Sports Day
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. sport
A. Sport played on ice with sticks and a puck
2. baseball
B. Sport where you hit a ball into holes with clubs
3. football
C. A game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net
4. skating
D. The sport of gliding on skates
5. tennis
E. Moving through water using your arms and legs
6. golf
F. A game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players
7. darts
G. A small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot (plural)
8. cricket
H. Team sport where you shoot a ball through a hoop
9. rugby
I. A form of football played with an oval ball
10. ice hockey
J. Bat-and-ball sport played on a diamond
11. badminton
K. A game played on an ___ rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat
12. running
L. The sport of ___ ___
13. horse racing
M. Racket sport played over a net
14. swimming
N. A large structure for open-air sports or entertainments (plural)
15. hockey
O. An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
16. polo
P. Team sport played with a ball and goalposts
17. basketball
Q. A game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball
18. bowls
R. Moving fast on foot