Sports (2)
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. basketball
A. Team sport where you shoot a ball through a hoop
2. rules
B. Sport where you hit a ball into holes with clubs
3. rough
C. A game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them
4. soccer
D. The property of being physically or mentally strong
5. points
E. Someone in charge of training an athlete or a team (plural)
6. skills
F. A person who participates in or is skilled at some game (plural)
7. tennis
G. A customary way of operation or behavior
8. practice
H. An ability that has been acquired by training (plural)
9. golf
I. Bat-and-ball sport played on a diamond
10. players
J. To be successful in a contest or competition.
11. referee
K. Bottom part something stands on; a safe spot in baseball (plural)
12. baseball
L. The chief official who is expected to ensure fair play
13. balls
M. Something regarded as a normative example (plural)
14. bowling
N. Sport played on ice with sticks and a puck
15. hockey
O. The part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
16. football
P. Team sport played with a ball and goalposts
17. coaches
Q. To fail to keep or to maintain
18. strength
R. Sport where players kick a ball into a net without using their hands
19. bases
S. Racket sport played over a net
20. win
T. Round object used in games (plural)
21. lose
U. A geometric element that has position but no extension (plural)