My Favourite Sport Badminton Vocabulary in English
Lesson 12
My Favourite Sport Badminton
Sports is any physical activity which is done for entertainment.
Playing sports improves mental and physical health and helps an individual develop many skills.
Sports sharpens memory and thinking, reduces the level of stress, prevents depression and anxiety, maintains a healthy and happy life, prevents never-ending diseases, increases life expectancy, betters communication skills, improves teamwork skills and ameliorates problem-solving skills.
My favourite sport is badminton. I love playing badminton with my friends very much. It is played by two or four players. Each player holds a racquet and uses it to hit a shuttlecock across the net. The player who fails to hit the shuttlecock across the net loses one point, and the opposite player gets one point. Like this, the player getting 21 points first carries the day.
We usually play this sport in the evening time in winter because it helps us keep ourselves warm.
Like other sports, badminton also gives the above-mentioned benefits. It helps me stay physically and mentally strong.
Words to Learn (learn more words here)
1. Physical→Belonging to body
Synonym→Bodily
Antonym→Mental
2. Entertainment→Enjoyment
Synonym→Amusement
Antonym→Misery
3. Mental→Relating to mind, not to body
Synonym→Intellectual
Antonym→Physical
4. Individual→One person from a group
5. To develop→To acquire some skill
Synonym→To learn
Antonym→To lose
6. To sharpen→To improve the quality or make something sharp
Synonym→To hone
Antonym→To blunt
7. Stress→Mental pressure or tension
Synonym→Mental strain
Antonym→Calmness
8. To prevent→To stop something
Synonym→To disallow
Antonym→To allow
9. Depression→Feelings of mental discomfort
Synonym→Misery
Antonym→Happiness
10. Anxiety→A feeling of unease
Synonym→Worry
Antonym→Calmness
11. To maintain→To cause something to continue
Synonym→To continue
Antonym→To discontinue
12. Never-ending→ Something that doesn't come to an end.
Synonym→Continuous
Antonym→Ending
13. Expectancy→The hope that something good will take place
Synonym→Expectation
Antonym→Hopelessness
14. To ameliorate→To make something better
Synonym→To Improve
Antonym→To worsen
15. Racquet đ¸→ A bat with an egg-like frame that a badminton player uses to hit the cock across the net
16. Shuttlecock→A rounded object having feathers used in badminton đ¸
Phrases to Learn (learn more phrases here)
1. Never-ending disease→ A disease that is long-lasting, doesn't come to an end.
2. To increase life expectancy→To increase the number of years a person expects to be alive
3. Problem-solving skills→The abilities to identify problems and find solutions for them
4. To carry the day→To win or to become victorious
5. To keep ourselves warm→To keep our body warm by wearing right clothes
Exercise 1
Can you recall the synonyms of the following words?
1. To ameliorate
2. Never-ending
3. To maintain
4. Anxiety
5. Physical
6. To sharpen
7. Entertainment
8. Stress
Answer keys:-
1. To improve
2. Continuous
3. To continue
4. Worry
5. Bodily
6. To hone
7. Enjoyment
8. Mental pressure
Can you recall the antonyms of the following words?
1. To ameliorate
2. Never-ending
3. To maintain
4. Anxiety
5. Physical
6. To sharpen
7. Entertainment
8. Stress
Answer keys:-
1. To worsen
2. Ending
3. To discontinue
4. Calmness
5. Mental
6. To blunt
7. Misery
8. Calmness
Exercise 2
Do you understand the following phrases?
1. To carry the day
2. To increase life expectancy
3. Problem-solving skills
Answer keys:-
1. To win
2. To increase the number of years a person expects to be alive
3. The abilities to identify problems and find solutions for them
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