WorksheetsCurling Winter Sport
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 2hrs 15mins
What is the main idea of this text?
Curling is a sport for only males to participate in.
Curling is an olympic sport that includes four players on each team.
Players wear special shoes to compete in this sport.
There are twelve sweepers that use brooms to sweep the ice in front of the stone.
What is the effect of the friction on the ice?
Whichever team has the most points is declared the winner.
Teams take turns sliding their stones made of heavy granite across the ice towards the target.
Two players called sweepers follow the stone down the ice.
The stone will slow down and allows the player to have more control over where the stone will stop.
What is a character trait you could use to describe Olympic curling players?
demanding
careless
scared
energetic
disrespectful
According to the text, what kind of motion is the stone moving?
circular
back and forth
triangular
up and down
over and under
What year was curling added to the Olympic games?
2005
2022
2001
1998
1995
What are two accurate details about the curling stones?
The stones are generally about 40 pounds.
Every team has 12 stones.
The goal is to get the stones closest to the center circle.
Each team has 4 players.
Mixed teams have both men and women that compete in the Olympics.
How many circles make up the target?
4
8
2
10
"Whichever team has the most points is declared the winner."
What is another word for declared?
scored
loud
proclaimed
lost
gathered
What can you infer about what would happen to players if they were the incorrect shoe while playing this sport?
The broom would break and the players would be disqualified.
The players would lose control and most likely fall.
The girls would win!
The players would win the gold medal.
