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VOCABULARY UNIT 2: HOBBIES, SPORTS AND GAMES

Student’s name: ……………………..………………….

A. TOPIC VOCABULARY IN CONTRAST

WORDS EXAMPLE VIETNAMESE MEANING
1. pitch /pit∫/ After the game fans invaded the pitch.
2. track /træk/ Passengers are requested not to walk across the
tracks
3. court /kɔ:t/ He won after only 52 minutes on court.
4. course /kɔ:s/ He set a new course record.
5. ring /riŋ/ The horses trotted round the ring.
6. rink /riŋk/ He skated a figure of 8 in the rink.
7. win /win/ If this government win the next election, I'm
leaving the country.
8. beat /bi:t/ Simon always beats me at tennis
9. score /skɔ:[r]/ She enjoys trying to score off other people.
10. play /plei/ - There's a time to work and a time to play.
- She wrote a play for the students to perform.
11. game /ɡeɪm/ The children played a game of cops and robbers
12. spectator They won 4–0 in front of over 40,000 cheering
/spek'teitə[r]/ spectators.
13. viewer /'vju:ə[r]/ Millions of viewers will be glued to their sets for
this match
14. umpire The umpire overruled the linesman and ordered
/'ʌmpaiə[r]/ the point to be replayed
15. referee /refə'ri:/ We only lost the game because the referee was
biased.
16. final /'fainl/ - Jamie is in his final year at Stirling University
- He reached the final of the 100m hurdles
17. finale The festival ended with a grand finale in Hyde
/fi'nɑ:li/ /fi'næli/ Park
18. end /end/ - The problems did not end there.
- There’ll be a chance to ask questions at the end.
19. ending /´endiη/ Friends don't spoil the endings of films for their On the way to success, there’s no footprint of a lazy man!
friends.
20. bat /bæt/ A baseball/cricket bat
21. stick /stik/ A hockey /polo stick
22. rod /rɒd/ He was given a fishing rod for his birthday
23. racket /'rækit/ You're welcome to borrow my tennis racket, such
as it is
24. amateur He was an amateur singer until the age of 40,
/'æmətə[r]/ when he turned professional.
25. professional She always looks very professional in her smart
/prə'fe∫ənl/ suits
26. athletics An athletics club was held in 2015
/æθ'letiks/
27. interval /'intəvl/ We see each other at regular intervals - usually
about once a month
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/hɑːftaɪm/ France by half-time.

29. draw /drɔ:/ - She drew a house
- The match ended in a two-all draw
30. equal /´i:kwəl/ - She treats the people who work for her as her
equals.
- There is an equal number of boys and girls in the
class.
31. competitor There are six remaining competitors for the grand
/kəm'petitə[r]/ prize of $50 000.
32. opponent The team's opponents are unbeaten so far this
/ə'pəʊnənt/ season.

B. PHRASAL VERBS
WORDS ENGLISH MEANING EXAMPLE VIETNAMESE MEANING
1. bring forward - to move something The meeting has been brought
to an earlier date or forward from 10 May to 3 May
time
2. carry on - to continue moving Carry on until you get to the
junction, then turn left.
3. get round to - to do something I meant to do the ironing but I
that you have didn't get round to it
intended to do for a
long time
4. get up to - to do something She's been getting up to all
that you should not sorts of mischief lately.
do
5. go in for - to take an exam or She doesn't go in for team
enter a competition sports.
6. go off - stop liking She went off to get a drink.
7. join in - to take part in an I wish he would join in with the
activity with other other children.
people
8. knock out - to hit an opponent Our team was knocked out
so that they cannot early
get up within a
limited time and On the way to success, there’s no footprint of a lazy man!
therefore lose the
fight
9. look out - to watch what is Look out! There's a car coming.
happening and be
careful
10. pull out - to stop being A car suddenly pulled out in
involved in an activity front of me.
11. put off - to cancel a meeting It's too late to put them off
or an arrangement now.
that you have made
with somebody
12. put up with - to accept I'm not going to put up with
somebody/something their smoking any longer.
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without complaining
13. take to - to begin to do I've taken to waking up very
something as a habit early.
14. take up - start (a hobby, They've taken up golf.
sport,etc.)

C. PHRASES AND COLLOCATIONS

VIETNAMESE
WORDS ENGLISH MEANING EXAMPLE
MEANING
1. make the best of We may not get another chance, so we
sth need to make the best of this opportunity
2. do your best Tickets are hard to come by but I'll do my
Best
best to get you one.
3. the best at Tony is the best at English in his class.
sth/doing
4. have/take/ get a She's trying to find a publisher who will
chance to do take a chance on her book
5. have a chance of The Democrats probably have an even
doing chance of holding on to that seat.
6. some/little/etc I think I have some chance of finding a job
chance of (your) doing
Chance
7. the chances of For the first time in 15 years, they have a
(your) doing realistic chance of winning an election.
8. take a chance (on I was willing to take a chance on your idea,
sth) but it didn't pan out.
9. chance of a lifetime Make sure you take advantage of our sale,
it's a chance of a lifetime!
10. your go I really appreciate your go
Go 11. have a go "I can't get the window open." "Let me
have a go (at it).
12. in height He is six feet in height.
13. afraid of heights I'm afraid of high places.
Height
14. height of sth With three number one hits just this year,
the artist is at the height of his success
15. mad about/on He’s mad about computer games.
Mad
sth/sb/doing On the way to success, there’s no footprint of a lazy man!
16. go/become mad He went mad from years alone in the
jungle
17. take pleasure in We bought an old barn and took great
sth/doing pleasure in rebuilding it.
Pleasure
18. gain/get pleasure I get a lot of pleasure from travelling.
from sth/doing
19. popular That song was popular with people from
Popular
with/among my father's generation.
20. (on) the opposite Bring these back in, and repeat on the
side opposite side
21. (on) the far side I saw her on the far side of the road
Side
22. side with sb She sided with her friend in the argument.
23. on the It's nice to be on the winning side for a
winning/losing side change
Talent 24. have a talent (for Steve has a talent for drawing; his 3
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sth/doing) portraits are particularly good

25. talent contest The timing is perfect to enter a talent
contest.
26. on time The airline ranked last in on-time arrivals
last month
27. (just) in time We got to the airport just in time
28. the whole time The police knew the whole time who was
guilty.
29. high/about time It's high time we made some changes
around here
30. take your time The builders are really taking their time.
(doing)
31. take time to do To be honest, I didn't even take time to
think seriously about it.
32. sth takes up (your) This problem is taking up too much of my
time time.
33. spend time doing I spent an hour at the station waiting for
the train
Time 34. spend time on These days, many people spend time on
social networking sites.
35. at/for a certain I have to take a bus to get to the certain
time place at the certain time
36. time passes As time passes everything starts becoming
a slow motion ballet.
37. find time to do I try to find the time to meditate every
day.
38.make/find He’s finding it difficult to make time for his
time for children.
39. for the time being You’ll have to stay here for the time being
40. have a good/nice We had a really good time at the circus
time (doing) last weekend
41. tell the time She cannot tell the time yet.
42. free/spare He likes to ski in his spare time.
/leisure time
43. turn We can produce quality work and turn it
(a)round/away around very quickly. On the way to success, there’s no footprint of a lazy man!
44. turn sth over You may turn over your exam papers now
45. in turn We look at each element of the process in
turn.
Turn
46. take turns We took turns steering the boat.
47. take it in turn(s) Ted and I took it in turns to go into
(to do) hospital and sit with Emma
48. your turn (to do) If people were more polite, they would
wait for their turn.

D. WORD PATTERNS
WORDS EXAMPLE VIETNAMESE MEANING
1.compete I'm probably competing against a hundred
against/with sb people for this job
2. compete for/in sth I'm feeling discouraged now that I know
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this job.
3. concentrate on She gave up her job to concentrate on
sth/doing writing a novel.
4. difficult to do Your writing is really difficult to read.
5. find sth difficult At this moment, I am finding it difficult to
concentrate
6. find it difficult to do I find it difficult to learn to drive.
7. fond of I’m not overly fond of cooking.
sth/sb/doing
8. free to do Feel free to stay with us whenever you're
in town
9. free from/of sth They succeeded in freeing their friends
from prison.
10. free for sth If Sarah is free for lunch I'll take her out.
11. interested in I'll be interested to see what happens if
sth/doing your plans go out of the window
12. involve sth/doing Any investment involves an element of
risk.
13. involved in The process involves using steam to
sth/doing sterilize the instruments.
14. listen to sth/sb You've got to listen to your body and
realize when you need to take a break.
15. love sth/sb/doing He really loves his job.
16. love to do I love to play football
17. mean to do I've been meaning to see that new movie
everyone is talking about.
18. it/this means that It means that you should just keep
working on it.
19. it/this means It means she worked hard on her work
sth/doing
20. prefer to do I prefer listening to music than playing the
(rather than [to] do) piano
21. prefer sth (rather She prefers these red shoes than those
than sth) blue shoes.
22. prefer sth/doing I prefer walking to going cycling
(to sth/doing) On the way to success, there’s no footprint of a lazy man!
23.stop sth/doing He wants to stop smoking.
24. stop to do On the way to Edinburgh, we stopped to
look at an old castle.
25. stop sb from doing To stop borrowers switching to another
lender once the discount period is over,
banks apply a hefty charge
26. make/be Make sure that you have the words spell
sure/certain that correctly, otherwise your form won’t be
accepted
27. sure/certain to do I am certain to watch English movies with
English subtitles on Youtube every day
28. be sure/ United must beat Liverpool to be sure of
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E. WORD FORMATION
1. allow /əˈlaʊ/
2. disallow /ˌdɪsəˈlaʊ/
3. allowance /əˈlaʊəns/
4. allowable /əˈlaʊəbl/
5. associate /əˈsəʊsieɪt/
6. disassociate /ˌdɪsəˈsəʊsieɪt/
7. association /əˌsəʊsiˈeɪʃn/
8. associated /əˈsəʊsieɪtɪd/
9. unassociated /'ʌnə'sou∫ietid/
10. compete /kəmˈpiːt/
11. competition /ˌkɒmpəˈtɪʃn/
12. competitor /kəmˈpetɪtə(r)/
13. competitive /kəmˈpetətɪv/
14. competitively /kəmˈpetətɪvli/
15. enjoy /ɪnˈdʒɔɪ/
16. enjoyment /ɪnˈdʒɔɪmənt/
17. enjoyable /ɪnˈdʒɔɪəbl/
18. equip /ɪˈkwɪp/
19. equipment /ɪˈkwɪpmənt/
20. equipped /ɪˈkwɪpt/
21. fortune /ˈfɔːtʃuːn/
22. misfortune /ˌmɪsˈfɔːtʃuːn/
23. fortunate /ˈfɔːtʃənət/
24. unfortunate /ʌnˈfɔːtʃənət/
25. fortunately /ˈfɔːtʃənətli/
26. unfortunately /ʌnˈfɔːtʃənətli/
27. interest /ˈɪntrəst/ /ˈɪntrest/
28. interesting /ˈɪntrəstɪŋ/
/ˈɪntrestɪŋ/
31. uninteresting /ʌnˈɪntrəstɪŋ/
/ʌnˈɪntrestɪŋ/
32. interestingly /ˈɪntrəstɪŋli/
/ˈɪntrestɪŋli/
33. know /nəʊ/ On the way to success, there’s no footprint of a lazy man!
34. knowledge /ˈnɒlɪdʒ/
35. knowledgeable /ˈnɒlɪdʒəbl/
36. unknowledgeable /ʌnˈnɒlɪdʒəbl/
37. lose /luːz/
38. lost /lɒst/
39. loss /lɒs/
40. maintain /meɪnˈteɪn/
41. maintenance /ˈmeɪntənəns/
42. medal /ˈmedl/
43. medallist /ˈmedəlɪst/
44. medallion /məˈdæliən/
45. oppose /əˈpəʊz/
46. opposition /ˌɒpəˈzɪʃn/
47. opponent /əˈpəʊnənt/
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49. opposing /əˈpəʊzɪŋ/

50. practice /ˈpræktɪs/
51. practise /ˈpræktɪs/
52. practical /ˈpræktɪkl/
52. impractical /ɪmˈpræktɪkl/
53. practically /ˈpræktɪkli/
54. train /treɪn/
55. retrain /ˌriːˈtreɪn/
56. trainer /ˈtreɪnə(r)/

E. PRACTICE
A. Complete using the correct form of the words in the box.
course court pitch ring rink track beat
win score bat stick rod racket
1. We used to go skating at the ice ______________________ every Saturday.
2. Keith had never seen such a large golf _____________________ until he went to Scotland.
3. We all met at the basketball ______________________ at half past three.
4. It’s called a boxing _____________________, but it’s actually square!
5. For the 800 metres race, you have to run round the __________________ twice.
6. The football match had to be called off because the ___________________ was flooded.
7. Our team ___________________ until half time, but in the second half the other team
________________ three goals, and so they ___________________ us. But it was a great match!
8. Adrian got a new fishing __________________ for his birthday.
9. Can I borrow your tennis ___________________?
10. Why are hockey ______________________ such a strange shape.
11. I’d spend hours putting linseed oil on my cricket ________________ to keep the wood strong.

B. Choose the correct answer

1. Why don’t you ________ a go? It’s not difficult.
A. make B. have C. do D. set
2. Carl wasn’t very good at mountain climbing as he’s afraid of ________.
A. highs B. highness C. heights D. height
3. There’s little ________ of our getting into the final.
On the way to success, there’s no footprint of a lazy man!
A. opportunity B. chance C. luck D. fortune
4. Rachel is mad _______ the Eurovision Song Contest.
A. from B. against C. for D. about
5. Just _______ your best-that’s all anyone can ask of you.
A. do B. make C. be D. have
6. It’s ________ time you learned to swim.
A. big B. tall C. high D. far
7. Grandma _______ a lot of pleasure from gardening.
A. does B. has C. makes D. gets
8. ________ your time- don’t rush.
A. Tell B. Find C. Spend D. Take
9. Each player takes it ________ turn to roll the dice.
A. on B. in C. at D. to
10. Time ________ so quickly when you’re doing something enjoyable.
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11. Our new coach is popular _______ the whole team.

A. for B. to C. by D. with
12. She’d ________ hours lying on her bed reading.
A. take B. spend C. pass D. make
13. He’d been planning to leavethe team the ________ time, and hadn’t told anyone.
A. complete B. whole C. total D. full
14. I’m not siding ________ her because he’s my sister, but because she’s right.
A. from B. for C. to D. with
C. Complete the sentences by changing the form of the given word when this is necessary.
1. I need to buy a pair of ______________________ (train)
2. Ellie used to __________ (practice) for hours to learn to juggle properly.
3. That was the most ________________(interest) book I’ve ever read. I can’t wait for the sequel.
4. Would you describe yourself as a _____________ (compete) person?
5. Many professional basketball players earn a ____________ (fortune) these days.
6. F.A stands for Football _______________ (associate).
7. The gold, silver and bronze ____________ (medal) took their places on the podium for the
presentation ceremony.
8. In Britain, the money parents give their children is often called pocket money. In America, it’s
often called an _______________(allow).
9. I’m afraid the swimming pool is closed at the moment as they’re carrying out some essential
__________ (maintain).

D. Circle the correct word or phrase.

1. The umpire / referee blew the whistle and the most important football match I’ve ever played began.
2. We used to play rugby in the winter term, football in the spring term, and we’d do athletics/ sport
and swimming in the summer term.
3. Do you fancy a game/play of cards?
4. I only do magic tricks for fun. I’VG never thought of becoming an amateur/ a professional magician.
5. The play was so boring, WP walked out during half time/ the interval.
6. Coventry City equalled / drew 3-3 with Sunderland in the match last Saturday.
7. Spectators / Viewers who watched last week’s programme will remember we were looking at
the history of baseball.
8. We got through to the final / finale, but then lost to Cirencester.
9. Most people prefer films which have a happy end / ending.
10. Would all opponents / competitors please make their way to the starting line?
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E. Write one word in each gap.
1. Tony never used to want to join …………………………with the other kids in the playground.
2. Look …………………………! There’s a car coming!
3. Simone’s ………………………… to wearing a helmet whenever she goes cycling.
4. I was thinking of taking ……………… scuba diving until I found out how expensive the equipment is.
5. They were knocked ………………………… in the semi-final.
6. Maybe we should bring the meeting ………………………… to this Tuesday instead of having it in two
weeks’ time.
7. Becca had to pull ………………………… of the race when she sprained her ankle.
8. Melissa doesn’t ………………………… in for adventure sports.

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