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The Olympics/The Olympic Games 3




Choose the best response to complete each sentence.

1. This is a very ___________ game!
2. He won a medal in every event that he ________.
3. The crowd is really ___________ her. = The crowd really wants her to win.
4. The Summer Olympics are ________ every four years.
5. To ________ the competition = To significantly beat/defeat everyone else
6. The opposite of "a win" is ________.
7. Johnson came in fourth. = Johnson ________ fourth place.
8. The Korean athlete could not ________ ( = take part in the competition) due to health problems.
9. The British athlete will ________ ( = not participate in) the Olympics due to an injury.
10. He hurt his foot during the game. = He ___________ his foot during the game.
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The Olympics cover a huge range of sports and terms — work through the full series to master them all.

All Olympics vocabulary exercises:
The Olympics 1 (A2/B1)
The Olympics 2 (A2/B1)
The Olympics 4 (B1/B2)
The Olympics (sports expressions) 5 (B1/B2)
The Olympics 6 (B1/B2)
Olympic sports (visual) 1 (A2/B1)
Olympic sports (visual) 2 (A2/B1)
General sports/Olympics terms (visual) (A2/B1)
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