try to put a puck (= a small, hard disc) into the other team's goal.

• ice-skiing

• ice-skating

• ice - hockey

• kayaking

The sport or activity of moving on ice, wearing ice skates (= boots with thin metal bars attached to the bottoms.

• skating

• hockey

• ice hockey

• ice - skating

A sport in which two people fight using their arms and legs and hands and feet, and try to throw each other to the ground.

• judo

• karate

• fighting

• free fighting