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English · Level A1 · ages 7 to 12 · Free

Sports: Free English Worksheets for Kids

The child learns 11 sports words: football, basketball, tennis, volleyball, swimming, cycling, skiing, ice-skating, running, table tennis and badminton.

8 worksheets · 11 words · Last update: 2026-11-06

Word list: Sports

  • football
  • basketball
  • tennis
  • volleyball
  • swimming
  • cycling
  • skiing
  • ice-skating
  • running
  • table tennis
  • badminton

Pictures: Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT licence).

1.Picture Dictionary: Sports

A reference sheet with one picture and one word per card. Use it as a poster, or cut the cards for a memory game.

Task: Look at the pictures and read the words. Say each word aloud.

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Preview

  • football
  • basketball
  • tennis
  • volleyball
  • swimming
  • cycling
  • skiing
  • ice-skating
  • running
  • table tennis
  • badminton

2.Matching Worksheet: Sports

The child draws a line from each picture to the correct word. The words are in a different order from the pictures.

Task: Draw a line from each picture to the correct word.

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  1. 1.
  2. 2.
  3. 3.
  4. 4.
  5. 5.
  6. 6.
  7. 7.
  8. 8.
  9. 9.
  10. 10.
  1. afootball
  2. btable tennis
  3. cbadminton
  4. dskiing
  5. ebasketball
  6. ftennis
  7. gcycling
  8. hrunning
  9. iice-skating
  10. jswimming
Show the answers
  1. d: skiing
  2. g: cycling
  3. f: tennis
  4. i: ice-skating
  5. b: table tennis
  6. a: football
  7. h: running
  8. c: badminton
  9. j: swimming
  10. e: basketball

3.Writing Worksheet: Sports

The child writes the word under each picture. The words are in a box at the top, so the child copies the spelling.

Task: Write the word under each picture. The words are in the box.

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Words in the box:footballtennisrunningbasketballbadmintontable tennisskiingvolleyballswimmingcyclingice-skating

Show the answers
  1. football
  2. basketball
  3. table tennis
  4. badminton
  5. cycling
  6. skiing
  7. running
  8. volleyball
  9. ice-skating
  10. tennis
  11. swimming

4.Missing Letters: Sports

Some letters of each word are missing. The child writes the missing letters, then the whole word.

Task: Write the missing letters. Then write the whole word on the line.

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  1. 1.b a _ k e t b a _ _
  2. 2.c y c _ i _ _
  3. 3.i _ _ - s k a t _ n g
  4. 4.f o _ _ _ a l l
  5. 5.b _ _ m _ n t _ _
  6. 6.r _ _ n i n g
  7. 7.t e n _ _ s
  8. 8.v _ _ _ _ y _ a l l
  9. 9.t _ b _ _ t _ n _ i s
  10. 10.s _ i m m i n _
  11. 11.s k i _ _ _
Show the answers
  1. basketball
  2. cycling
  3. ice-skating
  4. football
  5. badminton
  6. running
  7. tennis
  8. volleyball
  9. table tennis
  10. swimming
  11. skiing

5.Unscramble the Words: Sports

The letters of each word are in the wrong order. The child puts them in the correct order and writes the word.

Task: Put the letters in the correct order. Write the word on the line.

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  1. 1.e i c - s n i g t a k
  2. 2.k s n i g i
  3. 3.n n t e s i
  4. 4.t f o a l b l o
  5. 5.e l o b l v l a y l
  6. 6.n i n n u r g
  7. 7.e l l b a t b a k s
  8. 8.n s i g i m w m
  9. 9.e b t a l t n n e i s
  10. 10.c l c y g i n
  11. 11.t m n b a d n i o
Show the answers
  1. ice-skating
  2. skiing
  3. tennis
  4. football
  5. volleyball
  6. running
  7. basketball
  8. swimming
  9. table tennis
  10. cycling
  11. badminton

6.Circle the Correct Word: Sports

Each picture has three words next to it. Only one word is correct, and the child circles it.

Task: Look at the picture. Circle the correct word.

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  1. 1.AcyclingBtennisCfootball
  2. 2.ArunningBtennisCvolleyball
  3. 3.Atable tennisBice-skatingCfootball
  4. 4.AfootballBtable tennisCtennis
  5. 5.ArunningBfootballCice-skating
  6. 6.AvolleyballBswimmingCtable tennis
  7. 7.ArunningBice-skatingCskiing
  8. 8.AfootballBrunningCbadminton
  9. 9.AvolleyballBbasketballCrunning
  10. 10.AcyclingBtable tennisCskiing
Show the answers
  1. cycling
  2. running
  3. table tennis
  4. tennis
  5. football
  6. volleyball
  7. ice-skating
  8. badminton
  9. basketball
  10. skiing

8.Sorting Worksheet: Sports

Words from two topics are mixed. The child writes each word in the correct column.

Task: Write each word in the correct column.

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  • singer
  • table tennis
  • teacher
  • artist
  • cook
  • skiing
  • football
  • cycling
  • builder
  • badminton
  • basketball
  • scientist

Sports

Jobs

Show the answers

Sports

  • table tennis
  • basketball
  • football
  • cycling
  • badminton
  • skiing

Jobs

  • builder
  • scientist
  • singer
  • teacher
  • cook
  • artist

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