Short descriptions for students to guess different sports.

1. A lesson
about
SPORT
Read the description and find
out the sport the people do.

2. A lesson
about
SPORT
A game played especially in the
US by two teams of nine players,
using a bat and a ball. Each
player tries to hit the ball and
then run around four bases
before the other team can
return the ball.

3. BASEBALL

4. A lesson
about
SPORT
A game played by two teams of
five players, using a large ball
which players try to throw into a
high net hanging from a ring.

5. BASKET-
BALL

6. A lesson
about
SPORT
The sport of racing cars as
Formula 1.

7. CAR
RACING

8. A lesson
about
SPORT
A game played on grass in which
players use wooden mallets
(hammers with long handles) to
knock wooden balls through a
series of hoops (curved wires).

9. CROQUET

10. A lesson
about
SPORT
The sport or activity of diving
into water with your head and
arms first.

11. DIVING

12. A lesson
about
SPORT
A game played on a field by two
teams of ten players who use
sticks with curved nets on them
to catch, carry, and then throw
the ball.

13. LACROSSE

14. A lesson
about
SPORT
The sport or activity of riding a
bicycle.

15. BIKING

16. A lesson
about
SPORT
An American game played by two
teams of 11 players, using an oval
ball which players kick, throw ,
or carry up and down the playing
field. Teams try to put the ball
over the other team’s line.

17. AMERICAN
FOOTBALL

18. A lesson
about
SPORT
A game played on ice by two
teams of 11 players, with curved
sticks and a small hard ball
(puck). Teams try to hit the ball
into the other team’s goal.
AE = ICE HOCKEY

19. HOCKEY

20. A lesson
about
SPORT
Physical exercises that develop
and show the body’s strength
and ability to move and bend
easily, often done as a sport in
competitions.

21. GYMNASTICS

22. A lesson
about
SPORT
A Japanese system of fighting in
which you use your hands and
feet as weapons.

23. KARATE

24. A lesson
about
SPORT
The sport or activity of moving
and dancing on ice on skates.
You cut patterns in the ice and
do jumps and spins.

25. ICE
SKATING

26. A lesson
about
SPORT
A game in which two or four
players use rackets to hit a ball
backwards and forwards across a
net on a specially market court.

27. TENNIS

28. A lesson
about
SPORT
The sport or activity of moving
through water in a horizontal
position using your arms and legs.

29. SWIMMING

30. A lesson
about
SPORT
The sport of riding on waves
while standing on a narrow
board.

31. SURFING

32. A lesson
about
SPORT
A Japanese style of wrestling in
which the competitors are
extremely large.

33. SUMO

34. A lesson
about
SPORT
A game played like tennis with
bats and a small plastic ball on a
table with a net across it.

35. TABLE
TENNIS

36. A lesson
about
SPORT
A game played by 11 players, using a
round ball which players kick up and
down the playing field. Teams try to
kick the ball into the other team’s
goal.

37. SOCCER

38. A lesson
about
SPORT
The sport or activity of
moving over snow on skies,
especially as a sport.

39. SKIING

40. A lesson
about
SPORT
The sport or activity of
travelling down a river on a
raft.

41. RAFTING

42. A lesson
about
SPORT
A game played over a large area
of ground using specially
shaped sticks to hit a small
hard ball into a series of 9 to 18
holes, using as few strokes as
possible.

43. GOLF

44. A lesson
about
SPORT
The sport of travelling in or
racing a canoe.

45. CANOEING

46. A lesson
about
SPORT
To put up a tent and live in in
for a short time, etc. on
holiday / vacation.

47. CAMPING

48. A lesson
about
SPORT
The sport or business of
catching fish.

49. FISHING

50. A lesson
about
SPORT
A sport in which you jump
from a plane and fall for as
long as you safely can
before opening a parachute.

51. PARACHUTING