Basketball Shootout: Action Words

A fast quiz game about everyday action verbs (swim, jump, run, dance and more) for young beginners, based on the Cambridge YLE Starters wordlist.

A free Basketball Shootout Quiz Game for Young learners at CEFR A1 level. Topic: climb.

A team shootout on the class board: read the question, then shoot the ball at the hoop with the right answer.

Questions

  1. You move in the water with your arms and legs. What do you do?
  2. You push up with your legs and go into the air. What do you do?
  3. You move your legs very fast. What do you do?
  4. You move your legs but not fast. What do you do?
  5. You use a camera to make pictures. What do you do?
  6. You sit on two wheels and move your legs to go fast. What do you do?
  7. You use a brush and colours on paper. What do you do?
  8. You use a pencil to make a picture. What do you do?
  9. You use your fingers to make music with strings. What do you do?
  10. You move your body to music. What do you do?
  11. You hold a string and the wind takes it up high. What do you do?
  12. You use your voice to make music. What do you do?
  13. You jump over a rope again and again. What do you do?
  14. You kick a ball into a goal. What do you do?
  15. You hit a ball with a bat. What do you do?

Printable worksheet

This Basketball Shootout Quiz Game comes with a free printable worksheet: 3 parts for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Support sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.

What's on the worksheet

  1. Layup: two choices · Read and circle the right answer.
  2. Jump shot: write it · Write the answer. The first letter is there to help.
  3. My shooting card · Cover the choices in part 1 with your hand. Tick each question you can still answer. Those are your three-pointers.

Part 1: Layup: two choices

Read and circle the right answer.

  1. 🎤 You use your voice to make music. What do you do? a) sing b) dance
  2. ⚾ You hit a ball with a bat. What do you do? a) play football b) play baseball
  3. 🏊 You move in the water with your arms and legs. What do you do? a) swim b) run

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