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Sport &
Games

Vocabulary
tennis

Phonetic
/ten.s/

Parts of
speech
noun

Definition
a sport in which two or four people hit a small
ball to each other over a net

Examples
Dictionary example:
Do you feel like a game of tennis?

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swimming
pool

swim

/swm.pul/ noun

/swm/

verb

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

I'd like to play football and tennis.
an area of water that has been made for people Dictionary example:
to swim in
an indoor/outdoor swimming pool

to move through water by moving your body

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

I like [it] when we go to [the] swimming pool.
Dictionary examples:
We spent the day on the beach but it was too cold to swim.
I swam two miles this morning.

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sport

/sprt/

noun

a game or activity which people do to keep

healthy or for enjoyment, often competing
against each other

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

I like this place because I like to swim
Dictionary examples:
Football, baseball, basketball, and hockey are all team sports.
I enjoy winter sports like skiing and skating.
Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:
I don't like when I must play golf. I don't like this sport.

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Vocabulary
player

Phonetic
/ple.r/

Parts of
speech
noun

Definition
someone who takes part in a game or sport

Examples
Dictionary examples:
a football/tennis player
Each player takes three cards.

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play

/ple/

verb

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

My friend [is a] good football player.
When you play a sport or game, you take part in Dictionary examples:
it.
You play tennis, don't you Sam?
We often play cards.
He plays for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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play

/ple/

verb

When children play, they spend time enjoying

themselves with toys and games.

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

I can go to the park and play tennis and golf.
Dictionary examples:
The children are playing outside.
She likes playing with her dolls.

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game

/gem/

noun

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

I watch TV, play with my sons and when I have [to] sleep, [I lie
on] the sofa.
an entertaining activity or sport that people play Dictionary examples:
computer games

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Vocabulary

Phonetic

Parts of
speech

Definition

Examples
Do you want to play a different game?

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football

doll

between

bat

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

Martin likes [to] play games on [his] Xbox every day.
an oval ball made of leather or plastic and filled Dictionary example:
with air, used in playing football
They were tossing around a football.

/ft.bl/

/dl/

/btwin/

/bt/

noun

a child's toy that looks like a small person or

baby

preposition involving two or more groups of people

noun

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

I'll get a new football for you.
Dictionary example:
Lara loves playing with her dolls.
Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:
I've got a cute doll.
Dictionary example:
Tonight's game is between the New Orleans Saints and the Los
Angeles Rams.

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

I would like to go shopping and then see the match between
Spain and Germany.
a specially shaped piece of wood used for hitting Dictionary example:
the ball in many games
a baseball/cricket bat
Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:
My father brought me a bicycle and my mother gave me a
baseball bat.
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basketball

Parts of
speech
/bs.ktbl/ noun

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baseball

/bes.bl/

noun

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ball

/bl/

noun

CEFR

Topic

Vocabulary

Phonetic

Definition

Examples

a game in which two teams try to score points by Dictionary example:

throwing a ball through a high net, or the ball
He plays a lot of basketball.
used in this game
Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:
I like playing basketball.
a game played by two teams of nine players, in Dictionary examples:
which a player hits a ball with a bat and tries to Jake never played baseball like the other kids.
run around the four corners of a large square
area of the field before the other team returns He had a baseball and a couple of bats in his sports bag.
the ball
Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:
I like playing baseball, so let's play together!
a round object that you throw, kick, or hit in a
Dictionary examples:
game, or something with this shape
a beach/golf/tennis ball
She threw a ball at me and I caught it.
Just try to concentrate on hitting/kicking the ball.
a ball of wool
The kitten curled itself into a ball.
Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:
They gave me a ball and a T-shirt.

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