Introductory exercises

Introductory vocabulary

Draw lines to match the words to their definitions.

A. a particular sports competition, match, or occasion B. someone who wants a particular team to win C. a special ability to do something D. the act of a player putting the ball on the ground behind the opposing team's goal line, which scores points for the player's team E. to win or get a point, goal, etc. in a competition, sport, game, or test F. special clothing or equipment worn by players to avoid injury G. someone who takes part in a game or sport H. towards the direction that is the opposite to the one in which you are facing//towards the direction that is in front of you I. to be prepared for a job, sport, activity... by learning skills and/or my mental and physical exercise J. try to stop someone by seizing him and knocking him to the ground

1. train (vb.) 2. supporter (n.) 3. game (n.) 4. skill (n.) 5. player (n.) 6. tackle (vb.) 7. try (n.) 8. protective gear 9. score (vb.) 10. backwards (adv.)//forward (adv.)

What is rugby?

players

Choose some of the words seen in the previous exercise to complete the blanks.

! A word can be used several times !

protective gear

try

game

score

It is a team sport that was created in England during the 1800’s and so it is relatively new. No one knows the exact history of how it came to be. The legend says that during a ................. of soccer at a school named “Rugby School”, one of the ......................, William Webb-Ellis, picked up the ball and ran with it. Out of this, the sport was born. The aim of the game is to place the oval-shaped ball on the ground over the goal lines; this is called a ............... To get there, players must run there to place it. Standing in their way is the other team, who can ..................... opposing players to the ground; this is called a breakdown. Players can pass the ball to each other by throwing it ........................, and they can kick it ........................... at any time. Unlike grid-iron, there are a lot of rules over how players can .................... others. This means that players usually play without any ....................................

tackle

forward

backwards

train

skill

supporter