Sports · Unit 4

Ball Games

The world's favourite games played with a ball

An enormous number of sports come down to moving a ball to a target, and grouping them by how the ball is moved makes the variety learnable.

The unit covers kicking, shooting, hitting and catching games, and why different balls are the size, weight and material they are.

This unit breaks down into 21 short steps and 120 questions, starting at difficulty 1 and building to 2. Below you can see exactly what it covers, how the path is structured, and worked examples with explanations.

Steps: 21
Questions: 120
Difficulty: 1-2

What this unit covers

Kicking: Soccer
Shooting: Basketball
Hitting: Tennis
Catching Games
Different Balls

Where this fits

Follows Games and Play. Each major sport gets its own unit next.

Where people slip

Ball design follows the rules of the game. A cricket ball's seam, a golf ball's dimples and a football's panels each exist to make the ball behave a particular way in flight.

How the unit is structured

Ball Games runs as 21 short steps that unlock in order. 15 are practice rounds and 6 are challenge rounds that pull together everything before them. Questions start at difficulty 1 and climb to 2 as you progress.

Step 1 · easierStep 21 · harder

Challenge rounds

Example questions

30 real questions from this unit, with the answer and the reason behind it, grouped by what they practise. There are 120 in the unit altogether.

Catching Games

Choose all that applyLevel 1
1. Which of these games use catching with your hands? Pick all that apply.
- Baseballcorrect
- Netballcorrect
- Playing catchcorrect
- Soccer
Baseball, netball and playing catch all use your hands, but soccer uses your feet.
Fact or fibLevel 1
2. In baseball, a player wears a glove to help catch the ball.
Answer: True
The padded glove helps players catch a fast baseball safely.
Fill the blankLevel 1
3. To play catch, you throw the ball and then ____ it.
- catchcorrect
- kick
- bat
- roll
The other person catches the ball you throw.
Match the pairsLevel 1
4. Match each sport to the gear you use in it.
Answer: Baseball = Glove; Tennis = Racket; Basketball = Hoop
Baseball uses a glove, tennis uses a racket, and basketball uses a hoop.
Multiple choiceLevel 1
5. In a game of catch, what do you do with the ball?
- Catch it with your handscorrect
- Kick it far away
- Head it into a goal
- Bounce it on a racket
In catch you grab the ball with your hands when it comes to you.
Guess the numberLevel 2
6. In baseball, how many strikes make a batter out?
Answer: 3 strikes
Three strikes and the batter is out.

Different Balls

Choose all that applyLevel 1
7. Which of these balls are round? Pick all that apply.
- Soccer ballcorrect
- Basketballcorrect
- Rugby ball
- American football
Soccer balls and basketballs are round, while rugby and American footballs are oval.
Fact or fibLevel 1
8. All balls used in sports are exactly the same size.
Answer: False
Balls come in many sizes, from a tiny golf ball to a big beach ball.
Fill the blankLevel 1
9. A rugby ball has an ____ shape, not a round one.
- ovalcorrect
- square
- round
- flat
A rugby ball is oval, which is like a stretched circle.
Match the pairsLevel 1
10. Match each ball to the sport it is used in.
Answer: Orange bouncy ball = Basketball; Fuzzy yellow ball = Tennis; Black and white round ball = Soccer
Each sport has its own special ball.
Multiple choiceLevel 1
11. Which of these balls is round?
- A soccer ballcorrect
- A rugby ball
- An American football
- An Australian football
A soccer ball is round, while the others are oval shaped.
Guess the numberLevel 2
12. About how many centimetres wide is a table tennis (ping pong) ball?
Answer: 4 cm
A table tennis ball is about 4 centimetres wide.

Hitting: Tennis

Build the sentenceLevel 1
13. Build a true sentence about tennis.
Answer: A tennis player hits the ball with a racket
A tennis player hits the ball with a racket.
Fact or fibLevel 1
14. In tennis, players hit the ball back and forth over a net.
Answer: True
Players take turns hitting the ball across the net until someone misses.
Fill the blankLevel 1
15. A tennis court has a ____ across the middle that the ball must go over.
- netcorrect
- hoop
- goal
- basket
A net divides the court, and the ball must clear it.
Multiple choiceLevel 1
16. What do tennis players use to hit the ball?
- A racketcorrect
- A baseball bat
- Their feet
- A golf club
Tennis players swing a racket to hit the ball.
Choose all that applyLevel 2
17. Which surfaces is tennis played on? Pick all that apply.
- Grasscorrect
- Claycorrect
- Hard courtcorrect
- Ice
Tennis is played on grass, clay and hard courts, but not on ice.
Match the pairsLevel 2
18. Match each tennis Grand Slam to its country.
Answer: Wimbledon = England; French Open = France; US Open = United States
Each Grand Slam is held in a different country.

Kicking: Soccer

Build the sentenceLevel 1
19. Build a true sentence about soccer.
Answer: Soccer is played with a round ball
Soccer is played with a round ball.
Fill the blankLevel 1
20. In soccer, you use your ____ to kick the ball.
- feetcorrect
- hands
- ears
- teeth
Soccer is played mainly with your feet.
Guess the numberLevel 1
21. How many players from one team are on the field in soccer?
Answer: 11 players
A soccer team has eleven players on the field, including the goalkeeper.
Multiple choiceLevel 1
22. In soccer, which body part do players mostly use to move the ball?
- Their feetcorrect
- Their hands
- Their ears
- Their elbows
Soccer players mostly kick and control the ball with their feet.
Choose all that applyLevel 2
23. Which of these are things a soccer referee can do? Pick all that apply.
- Show a yellow cardcorrect
- Give a penaltycorrect
- Blow a whistlecorrect
- Score a goal for a team
A referee shows cards, gives penalties and blows the whistle, but does not score for a team.
Fact or fibLevel 2
24. A soccer team is allowed to have four goalkeepers on the field at once.
Answer: False
A team has only one goalkeeper on the field at a time.

Shooting: Basketball

Build the sentenceLevel 1
25. Build a true sentence about basketball.
Answer: You score by shooting the ball through the hoop
You score by shooting the ball through the hoop.
Fill the blankLevel 1
26. Bouncing a basketball on the ground as you move is called ____.
- dribblingcorrect
- kicking
- serving
- tackling
Bouncing the ball while moving is called dribbling.
Multiple choiceLevel 1
27. How do you score points in basketball?
- Put the ball through the hoopcorrect
- Kick it into a net
- Hit it over a net
- Catch it in a glove
You score by putting the ball through the hoop.
Odd one outLevel 1
28. Which one is NOT something you do in basketball?
- Serve over a netcorrect
- Dribble
- Shoot
- Pass
Serving over a net belongs to tennis, not basketball.
Sort into groupsLevel 1
29. Sort each action into the sport it belongs to.
Answer: Kick the ball into the goal = Soccer; Pass with your feet = Soccer; Shoot at the basket = Basketball; Bounce the ball with your hand = Basketball
Kicking into a goal is soccer, and shooting at a basket is basketball.
Choose all that applyLevel 2
30. Which of these are ways to score in basketball? Pick all that apply.
- Free throwcorrect
- Layupcorrect
- Three-pointercorrect
- Corner kick
Free throws, layups and three-pointers all score, but a corner kick is from soccer.

Where these questions come from. Each unit starts as a plan of the concepts it should cover and the difficulty it should span. Questions are written against that plan with AI assistance, then checked by a validator that rejects anything without a single defensible answer, an explanation, or plausible wrong options. How we write questions sets out the whole process, and corrections are fixed in the bank and reach the site and the app the same day.

How you practise

This unit mixes 14 different question formats, so you are recalling and applying rather than recognising the same layout every time.

Build the sentence
Choose all that apply
Fact or fib
Fill the blank
Guess the number
Match the pairs
Multiple choice
Odd one out
Picture question
Put in order
Sort into groups
Spell it
True or false
Type the answer

Practise Ball Games

120 questions across 21 steps. Start with step one and crawl at your own pace.

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