Volleyball Fun!

 A favorite sport to play of mine is Volleyball.  I played volleyball every summer for the past 6 years.  I had a team with 10 to 15 of my good friends.  We used to play every Tuesday night on the beach.  We would drive to Long Beach around 5:30 every day. We used to take turns driving.  My friends and I would set up on the beach around our court with beach chairs and a couple of beers.  We usually played against two other teams.  We would choose 6 players to start and substitute in a new player every time we got to the serving spot. My favorite spot to be in was the front row because I was able to set to the boys on my team so that they could spike the ball over the net.  My team was not very good but we always had so much fun playing. 





Vocabulary Words:

Volleyball: (noun) a game for two teams in which the object is to keep a large ball in motion, from side to side over a high net, by striking it with the hands before it touches the ground.

Team: (noun) a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:

Friends: (noun) a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.

Beach: (noun) an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.

Players: (noun) a person who takes part or is skilled in some game or sport.

Substitute (noun) a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.

Serving: (verb) hitting the ball over the net from the backline to restart play in volleyball

Set: (verb) to hit the ball upwards in hopes that someone on your team and spike the ball over

Spike: (verb) to hit the ball hard and aggressively over the net from in front of the net at a high elevation.

Court: (noun) the place where a volleyball game takes place.  


Vocabulary Exercise: Fill in the blank 

1. That person has a very aggressive ________.  

2. The weather at the ________ was beautiful. 

3. That _______ worked together really well.

4. My ________ and I lost every game.

5.  Our _________ player was not very good.

6. There at 6 ________ on the volleyball ________.

7. I love to _____ the ball to Brian because he is a great spiker.

8. My friend Kayla only likes _________ the ball to start the game. 

9. ___________ is a very fun sport to play!


Grammar Point:

 This blog is written in the past tense.  Some of the words used in it are irregular forms of the past tense like the words "would and was" others words were used in the regular present tense for example adding the ending "ed" to make the word played (which is play in the past tense).

Grammar Assignment:

Write a short paragraph in the past tense about a hobby or sport you like to do/play. This should include both irregular and regular past tense words. 


Learn more about using the past tense:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs9_64pxISc





Comments

  1. Teacher: JackieNovember 23, 2020 at 6:41 PM

    Nice blog entry about your beach volleyball! My husband used to follow beach volleyball on TV and played it in his country, but never here.

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