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Sports verbs

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Synonym for 'lose'

a)

defeat

b)

train

c)

exercise

d)

watch

2.

Practicing to get better.

a)

knock out

b)

support

c)

train

d)

win

3.

Their team suffered a 3-1 _______. They worked hard but ultimately lost.

a)

compete

b)

win

c)

tackle

d)

defeat

4.

We _____ them 3-1. They worked hard, but we worked harder!

a)

qualify

b)

lose

c)

beat

d)

watch

5.

The amount of points in the game is called the _____.

a)

score

b)

support

c)

play

d)

train

6.

Taking a shot at the goal. Trying to score points.

a)

tackle

b)

shoot

c)

support

d)

win

7.

Helping someone in your team score a point.

a)

tackle

b)

shoot

c)

support

d)

win

8.

To see who the winner is, we need to ______ with each other.

a)

qualify

b)

represent

c)

knock out

d)

compete

9.

If we want to go to the world cup, we need to beat other teams and _____ first. Not everyone can take part in the world cup.

a)

qualify

b)

represent

c)

knock out

d)

compete

10.

It would be a great honor to _____ my country at the Olympics.

a)

qualify

b)

represent

c)

knock out

d)

compete

11.

Choose the correct word and type it in the answer box.

We need to work hard if we want to (a)   (lose / beat) them in the game on Saturday.

12.

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After half-time, they had (a)   (scored / exercised) more points than their opponents.

13.

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Sadly, we were (a)   (watched / represented / defeated) on Sunday. We played well but our defense was poor.

14.

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I suspect we'll have a really good season. The team has been (a)   (supporting / training / losing) really hard!

15.

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If we can beat their their team on Wednesday, we will (a)   (qualify / tackle / beat) to play in the world cup!

16.

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The best thing about teamwork is (a)   (competing / defeating / supporting) each other. We play together to win together.

17.

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We lost, they (a)   (beat / defeated / shot) us.

18.

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We won, we (a)   (beat / defeated / played) them!