Optimise B2, Unit 5 - Vocabulary (Sports)

Would you like to go ice skating? There's a lovely new skating ring / rink in town.

• ring

• rink

In tennis, the referee / umpire usually sits on a high chair near the net.

• referee

• umpire

If City don't beat / win United in tonight's match, they'll be out of the championship.

• beat

• win

I've just taken up fishing so my parents gave me a fishing rod / stick for my birthday.

• rod

• stick

There are some wonderful golf courts / courses set in the Scottish countryside.

• courts

• courses

At the end of the tennis match, Andy Murray threw his r_ _ _ _ _ _ into the crowd.

He's played some fantastic chess so far despite having had some very experienced o_ _ _ _ _ _ .

Messi s_ _ _ _ _ _ three goals in the last match so let's see how he plays this time.

I found snooker quite difficult until my dad showed me how to hold the c_ _ _ _ _ _ properly.

More than 20,000 s_ _ _ _ _ _ turned out to watch the cycling race.