Sports

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Description

• Sports (los deportes)
• Helpful verbs
• Grammar Point: plural verb forms

Sports (los deportes)

English	Images	Spanish	Listen and Repeat	Write (r = response; f = first letter)
a team		un equipo		?
the players		los jugadores		?
a goalie		un portero		?
our coach		nuestro entrenador		?
a practice	a practice	un entrenamiento		?
a field		un campo		?
soccer		el fútbol		?
tennis		el tenis		?
a court		una cancha		?
a bike		una bici		?
baseball		el béisbol		?
hockey		el hockey		?
the net		la red		?
a ball		una pelota		?
exercises		los ejercicios		?
a skate		un patín		?
a game	a game	un partido		?
weightlifting		el levantamiento de pesas		?
a board		una tabla		?

 

Helpful verbs

jugar à ("to play"), ganar ("to win"), correr ("to run"), divertirse ("to have fun"), e.g.:

jugar

Me gusta jugar al fútbol = "I like to play soccer"

 

ganar

Mi equipo ganó = "My team won"

 

correr

Tienes que correr mucho cuando se juega al fútbol = "You have to run a lot when you play soccer"

 

divertirse

Nos divertimos durante el partido = "We had a lot of fun during the game"

 

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Grammar Point: plural verb forms

When the subject is plural, e.g.: ellos/ellas ("they"), mis amigos ("my friends"), the verb must end in -n. For example, Mis amigos están en la cocina ("My friends are in the kitchen"). You can learn more about Spanish verbs here.

Exercises

Give the English equivalent:

Give the Spanish equivalent:

Go to SpanishChecker.com and translate the following:

1. The boys are playing together.

2. The players have fun when they run.

3. Yesterday, I bought a ball and a net.

4. I'm going to see a baseball game with my boyfriend.

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