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SPORT
For each of the eight questions choose the one correct answer

1. Who is most likely to swing a club?

a. a golfer
b. a tennis player
c. a basketball player
d. a cricket player

2. Which of the following sports is played with a racquet?

a. tennis
b. rugby
c. hockey
d. rowing

3. At the end of the football match, 2-0 was the final ________ .
a. number
b. score
c. points
d. total

4. In tennis, the score 15-0 is pronounced as ________ .

a. fifteen, zero
b. fifteen, love
c. fifteen, nil
d. fifteen, nought

5. Which word is not a dance?

a. ballet
b. tap
c. cartwheel
d. ballroom

6. Which of the following words is connected with tennis?

a. a penalty
b. a red card
c. a referee
d. an umpire
e.

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7. Which of the following would you NOT see at a tennis match?

a. racquet
b. net
c. referee
d. court

8. If someone wins a medal in the Olympic Games, what’s the name of the
song that is played?
a. National hymn
b. National symphony
c. National song
d. National anthem

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SPORT answers

1.
a. Correct. A golfer will swing a club.
b. Wrong. A tennis player will swing a racquet.
c. Wrong. A basketball player uses a basketball.
d. Wrong. A cricket player will swing a bat.

2.
a. Correct.
b. Wrong.
c. Wrong.
d. Wrong.

3.
a. Wrong.
b. Correct.
c. Wrong.
d. Wrong.

4.
a. Wrong.
b. Correct. ‘0’ is always pronounced like this in tennis.
c. Wrong. Nil is used in football.
d. Wrong. Nought is used in decimals, e.g. 0.215, nought point two one five.

5.
a. Wrong. Ballet is a type of dance.
b. Wrong. Tap is a type of dance.
c. Correct. A Cartwheel is a gymnastic movement.
d. Wrong. Ballroom is a type of dance.

6.
a. Wrong. In football ‘a penalty’ is when someone is given a free chance to
kick the ball into the net.
b. Wrong. A football player is shown ‘a red card’ when he has to leave the
game for breaking a rule.
c. Wrong. ‘A referee’ is the ‘judge’ in a football match.
d. Correct. ‘An umpire’ is the ‘judge’ in a tennis game.

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7.
a. Wrong. The players use a racquet to hit the ball.
b. Wrong. The players hit the ball over the net.
c. Correct. A referee is the “judge” at a football match. In tennis he is called
an umpire.
d. Wrong. The court is the place where the game is played.

8.
a. Wrong.
b. Wrong.
c. Wrong.
d. Correct. The song that is played is the National anthem.

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