Unit 6 Vocabulary practice 

Sports and leisure activities Health

1 Match the activities in the list with the pictures.
aerobics athletics cycling gymnastics
hockey martial arts water polo windsurfing
aerobics 1 2
3 4
4 Choose the correct alternatives.
The most common injuries in the home
Cuts / Burns / Bruises from extremely hot
water or from cooking.
1 Bites / Cuts / Burns from knives and glass.
2 C
 ut / Burnt / Broken arms and legs from
falling off ladders, tables and chairs.
3 B
 ruises / Bites / Sprains from cats, dogs
and other pets.
4 S
 prains / Cuts / Burns to wrists, arms and the
back from lifting or moving heavy objects.
5
5 B
 ites / Bruises / Sprains from hitting arms
and legs against objects.

5 Complete the second sentence with the verb form of

6 7 the underlined noun in the first sentence.
2 Complete the sentences with a word from A and a word He’s going to have an operation on his knee.
from B. The doctor is going to operate on his knee.
A contact cycling football running 1 He will have treatment for a skin problem.
ski tennis They will him for a skin problem.
B race runs sport stadium tournament 2 There’s no cure for a cold.
track You can’t a cold.
The Camp Nou is a football stadium. 3 Alexander Fleming made an important discovery: penicillin.
1 Wimbledon is a . Alexander Fleming something
2 The Tour de France is a important: penicillin.
. 4 The government is working on the prevention of a
3 Usain Bolt is a very fast man on a number of diseases.
. The government is working to
4 Judo is a . a number of diseases.
5 Many people think the best
are in the Swiss Alps. Adjectives / verbs + prepositions
3 Answer the questions with the words in the list. 6 Choose the correct alternatives.
champion finalist journalists runner-up Stop talking and concentrate C your work.
spectators sponsor A of B at C on
What do we call a tennis player who has reached the final? 1 We were proud our daughter’s victory.
finalist A of B on C for
1 What do we call a tennis player who has won the final?  2 The doctor was amazed the success of the
treatment.
2 What do we call a tennis player who has lost the final?  A in B on C at
3 I’ve never been interested sport.
3 Who are the people who pay to sit and watch the final?  A about B in C on
4 The team apologized their poor performance
4 Who writes or talks about the final in the media?  in the match.
A for B with C at
5 What do we call the company that pays the tennis
player to wear its sports clothes? 

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