Sports Day
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. sport
A. Team sport played with a ball and goalposts
2. baseball
B. A game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net
3. football
C. A game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball
4. skating
D. Team sport where you shoot a ball through a hoop
5. tennis
E. A large structure for open-air sports or entertainments (plural)
6. golf
F. Moving through water using your arms and legs
7. darts
G. A form of football played with an oval ball
8. cricket
H. The sport of ___ ___
9. rugby
I. An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
10. ice hockey
J. A game played on an ___ rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat
11. badminton
K. Moving fast on foot
12. running
L. A game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players
13. horse racing
M. A small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot (plural)
14. swimming
N. Bat-and-ball sport played on a diamond
15. hockey
O. Sport played on ice with sticks and a puck
16. polo
P. The sport of gliding on skates
17. basketball
Q. Racket sport played over a net
18. bowls
R. Sport where you hit a ball into holes with clubs