Sports – English Vocabulary, Phrases & Examples

Sports – English Vocabulary, Phrases & Examples

Describe the sports which can be practiced indoors. Which outdoors? Do you know any sports which can be practiced both outdoors and indoors?

Indoors: futsal, hockey, tenis, swimming, basketball, gymnastic, boxing, table tennis, boxing, wrestling

Outdoors: golf, cycling, climbing, athletics, beach voleyball, snowboarding, football, skiing, snowboarding, hiking, windsurfing, jogging, fishing...

Both: football, tennis, swimming, skating...

Winter sports: They can be played only in winter. For example: skiing, snowboarding, ice-hockey, bobsleighing...

Summer sports: football, tennis, cycling, golf and so on

Individual sports: cycling, swimming, skating, skiing, snowboarding, shooting bodybuilding, weight lifting...

Collective sports: ice- hockey, rugby, tennis, water polo, fencing

The most popular collective sports are ball games: for example football, basketball, volleyball, water polo

Ice-hockey: in our country, ice-hockey is very popluar. It has many fans. It is played in sport stadiums. It is a game played on ice between two teams who try to hit a puck into a goal with long wooden stick. The team who gives the most goals is the winner

The olympic games: the first Olympic Games were held in Athens /Greece/ in 776 B.C. They had then an important political meaning. Women in Old Greece could not take part in the Olympic Games. The first modern Olympics were held also in Athens in 1896. From then on they take part every 4 years, every time in a different country of the world. The Olympic Games promote the idea of liberty and friendship between people all over the world. Only professional sportsmen and sportswomen take part in them. The symbols of the Olympic Games are the Olympic flag with 5 rings and the Olympic fire which is lit at the beginning of the Olympics. It is a dream of every sportsman and sportswoman to take part in the Olympic Games

Describe your favourite sports. How often do you do your favourite sport?

Sport is one of my hobbies. I like sport because it’s good fun and you can meet many new people. My experience with sports: when I was much younger, I learned swimming, cycling, skating... My favourite sports are swimming, golf and touring. I have swam 4 years. Swimming is a wonderful feeling. I also like ball games, for example volleyball. In winter I like skiing. I like to watch hockey on TV.

Describe the importance of sports in our lives. What do you do to keep fit and healthy?

Sport is an important part of life for people all over the world. It´s one of the most popular leisure time activities. Sports help us to keep fit physically and mentally, too. Sports gives people enjoyment, happiness, health, relaxation, popularity, money. People do sports because they want to be fit or lose weight, they want to spend free time with people, they want forget their problems. I'm trying not to be awake long at night, I don’t drink a lot of alcohol, I don‘t smoke, I try to avoid stress, I eat healthily.

Dangers of sports: Sport can sometimes be harmful to your health. While doing sport, people can get seriously injured, for example they can get bruises, they can break a leg or an arm or even hurt their spine. It is important to be very careful when you do sport

Situation: Invite your friend to an interesting sport event or match and discuss the details of your meeting. Then evaluate the whole match or event

Hi, I have an idea. Let's go to a basketball match tomorrow. What do you think? The match starts at five pm. Will We meet in front of the hall? I like the match a lot. I think if basketball players played really well. I liked the atmosphere at the game. We could go to games more often, what do you think ?