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Vocabulary for The Paralympic Games

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the meaning of 'athlete'?

a)

a person who participated in sports or other physical activities

b)

a periodic sense of international multi-sport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities

c)

one who fights, plays, or takes a position against another

d)

people who are watching an event, especially a sports event

2.

What is the meaning of 'Paralympic'?

a)

an interesting or difficult problem or task

b)

a periodic sense of international multi-sport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities

c)

being the only one of its type

d)

the state of somebody's health or how fit they are

3.

What is the meaning of 'organised'?

a)

populated

b)

arranged

c)

to lessen the strength or ability of

d)

something attained through hard work

4.

What is the meaning of 'achievement'?

a)

a person who participated in sports or other physical activities

b)

a periodic sense of international multi-sport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities

c)

to set in order

d)

something that somebody has done successfully, especially using their own effort and skill

5.

What is the meaning of 'challenges'?

a)

being the only one of its type

b)

one who fights, plays, or takes a position against another

c)

lived in

d)

an interesting or difficult problem or task

6.

What is the meaning of 'inhabited'?

a)

to perform a particular goal or effect

b)

lived in

c)

to set in order

d)

to lessen the strength or ability of

7.

What is the meaning of 'opponents'?

a)

a person who participated in sports or other physical activities

b)

someone who helps someone else to do a job

c)

one who fights, plays, or takes a position against another

d)

a person who has received a medal, usually for winning a competition in a sport

8.

What is the meaning of 'unique'?

a)

general

b)

special

c)

normal

d)

shared

9.

What is the meaning of 'impair'?

a)

one who fights, plays, or takes a position against another

b)

a plan, method, or series of actions meant to performa a particular goal or effect

c)

to lessen the strength or ability of

d)

an interesting or difficult problem or task

10.

What is the meaning of 'strategy'?

a)

a person who participated in sports or other physical activities

b)

a periodic sense of international multi-sport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities

c)

an interesting or difficult problem or task

d)

a plan, method, or series of actions meant to perform a particular goal or effect

11.

What is the meaning of 'spectators'?

a)

a person who participated in sports or other physical activities

b)

the official who controls the games in some sports

c)

people who are watching an event, especially a sports event

d)

someone who helps someone else to do a job

12.

What is the meaning of 'condition'?

a)

the state of somebody's health or how fit they are

b)

a periodic sense of international multi-sport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities

c)

an interesting or difficult problem or task

d)

the state of not being able to use a part of your body completely or easily

13.

What is the meaning of 'contingent'?

a)

people who are watching an event, especially a sports event

b)

a periodic sense of international multi-sport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities

c)

a group of people at an event who have something in common, especially the place they come from

d)

a plan, method, or series of actions meant to perform a particular goal or effect

14.

What is the meaning of 'backstroke'?

a)

a style of swimming in which you lie on your back

b)

scratching one's back

c)

an interesting or difficult problem or task

d)

a plan, method, or series of actions meant to perform a particular goal or effect

15.

What is the meaning of 'assistant'?

a)

a person who participated in sports or other physical activities

b)

an official who controls the game in some sports

c)

a person who has received a medal, usually for winning a competition in a sport

d)

a person who helps someone else to do a job

16.

What is the meaning of 'referee'?

a)

a person who participated in sports or other physical activities

b)

the official who controls the games in some sports

c)

people who are watching an event, especially a sports event

d)

someone who helps someone else to do a job

17.

What is the meaning of 'medallist'?

a)

a person who participated in sports or other physical activities

b)

an official who controls the game in some sports

c)

a person who has received a medal, usually for winning a competition in a sport

d)

a person who helps someone else to do a job

18.

What is the meaning of 'foreground'?

a)

the part of a view or picture that is nearest to you when you look at it

b)

the part of a view or picture that is furthest from you when you look at it

c)

a picture

d)

the state of not being able to use a part of your body completely or easily