Ball

Verb + ball

  • play with a ball

  • throw a ball

  • catch a ball

  • bounce a ball

  • a ball rolls

  • miss the ball

Exercise

Verb + ball

  1. Jordan bounced the ball two or three times, then threw it into the basketball net.

  2. I watched the children playing with a ball in the park.

  3. The baby's ball rolled across the floor and went under the chair.

  4. I swung the bat wildly at the ball, but I completely missed it!

  5. See if you can catch the ball when I throw it to you. Try not to drop it.

Notes

  1. If I throw the ball to you, I want you to catch it. However if I throw a ball at you, I'm trying to hit you!

  2. In a game of football, you can't touch the ball, but you can kick it, head it or pass it:

  • I'm sure he was trying to kick me and not the ball. He's a really dirty player!

  • Gabriel jumped above all the other players and headed the ball past the goalkeeper into the net.

  • He's a really greedy player. He never passes the ball!