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Sports · Unit 2

Games and Play

Playground games, races and simple rules

Playground games are where most people first meet the ideas that organised sport formalises: turn-taking, agreed rules, and accepting an outcome you did not want.

The unit covers tag and chasing games, running races, jumping and skipping, throwing and catching, and team games.

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

  • Tag and Chasing Games
  • Running Races
  • Jumping and Skipping
  • Throwing and Catching
  • Playground Team Games

Where this fits

Follows Sports Basics.

Where people slip

The fundamental movement skills here - running, jumping, throwing, catching - underpin every sport later. They are not a warm-up for the real material; they are the material.

How the unit is structured

Games and Play 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.

Jumping and Skipping

  • Build the sentenceLevel 1

    1. Build a true sentence about skipping.

    Answer: You jump over the rope when you skip

    When you skip, you jump over the rope as it comes around.

  • Fact or fibLevel 1

    2. In hopscotch you throw a small stone onto a square before you hop.

    Answer: True

    You toss your stone onto a square and then hop past that square.

  • Fill the blankLevel 1

    3. In hopscotch you usually hop on ____ foot.

    • onecorrect
    • no
    • four
    • six

    Hopping on one foot through the single squares is part of hopscotch.

  • Multiple choiceLevel 1

    4. In hopscotch, how do you move along the squares?

    • You hop and jump on the squarescorrect
    • You crawl on your knees
    • You roll like a ball
    • You walk backwards

    In hopscotch you hop and jump through the numbered squares.

  • Guess the numberLevel 2

    5. How many ropes are used in a game of Double Dutch?

    Answer: 2 ropes

    Double Dutch uses two ropes turned in opposite directions.

  • Odd one outLevel 2

    6. Which one is NOT a jumping or skipping game?

    • Dodgeballcorrect
    • Hopscotch
    • Skipping
    • Leapfrog

    Dodgeball is a throwing game, while the others all involve jumping.

Playground Team Games

  • Build the sentenceLevel 1

    7. Build a true sentence about tug of war.

    Answer: In tug of war two teams pull one rope

    In tug of war, two teams pull on the same rope.

  • Choose all that applyLevel 1

    8. Which of these are team games where you need other players?

    • Tug of warcorrect
    • Relay racecorrect
    • Solo hopscotch
    • Skipping by yourself

    Tug of war and relay races need teams, while the others you can do alone.

  • Fill the blankLevel 1

    9. Two teams pull hard on a rope in a game of ____ of war.

    • tugcorrect
    • cup
    • hop
    • cake

    Tug of war is won by the stronger pulling team.

  • Guess the numberLevel 1

    10. How many teams pull the rope in a game of tug of war?

    Answer: 2 teams

    Two teams face off in tug of war, one on each end of the rope.

  • Match the pairsLevel 1

    11. Match each game to what you do in it.

    Answer: Tug of war = Pull a rope; Simon Says = Follow commands; Relay race = Pass a baton

    Each playground game has its own main action.

  • Multiple choiceLevel 1

    12. In tug of war, what do the two teams do?

    • They pull on a ropecorrect
    • They kick a ball
    • They skip together
    • They play hide and seek

    In tug of war two teams pull hard on a rope to see who is stronger.

Running Races

  • Build the sentenceLevel 1

    13. Build a true sentence about winning a race.

    Answer: The fastest runner crosses the finish line first

    The quickest runner reaches the finish line before anyone else.

  • Choose all that applyLevel 1

    14. Which of these are running races?

    • Sprintcorrect
    • Relay racecorrect
    • Hopscotch
    • Skipping

    Sprints and relays are running races, while skipping and hopscotch are not.

  • Fact or fibLevel 1

    15. In a sack race, you hop to the finish line inside a sack.

    Answer: True

    In a sack race you climb into a sack and hop along to the finish.

  • Fill the blankLevel 1

    16. The runner who crosses the ____ line first wins the race.

    • finishcorrect
    • start
    • middle
    • side

    The finish line marks the end of the race.

  • Multiple choiceLevel 1

    17. How does a running race usually start?

    • Someone calls 'On your marks, get set, go!'
    • Everyone lies down
    • The runners walk backwards
    • Players throw a ball

    Races begin with a call like 'On your marks, get set, go!' so everyone starts together.

  • Odd one outLevel 1

    18. Which one is NOT part of a running race?

    • Skipping ropecorrect
    • Start line
    • Finish line
    • Baton

    A skipping rope is for jumping games, while the others are all parts of a race.

Tag and Chasing Games

  • Build the sentenceLevel 1

    19. Build a true sentence about the game of tag.

    Answer: In tag the player who is It chases everyone

    In tag, the player who is It runs after everyone else.

  • Fill the blankLevel 1

    20. In freeze tag, when you are tagged you must ____ until a friend frees you.

    • freezecorrect
    • run
    • jump
    • laugh

    Freezing means standing very still until someone unfreezes you.

  • Match the pairsLevel 1

    21. Match each chasing game to its special rule.

    Answer: Freeze tag = Stand still when tagged; Hide and seek = Hide from the seeker; Duck Duck Goose = Run around a circle

    Each chasing game has a rule that makes it fun.

  • Multiple choiceLevel 1

    22. In a game of tag, what does the player who is It try to do?

    • Touch another player to tag themcorrect
    • Sit down and rest
    • Hide behind a tree
    • Count to ten out loud

    The player who is It chases the others and tries to touch, or tag, someone.

  • Odd one outLevel 1

    23. Which one is NOT a chasing game?

    • Hopscotchcorrect
    • Tag
    • Freeze tag
    • Duck Duck Goose

    Hopscotch is a hopping game, while the others are all chasing games.

  • Sort into groupsLevel 1

    24. Sort each game into Chasing game or Jumping game.

    Answer: Tag = Chasing game; Freeze tag = Chasing game; Hopscotch = Jumping game; Skipping = Jumping game

    Tag and freeze tag are chasing games, while hopscotch and skipping are jumping games.

Throwing and Catching

  • Choose all that applyLevel 1

    25. Which of these do you catch with your hands?

    • A ballcorrect
    • A beanbagcorrect
    • A frisbeecorrect
    • A jump rope

    You catch balls, beanbags and frisbees, but a jump rope is for skipping.

  • Fact or fibLevel 1

    26. You catch a ball with your hands.

    Answer: True

    Open hands help you catch a ball safely.

  • Fill the blankLevel 1

    27. In a game of catch, two players ____ the ball to each other.

    • throwcorrect
    • eat
    • bury
    • hide

    Players throw and catch the ball back and forth between them.

  • Multiple choiceLevel 1

    28. What do you use to catch a ball?

    • Your handscorrect
    • Your feet
    • Your ears
    • Your nose

    You catch a ball by holding out your hands and closing them around it.

  • Odd one outLevel 1

    29. Which one is NOT something you throw or catch?

    • Jump ropecorrect
    • Ball
    • Beanbag
    • Frisbee

    A jump rope is for skipping, while the others are thrown and caught.

  • Build the sentenceLevel 2

    30. Build a true sentence comparing two kinds of throw.

    Answer: An overarm throw goes farther than an underarm throw

    An overarm throw sends a ball farther than an underarm throw.

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 Games and Play

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

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