vocabulary extension

UNIT

Sport and competitions Verbs of movement (2)

1 Circle the correct words. 3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
the verbs in the box.
Andy Murray was the winner / loser of
Wimbledon 2013. break carry cross drop meet open
1 The coach / captain has twelve years’ pick put scratch spill touch
experience teaching basketball.
I’m going to the supermarket with my mother
2 Uncle Tim is a keen supporter / opponent of
so I can help her carry the shopping.
Chelsea football team. He watches all their
matches. 1 The cat was angry and me on the
arm when I tried to pick it up.
3 The team won the first two games, but
they didn’t have enough points to win the 2 I a glass on the floor and it broke.
tournament / match. That’s the third thing I’ve broken today.
4 Usain Bolt came first in the 100 m match / race. 3 My Dad always says that if you salt,
you should take some and throw it over your
5 Fernando Verdasco played well but his
left shoulder for good luck.
opponent / winner, Rafael Nadal, was better.
4 I a black cat today. Is that good or
2 Complete the sentences. bad luck?
5 Did you know that some sportsmen
Fernando Torres plays for the English football
team , Chelsea, but in the World Cup he the same socks on every day during a
tournament?
represents his own country, Spain.
6 Don’t that. It’s very sticky. I need to
1 The final of the 2014 football World Cup will
clean it.
take place in the Maracana in Brazil.
7 Good luck with the exam today. I my
2 Sergio Ramos has scored more than 50
fingers for you.
in his career.
8 Mum, look! I these flowers for you.
3 Novak Djokovic was a difficult , but
Aren’t they pretty?
Andy Murray beat him to win the Wimbledon
final in 2013. 9 Come on, your present! I want to see
what they gave you.
4 In most tennis there are two rounds
and then the quarter-finals, semi-finals and 10 Aunt Jackie says that if you a mirror,
the final. you’ll get seven years’ bad luck.
5 My favourite football is FC Barcelona.

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