Guess the sport

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Short descriptions for students to guess different sports.

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Read the description and find out the sport the people do.

A lesson about SPORT

A game played especially in the US by two teams of nine

players, using a bat and a ball. Each player tries to hit the ball and then run around four bases

before the other team can return the ball.

A lesson about SPORT

BASEBALL

A game played by two teams of five players, using a large ball

which players try to throw into a high net hanging from a ring.

A lesson about SPORT

BASKET-BALL

The sport of racing cars as Formula 1.

A lesson about SPORT

CAR

RACING

A game played on grass in which players use wooden

mallets (hammers with long handles) to knock wooden balls

through a series of hoops (curved wires).

A lesson about SPORT

CROQUET

The sport or activity of diving into water with your head and

arms first.

A lesson about SPORT

DIVING

A game played on a field by two teams of ten players who use

sticks with curved nets on them to catch, carry, and then throw

the ball.

A lesson about SPORT

LACROSSE

The sport or activity of riding a bicycle.

A lesson about SPORT

BIKING

An American game played by two teams of 11 players, using an oval ball which players kick, throw , or carry up and down the playing field. Teams try to

put the ball over the other team’s line.

A lesson about SPORT

AMERICAN

FOOTBALL

A game played on ice by two teams of 11 players, with

curved sticks and a small hard ball (puck). Teams try to hit the ball into the other team’s goal.

AE = ICE HOCKEY

A lesson about SPORT

HOCKEY

Physical exercises that develop and show the body’s strength and ability to move and bend

easily, often done as a sport in competitions.

A lesson about SPORT

GYMNASTICS

A Japanese system of fighting in which you use your hands and

feet as weapons.

A lesson about SPORT

KARATE

The sport or activity of moving and dancing on ice on skates.

You cut patterns in the ice and do jumps and spins.

A lesson about SPORT

ICE

SKATING

A game in which two or four players use rackets to hit a ball backwards and forwards across

a net on a specially market court.

A lesson about SPORT

TENNIS

The sport or activity of moving through water in a horizontal position using your arms and

legs.

A lesson about SPORT

SWIMMING

The sport of riding on waves while standing on a narrow

board.

A lesson about SPORT

SURFING

A Japanese style of wrestling in which the competitors are

extremely large.

A lesson about SPORT

SUMO

A game played like tennis with bats and a small plastic ball on

a table with a net across it.

A lesson about SPORT

TABLE

TENNIS

A game played by 11 players, using a round ball which players kick up and down the playing field. Teams try to kick the ball into the other

team’s goal.

A lesson about SPORT

SOCCER

A lesson about SPORT

The sport or activity of moving over snow on skies,

especially as a sport.

SKIING

A lesson about SPORT

The sport or activity of travelling down a river on

a raft.

RAFTING

A lesson about SPORT

A game played over a large area of ground using specially

shaped sticks to hit a small hard ball into a series of 9 to

18 holes, using as few strokes as possible.

GOLF

A lesson about SPORT

The sport of travelling in or racing a canoe.

CANOEING

A lesson about SPORT

To put up a tent and live in in for a short time, etc. on

holiday / vacation.

CAMPING

A lesson about SPORT

The sport or business of catching fish.

FISHING

A lesson about SPORT

A sport in which you jump from a plane and fall for as

long as you safely can before opening a

parachute.

PARACHUTING