collocation · neutral
competitive sport
UK/kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv spɔːt/US/kəmˈpɛtətɪv spɔːrt/com·PET·i·tive SPORT
Band 5-6speakingtask2
a sport in which people or teams compete against each other
Examples
“engage in competitive sport”
“children in competitive sport”
“the world of competitive sport”
Band 8 sentence
“Many teenagers benefit from competitive sport as it teaches resilience and time management.”
Collocations
- participate in competitive sport
- level of competitive sport
Word family
compete verbcompetition nouncompetitive adjective
Common mistakes
I prefer to play competitive sports.→I prefer competitive sport.
I like compete sport.→I like competitive sport.
Say it for a higher band
5play sports→6join a team→7+competitive sport
Synonyms
professional sport
Easily confused
individual sport
“She excels in individual sports such as tennis and swimming.”
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