Unit 12 – Objective IELTS

Play  is used with ball sports or competitive games where we play against another person

I don't like playing computer games. We play to win.

How often do you play tennis? - tennis is a ball sport.

I  play poker with my friends on Friday night. - poker is a competitive game. 

'I do crossword puzzles in my free time.' - crossword puzzles are not competitive.

Do is used for a recreational activity or a non-team sport that does not use a ball

'I heard that you do karate.' - karate is a non-team activity.

She said she was going swimming.

Go is used with activities that end -ing. We go somewhere to do something

I'm going fishing on Sunday.Are you going skiing this winter?

Team sports WINTER SPORTS SPECTATOR SPORTS

EXTREME SPORTS ATLETICS CONTACT

SPORTS

BASKETBALL ICE HOCKEY BASKETBALL BUNGEE JUMPING

CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNING BOXING

BASEBALL SKIING BASEBALL PARACHUTING DISCUS RUGBY

ICE HOCKEY SNOWBORDING BOXING SNOWBOARDING THE HIGH JUMP SUMO

RUGBY BOBSLEIGH HORSERACING WHITE-WATER RAFTING THRIATHLON WRESTLING

SOCCER ICE HOCKEY ROCK-CLIMBING

AMERICAN FOOTBALL RUGBY

SOCCER

SUMO

WRESTLING

VERB NOUN (person) NOUN (activity) ADJECTIVE

- athlete Athletics Athletic

To compete Competitor Competition Competitive

To score Scorer Score, scoring -

To win Winner Win, winning winning

Writing definitions 1, 2, 3

A formal definition has 3 parts:1. The term2. The group of object or concept to which the 

term belongs3. The special characteristics that make the 

term different from others in its group

Let’s look at an example…

Water

• The termWater is…• The group of object or concept to which the term belongs… a liquid• The special characteristics that make the term different from others in its group

…made up of two molecules of hydrogen and one molecule of oxygen

Water is a liquid made up of two molecules of hydrogen and one molecule of oxygen

marathon evolution

injury wilderness

Olympic event sweat

sprinters natural advantage

global answer Under dog

medical science finishing times

Physical activity hunting packs