Vocabulary Practice

w Verbs play, go and do

We use different verbs with different types of sports.

to play basketball/football/volleyball

to go jogging/skiing/swimming

to do karate/gymnastics/athletics

Play is often used with sports that are team games, or where we play with another person.

Go is often used for things done outside, and which we can do alone, especially for enjoyment and not in order to compete against people. These sports often end in –ing.

4. Work in pairs. Complete these collocations lists with either do, go or play.

a) _____ cycling	wrestling
riding	karate
swimming	judo
skiing	c) _____ tennis
jogging	volleyball
b) _____ athletics	basketball
gymnastics	football

5. Express the following in one word.

health, involve, ability, illness, influence, alert, heredity, nutrition, premature

 

1 to have an effect on

2 have as a part or result

3 condition of the body or the mind

4 the passing on of qualities from parent to child in the cells of the body

5 the action or state of being provided with food

6 unhealthy state of the body

7 capacity or power (to do something physical or mental)

8 before the right or usual time

9 fully awake and ready to act

6. Match the words of similar meaning.

1 improve	a influence
2 affect	b disease
3 withstand	c make better
4 continue	d nutrition
5 allow	e resist
6 eating	f enable
7 illness	g carry on

7. Match the words to their opposites.

1 healthy	a stop
2 continue	b sleepy
3 withstand	c inability
4 ability	d ill
5 alert	e give in/capitulate

8. Match the words to make phrases.

1 to improve	a fit
2 to keep	b illness
3 to treat	c with stress
4 to deal	d health

9. Fill in the correct word from the list below. Some words may be used more than once.

fit, unfit, shape, nutrition, illness

1. A serious... has prevented him from working for a year.
2. She keeps... by jogging five miles every day.
3. The magazine contained several articles about natural beauty, healthy..., fitness and exercise.
4. I realized how... I was when I tried to run up the stairs.
5. Carrie likes to keep in good... and spends hours at the gym.