Modals of Deduction Practice- Guess the Sport

Guess the sport modals of deduction practice

modals of deduction/ probability/ possibility and sports vocabulary practice

Choose one of the sports below and give hints about which one you are thinking of without saying its name (or any part of its name). For each hint, your partner will try to make a true statement with one of the guessing phrases below, e.g. “It could be soccer”. Continue giving hints and guessing until they feel they are sure enough to say “It must be…” (which means they think there is only one possibility from the list that it could be). Before they say “It must be…”, don’t say if they have guessed the actual correct sport or not, only say “That’s true” if the statement they made has the right level of certainty or uncertainty, or “Actually,…” if there is something that makes that statement impossible.

 

Phrases for guessing

• It must be…
• It’s almost certainly…
• It’s probably…
• It might be/ It may be…
• It could (possibly) be…
• It’s almost certainly not…
• It can’t be…

 

Useful language for describing sports indoors/ outdoors play in/on a court/ field/ pitch/ pool/ rink/ ring/ table/ stadium wear a helmet/ goggles/ a hat/ padding/ shoulder pads/ shin pads/ knee pads/ a face guard/ a tooth guard/ gloves/ a box/ studs/ special shoes use a cue/ bat/ ball/ shuttlecock/… the ball is big/ hard/ made of… can use your head/ foot/ hand/… can throw/ catch/ tackle/ walk with the ball/ sit down… there is a goal/ hole/ net/ sin bin/ referee… you have to be fit/ young/ strong/ male/ skilful/ tall/ intelligent/ fast/ … comes from Asia/ the UK/ the US/… popular with boys/ girls/ old people/… played in the Olympics/ this country/ schools… fast/ violent/ professional/ well known/ expensive/ tiring/ competitive/ dangerous/… a martial art/ a contact sport/ a winter sport/ a team sport… I have played… I always/ often/ sometimes play/ watch… often/ sometimes on (cable/ satellite) TV somewhere to play this near here/ in this city/ in this country can practice in your house/ in a park

Sports to describe and guess

Angling/ Fishing

Archery

Athletics/ Track and field                                                      

Baseball                         

Billiards                                         

Boxing                             

Canoeing/ Kayaking

Cricket                             

Croquet

Curling

Darts                                              

Fencing

Football (= Soccer)

Golf      

Greco-Roman wrestling/ Olympic wrestling                     

(Field) hockey                

Horse racing                 

Ice hockey

Karate                                                                       

Kendo

Kung fu

Lacrosse                                                     

Marathon/ Long distance running                                       

Nordic skiing/ Cross country skiing

Polo                                               

Pool

Rock climbing

Rowing

Rugby

Sailing                             

Scuba diving

Skiing

Snowboarding

Softball

Speed skating

Squash

Sumo wrestling                           

Surfing

Table tennis (= Ping pong)         

Triathlon            

Ultimate Frisbee

Volleyball

Water polo        

Weightlifting                                               

Windsurfing      

 

Without looking above or writing anything, discuss what could go below and in what order: 

100%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Discuss where the phrases below the fold could go in the space above (again, without writing anything)

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• It can’t be…
• It could (possibly) be…
• It might be/ It may be…
• It must be…
• It’s almost certainly not…
• It’s almost certainly…
• It’s probably…

Check your answers with the first page.