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Sports Worksheets Tennis 2
Sports Worksheets Tennis 2
Tennis
When athletes come together from around the world to compete in the Serve
Olympic and Paralympic Games, they are fulfilling their dreams and competing
at the highest level. Billions of people across the globe join in; watching,
listening to and reading about the greatest global celebration of sport.
To celebrate the London 2012 Games, the British Council is making a wide
range of classroom resources available for learners of English worldwide.
Games similar to tennis have been played since the 11th century. Modern tennis was
first developed in 19th century in England. It was on the Olympic programme at the
1896 games in Athens, but after that was not included between 1928 and 1988.
At London 2012 there will be five events: men’s and women’s singles and doubles,
as well as mixed doubles. Have you ever played tennis or been to a tournament?
Tennis ball
Tennis racket
Backhand
Forehand
Tennis court
Umpire
To find out more visit www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish © British Council 2012 Brand and Design/B122
1. Vocabulary
1 3
2
5 6
7
2. The rules of Tennis
g. to return the
e. to serve f. mixed doubles
serve
b. Complete the text with a preposition: for , for, like, from, from, than.
Exercise 1a
1. b; 2. a; 3. g; 4. c; 5. e; 6. d; 7. f
Exercise 2a
1. e; 2. a; 3. f; 4. g; 5. d; 6. b; 7. c
Exercise 3a
1. Yes (Y); 2. No (N); 3. N; 4. Y; 5. Y; 6. Y; 7. N; 8. Y
Exercise 3b
1. like
2. from
3. for
4. for
5. than
6.from