noun (plural) · informal
sports
UK/spɔːts/US/spɔrts/SPORTS
Band 4-5speakingtask2
physical games or competitive activities such as football, tennis and basketball
Examples
“My brother follows several sports on TV every weekend.”
“I prefer team sports because I enjoy cooperating with others.”
“Local schools organise sports events once a year.”
Band 8 sentence
“I follow a variety of sports, but football remains my favourite because of the teamwork involved.”
Collocations
- play sports
- professional sports
Word family
sport noun (singular)sportsman/sportswoman nounsporting adjective
Common mistakes
I do sports every weekend.→I play sports every weekend.
He likes game such as football.→He likes sports such as football.
Say it for a higher band
5games→6activities→7+sports
Synonyms
athletics
Easily confused
games
“The Olympic Games feature athletes from dozens of countries.”
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