Move & Play Smart: Sports and Movement Vocabulary for Grade 2 

This Grade 2 worksheet on Sports and Movement Vocabulary helps learners build strong subject-based vocabulary related to games, action verbs, movement types, and directional words. Developing vocabulary in this area improves reading comprehension, speaking confidence, and physical activity awareness. 
Through five structured multiple-choice exercises, students identify sports names (cricket, football, basketball, tennis, swimming, skating, badminton, bowling, hockey, running), action verbs used in sports (kick, throw, catch, sprint, pass, roll, shoot, hit, bend), basic movement words (crawl, run, hop, swim, jump, roll, sway, dash, tiptoe, walk), advanced movement types (stride, glide, strut, spin, march, sneak, stomp, rush, flee), and directional movement words (forward, backward, upward, downward, sideways, around, inside, outside, close, away). 

Why Sports and Movement Words Matter in Vocabulary? 

Understanding sports and movement vocabulary is important because: 
1. It strengthens action verb recognition. 
2. It improves comprehension of sports-related texts. 
3. It builds expressive speaking skills. 
4. It connects language learning with physical education concepts. 

What’s Inside This Worksheet? 

This worksheet includes five structured vocabulary exercises: 

🧠 Exercise 1 – Sports and Games Vocabulary 
Students identify sports played with bats, balls, rackets, hoops, pins, on courts, grass, ice, and water. 

✏️ Exercise 2 – Sports Action Verbs 
Learners recognise verbs used in games such as kick, throw, catch, sprint, pass, roll, shoot, and bend. 

📋 Exercise 3 – Basic Movement Words 
Students identify movement words like crawl, run, hop, swim, jump, roll, sway, dash, tiptoe, and walk. 

📝 Exercise 4 – Different Movement Types 
Children choose advanced movement words such as stomp, glide, stride, rush, flee, strut, sneak, spin, march, and sway. 

📍 Exercise 5 – Directional Movement Words 
Students identify directional words such as forward, backward, upward, downward, sideways, around, close, inside, outside, and away. 

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators) 

Exercise 1 – Sports and Games Vocabulary 
1. cricket 
2. football 
3. tennis 
4. swimming 
5. basketball 
6. skating 
7. badminton 
8. hockey 
9. bowling 
10. running 

Exercise 2 – Sports Action Verbs 
1. kick 
2. throw 
3. leap 
4. catch 
5. sprint 
6. hit 
7. bend 
8. shoot 
9. roll 
10. pass 

Exercise 3 – Basic Movement Words 
1. crawl 
2. run 
3. hop 
4. swim 
5. jump 
6. roll 
7. sway 
8. tiptoe 
9. dash 
10. walk 

Exercise 4 – Different Movement Types 
1. stomp 
2. glide 
3. stride 
4. rush 
5. flee 
6. strut 
7. sneak 
8. spin 
9. sway 
10. march 

Exercise 5 – Directional Movement Words 
1. forward 
2. backward 
3. upward 
4. downward 
5. sideways 
6. around 
7. inside 
8. outside 
9. close 
10. away 
This worksheet strengthens action-based vocabulary and builds confident language skills connected to sports and physical movement. 
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