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ALL ENGLISH 4U · B1 VOCABULARY PRACTICE

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UNIT 3 · B1 · Vocabulary

Unit 3: Sport, Music & Games“Vocabulary – sport, music & games” – 65 interactive questions

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100% Original Practice Test · The Harbour Activity Weekend
Study the quick notes below, then work through exercises A–I for this unit. Use Check answers for an exercise, or Submit & Grade for all 65 questions. Read an explanation for every answer. Created by All English 4U.

📖 Vocabulary Reference – Sport, Music & Games

Study the notes, then work through the exercises for this unit.

A harbour activity weekend with table tennis and a coach, a small acoustic band, and friends playing an original board game.
The Harbour Activity Weekend: sport, music and board games in one community space. This illustration sets the scene; you can answer every question from the text.
Choose a word that fits the situation.At the Harbour Activity Weekend, notice who is acting, what kind of activity is happening and which words naturally belong together. Meaning comes first; word form and familiar patterns help you check your choice.

How to Form It

Build useful vocabulary by recognising the job a word does and the form that fits around it.

PEOPLE, EVENTS AND RESULTS

Choose the right noun

Related nouns can name a person, an activity or a result. Check the meaning and the words around the gap.

The musician led the group; her performance ended with a cheer.A musician is a person; a performance is an event or act.
Person
player / coach / competitorThe coach encouraged every player.
Activity
game / match / competitionThe match finished before the quiz began.
Result
score / success / decisionThe final score was close.

Remember: a person can score a point; the score is the number of points. A person can win a game; a winner is the person or team that wins.

DESCRIBING PEOPLE AND ACTIVITIES

Use the form that fits

Adjectives describe a person or thing. Adverbs often tell how an action is done. Noun forms name ideas and activities.

The talented drummer played carefully.Talented describes the drummer; carefully describes how the drummer played.
Adjective
energy → energeticThe energetic dancers filled the square.
Adverb
careful → carefullyThey carried the instruments carefully.
Noun
decide → decisionOur decision gave each team a fair start.

Remember: a word family can change spelling and meaning. Decide what the sentence needs, then check whether it names a person, thing, quality or manner.

Useful word familiesmusic → musiciancompete → competitororganise → organisersucceed → successchallenge → challenging

Clue Words & Patterns

Common word partners make your English sound natural and help you read clues more accurately.

People and roles

coachcaptainplayerrefereemusician

The referee checked the rules while the coach spoke to the players.

A referee applies the rules of a contest; a coach prepares and advises a team.

Games and performances

board gamevideo gamematchconcertrhythm

We played a board game before the band began its concert.

A match is a contest; a concert is a live music performance. A rhythm is a pattern of beats.

Small changes in the phrase change the meaning

START A REGULAR HOBBY

Leah took up kayaking last spring.

Take up means begin a new activity or hobby.
CONTINUE AN ACTIVITY

Leah carried on paddling after the rain started.

Carry on means continue something already in progress.
TAKE PART

Visitors can join in with the drum pattern.

Join in means participate with other people.
STOP TRYING OR DOING IT

The team did not give up when the puzzle became difficult.

Give up means stop trying or stop an activity.
PREPOSITION PATTERNS

I’m interested in music and keen on board games.

Interested in and keen on are common adjective patterns.
SKILL AND CHOICE

She’s good at chess and prefers it to video games.

Good at names a skill; prefer A to B compares choices.
IN A RESTAURANT OR CAFÉ

The group will eat out after the show.

Eat out means have a meal away from home.
ORDERED TO LEAVE THE GAME

The referee sent off a player for a serious foul.

In sport, send off means make a player leave the field for breaking a rule.
A clue helps; it does not choose the answer by itself.

For example, game can mean a contest or an activity for enjoyment. Check the whole sentence: a board, counters and turns suggest a board game; two teams and a final score suggest a match. Also distinguish beat (defeat an opponent, or a musical pulse when used as a noun) from win (be the successful side). The surrounding words show which meaning is intended.

More patterns for talking about interests

Say bored with an activity (bored by also works; bored of is common informally), listen to music, and score a goal. To go out for lunch is to leave the event and have lunch somewhere. The referee can send a player off or send off a player. With a pronoun, say send them off, not send off them.

Watch Out & Common Mistakes

Learn the complete phrase, then check whether the sentence describes a person, an activity or a result.

Mixing up interested and interesting

WrongThe children were interesting in the music.

BetterThe children were interested in the music.

People feel interested; something interesting attracts their attention.
Choosing the wrong preposition after keen

WrongRuth is keen for trying volleyball.

BetterRuth is keen on trying volleyball.

Keen on is followed by a noun or an -ing activity.
Using the wrong partner for listen

WrongWe listened at the harbour band.

BetterWe listened to the harbour band.

Listen to names the sound or person receiving your attention.
Confusing a person with an event

WrongShe is a competition in the rowing event.

BetterShe is a competitor in the rowing event.

A competitor is a person; a competition is the organised contest.
Using beat when you mean win

WrongOur team beat the final.

BetterOur team won the final.

Beat usually has an opponent as its object: beat another team. Win can take an event or prize: win a final, a match or a medal.
Leaving out the comparison pattern

WrongI prefer the quiz than the long run.

BetterI prefer the quiz to the long run.

Use prefer A to B when comparing two activities.

Quick check: choose before opening

Decide what the context tells you, then read the explanation.

1. The team kept trying and did not give up / join in when the clue was difficult.Check explanation

give up means stop trying. The team continued, so it did not give up. Join in means take part in an activity with others.

2. We were interested in / interested on the local music workshop.Check explanation

interested in is the standard pattern. The phrase names the activity that attracted the group’s attention.

3. The drummer played the steady beat / competitor for the dancers.Check explanation

beat is the regular pulse in music. A competitor is a person taking part in a contest, so it cannot fit the music meaning here.

Before you start Exercise ARead the whole clue. Identify the person, activity, result or quality it describes. Use the first letter and letter count as checks, then make sure the word fits naturally with its neighbours.

Check your whole test

Submit to grade your whole test, OR use 👁 Show Answer per part / per question.

Review your learning

Explain each correction: did you need a person, an activity, a phrasal verb, a preposition or a different word form? Read the full sentence again to check both meaning and grammar.

Show Answer displays a model and explanation while leaving your response unchanged. After editing an answer, check again. Write your own weekend invitation using three new phrases from this unit.