Vocabulary

Apparatus used in the gym

 

ACTIONS

In this table I show some of the most usual actions carried out in the Physical Education classes:

To balance

To bat

To bend (knees)

To bowl

To catch (the ball)

To change (direction)

To climb

To cool down

To cross

To dribble

To dodge away from (your opponent)

To drop (the ball)

To face

To hang

To hit

To hold

To hold

To hop

To intercept (the ball)

To jog

To jump

To keep (moving/going/legs straight)

To land

To lie (on back)

To lift (hips over shoulders)

To link (movements)

To make passes

To mark (your opponent)

To move

To pass (back)

To pick up

To place the ball

To protect the ball

To press

To pull

To put the ball in play

To push (through the ball)

To put pressure

To raise (body)

To roll (the ball)

To reach (hands)

To receive

To run

To score

To serve (the balls)

To shoot

To sit (down)

To skip

To slide (hands)

To stand (up)

To step

To stop

To stretch

To strike (the ball)

To swing (leg/ through)

To tackle

To throw (the ball)

To travel (with a ball)

To turn round

To walk

To warm up

To weight on hands

 

GIVING FEEDBACK

In the following table there are some expressions used in the P.E. class to give feedback to children when they are doing the exercises well, just O.K or badly:

Doing well

Doing O.K.

Doing badly

Good (work/job/stuff)

Quite good, but see if you can do it better by doing…

You need to try harder

Very good

Try to work better as a team

I think you can try harder

Very well

Remember to…

Concentrate and try harder, please

Well done

Remember not to…

Did you listen carefully to the instructions?

Excellent (work/job/stuff)

Try to…

Come on, let's see if I can help you!

Brilliant (work/job/stuff)

Try not to…

Practice some more, please

Fantastic (work/job/stuff)

Don't worry and keep trying

Take your time and try to do it better

Great (work/job/stuff)

That's much better, but see if you can improve just a little bit more

You need some more practice

Superb (work/job/stuff)

You can do it a little bit better

Let's see if you can do it better by doing it this way…

Wonderful (work/job/stuff)

You can improve a little bit more

Think about what you are doing

Cool

That's it, but see if you can…

That's not what I told you

That's great

You need a bit more practice

That's not good enough

That's nice

I would like you to…

I would like you to improve your activity

Good team work

Go on---- you can do it!

 

Good cooperation

You nearly have it!

 

You are doing brilliantly

You almost have it!

 

You are doing really well

It is almost good

 

What an improvement!

It is nearly great

 

Good control of the ball

You nearly get it!

 

Spot on!

You almost get it!

 

Expressions

In this table I have introduced some of the expressions used in an ordinary P.E. lesson:

That's it

Put your hand up if you have some question

You are not playing the next game for screaming each other

Come on, line up!

Right, time up!

It is your time over

Do this

Hurry up

Walking along the corridor, please

Sit down on your bottom

Bottoms down

Put your bottom on the floor

One, two, three, here they come

Up we came

Up you get

We can start off with…

Let's see who is IT

It's going to be… Jenny!