Basketball Shootout: At the Playground
A1 young learners name playground things from simple clues, find opposites and practise present simple verbs in short gap-fills.
A free Basketball Shootout Quiz Game for Young learners at CEFR A1 level. Topic: At the playground.
A team shootout on the class board: read the question, then shoot the ball at the hoop with the right answer.
Questions
- You go up the steps. Then you go down it. It is fast and fun!
- You sit on it. It goes back and forth in the air.
- Two children sit on it. One goes up and one goes down.
- It is big and green. Birds live in it. You can climb it.
- It is round. You kick it with your foot.
- It is flat and round. You throw it and your friend catches it.
- It flies high in the sky. You hold its long string.
- It is full of water. You swim in it.
- It is yellow. You dig in it and make castles.
- Moms and dads sit on it at the playground. It is long.
- What is the opposite of up? The seesaw goes up and ___.
- What is the opposite of fast?
- My friends ___ (play) on the swings.
- She ___ (climb) the tree every day.
- Tom ___ (fly) his kite in the park.
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
- Layup: two choices · Read and circle the right answer.
- Jump shot: write it · Write the answer. The first letter is there to help.
- 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.
- You sit on it. It goes back and forth in the air. a) swing b) swim
- 🌳 It is big and green. Birds live in it. You can climb it. a) tree b) three
- 🛝 You go up the steps. Then you go down it. It is fast and fun! a) slid b) slide