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Choose the word which best matches the definition.
The Olympics/The Olympic Games 6
Choose the word which best matches the definition.
1. A long stick that one throws as far as possible.
Correct answer: javelin
2. An event when an athlete throws a heavy little metal ball as far as possible.
Correct answer: shot put
3. A boxer has to wear these during a boxing match.
Correct answer: gloves
4. A tennis player can't play without one of these.
Correct answer: racquet
5. What does a basketball player do to score points?
Correct answer: He shoots the ball
6. What do fencers use?
Correct answer: swords
7. The Romanian gymnast performed a very ________________( = hard) routine.
Correct answer: difficult
8. A baseball player uses this to swing at a ball.
Correct answer: a bat
9. A triathlon ________________ three different activities: swimming, biking, and running.
Correct answer: A or B
10. Without this, you can't make a canoe go faster.
Correct answer: paddle
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The Olympics cover a huge range of sports and terms — work through the full series to master them all.
All Olympics vocabulary exercises:
The Olympics 1 (A2/B1)
The Olympics 2 (A2/B1)
The Olympics 3 (B1/B2)
The Olympics 4 (B1/B2)
The Olympics (sports expressions) 5 (B1/B2)
Olympic sports (visual) 1 (A2/B1)
Olympic sports (visual) 2 (A2/B1)
General sports/Olympics terms (visual) (A2/B1)
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