Topic vocabulary in contrast
umpire / referee | final / finale / end / ending | draw / equal |
Pitch / track / court / course / ring / rink | bat / stick / rod / racket | Spectator / viewer |
sport / athletics | interval / half time | competitor /opponent |
Win / beat / score | Play / game | amateur / professional |
Word formation
fortune misfortune, (un)fortunate(ly) | allow disallow, allowance, allowable | interest (un)interesting(ly) |
medal medallist, medallion | associate dicassociate, assotiacion, | oppose opposition, opponent, |
train retrain, trainer | know knowledge, (un)knowledgeable opposite, opposing | practice practise, (im)practical(ly) competitive(ly) |
enjoy enjoyment, ejoyable | compete competetion, competitor, | maintain maintanance |
equip equipment, equipped | lose lost, loss | prefer to do(rather than (to) do); prefer sth (rather than smth) |