Vocabulary practice

1. Interesting or boring? Put these leisure activities in order from most interesting to most boring in your opinion.

gardening, cooking, reading, surfing the Internet, watching videos, listening to music, doing nothing

most interesting most boring

2. Fill in the gaps with the suitable words.

1. Do you prefer to go ………. cinema or to watch TV?

2. We ………. a video last night.

3. Who ………. James Bond in You Only Live Twice?

4. Was Clint Eastwood ………. Dirty Harry?

5. All the big ………. live in Hollywood.

6. Stephen Spielberg is a famous American film ………. .

3. Word puzzle. How many words for other types of films can you make with the letters of ROMANTIC?

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4. We use many various types of equipment and clothing to play different sports. Decide whether the sport is played with the following types of equipment and clothing. Some of the words are used more than once.

Equipment / clothing	Sport	Answer Sheet
ball, puck, racket, stick, piece, paddle, gloves, board, bat, cleats, pads (knee-pad, shoulder-pad, etc.), clubs, saddle, suit	American Football
	European Football
	Tennis
	Chess
	Swimming
	Horse Racing
	Ice Hockey
	Boxing
	Volleyball
	Athletics
	Baseball
	Ping Pong
	Racket ball
	Squash
	Golf

5. Match the sport activity with the sport itself.

you have to kick a ball into a net	table tennis
you have to hit a ball over a net with your hands	basketball
you have to hit a ball over a net with a racquet	baseball
you have to throw a ball through a net	tennis
you have to hit a shuttlecock over a net with a racquet	soccer
you have to hit a ball into a hole with a club	golf
you have to hit a ball into a net with a stick	badminton
you have to hit balls into holes on a table	billiards
you have to hit a ball over a net on a table	hockey
you try to score a home run	volleyball

6. Decide between do / go / play. The verbs may need to be conjugated or put in the infinitive or gerund form.

1. He used to ………. jogging every day when he was at university.

2. I love ………. a good game of chess from time to time.

3. She ………. gymnastics for over five years now.

4. This summer we ………. windsurfing every day on our vacation.

5. He’s quite the athlete. He ………. basketball, baseball and hockey, too.

6. My wife ………. horse riding twice a week.

7. Why don’t we ………. a set of tennis?

8. Some people think that ………. aerobics four times a week is the best possible way of keeping fit.

9. His idea of the perfect summer holiday is to rent a sailboat and ………. sailing between the islands of the Tuscan archipelago.

10. He ………. athletics for his local track club.

7. Read the following dialogues.

A: Are there any hobbies you do?

B: When I have time, I sometimes draw and paint.

A: Oh, you actually do that?

B: Every so often, I do.

A: Did you always know how to draw and paint?

B: I was taught in high school how to draw and paint.

A: You had an art class?

B: Exactly, it was my favorite class.

A: Well, it’s good that you’re so talented.

B: I appreciate that.

A: Talent is a great thing, I wish I had one.

B: Everyone has a talent. They just need to find it.

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A: What kind of music do you enjoy listening to?

B: I enjoy listening to all kinds of music.

A: What kind?

B: I like to listen to Rock and R&B.

A: Why do you like that type of music?

B: I like the kinds of instruments that they use.

A: I think that’s an excellent reason to like something.

B: Thanks, I feel the same way.

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A: Did you go to the basketball game on Friday?

B: No, I couldn’t make it.

A: You missed a really good game.

B: Oh, really? Who won?

A: Our school did. They played really well.

B: Too bad I was busy. I really wanted to go.

A: Yeah, you should have. It was really exciting.

B: So what was the score?

A: The score was 101-98.

B: Man, that was a really close game.

A: That’s what made it so great.

B: I’ll make sure and make it to the next one.

8. Fill in the gaps with these verbs.

play, read, go (4), watch (2), take, listen (2)

I do a lot of sport and in the weekend I ………. tennis or ………. running. I always ………. to the radio in the morning before I go to work and when I get home I usually ………. a DVD or ………. to music. On Saturdays I often ………. sport on TV and my girlfriend and I sometimes ………. dancing in the evening. Oh, and we always ………. swimming on Sunday mornings. When I’m on holiday I usually ………. skiing and ………. lots of books – and I always ………. hundreds of photos!

9. Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.