Sports vocabulary FCE

What's the sport? You hit a little white ball over a net using bats.

Which word does not fit? When we were on holiday, we did archery / backgammon / karate for the first time.

What's the sport? You can play this sport on an indoor court or on the beach and you try to hit a ball over a net with your hands.

What's the mistake? There's a gym in the city centre where people play boxing.

Which word does not fit? 'Do you know a good place to go bowling / cycling / golf ?

What's the sport? This is a bit like dancing. You do this with other people in a swimming pool and you all try to move at the same time to music.

What's the mistake? We played a game of football at our local stadium. but the court was terrible.

What's the mistake? I like table games like chess and backgammon.

Which word does not fit? 'To be honest, I don't know how to play badminton / mah-jong / windsurfing.

What's the sport? You play this on a court where you hit a ball over a net using rackets. You can play it indoors, on a grass court or a clay court.

What's the mistake? We played tennis on a grass park. It was really different to playing on clay.

Which word does not fit? ' Why don't you join an after-school club where you can play chess / computer games / karate ?

What's the sport? This is where you throw a very hard ball at ten wooden objects, which you try to knock down.

Which word does not fit? ' I want to play backgammon / bowling / tennis, but I don't know anyone who wants to play with me.

What's the mistake?  Gareth Bale used to play by Tottenham Hotspur.

What's the sport? You do this in the mountains. It's a bit like skateboarding except that your board doesn't have any wheels.

What's the mistake? We played golf yesterday and Sarah won me!

Which word does not fit? 'We usually go running / sailing / wrestling at the weekend.

What's the sport? You fire arrows from your bow and try to hit the target.

What's the sport? This is a sport where you hit a shuttlecock over a net with racket.