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Sorne sports whose names you may not know

(ten-pin) bowling

hang-gliding

show-jumping

fencing

scuba-diving

cross-country

mocor-racrnS

skiing

arch ery

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tqe,riprnent

- wl'at yotr hold in your hand

archery - bow
squash/tennis/badminton - racket darts - dart
(ice) hocke,v - stick snooker/pool1billiards clcket/table-tennis/baseba11 - bat
fishing - rod,4ine
canoeing - paddle ror",ing - oar

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pole-vault

high-jump

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She's a great sprinter [fasr over short drstances]. She's running the

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final leg in the relay.

I hope no-one drops the baton.

He's a great long-distance runner. [e.g. 5000 metres, marathon]
Jogging round the park ever,.r Satr-rrday's enough ior me. It keeps me farrly fir.

Verbs and their collocations in the context of sport

Our team rvon/lost -r- three goals/points.
She broke tl-re O11-mpic recod last ,vear.
He holds the record for the 100 metres breast-stroke.
Liverpool beat HambLirg 4-2,vesterdar-.
The team have never been clefeated. fmore formal than beat]
Horv manl goals/points have vou scored this season]
I think I'11 take up borvling nert spring and give up go1f.

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Feople who do particLlar spot'ts

-er can be i-rsed for many sports, e.g. footballer, sr.vimmer, w'indsurfer, high-jumper,
cricketer, golfeq etc. Player is often necessarv. e.g. tennis-plaver, snooker-p1a,ve dartspiayer, rnd lve can also say football-player, cricket-p1a,ver. Some names mllsl be learnt
separately', e.g. canoeist, mounraineer, jockel', archer (not ar:cherer), gymnasr.

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