1. 把“篮球”“足球”“排球”等看作一种具体的东西时，是可数名词，可与冠词或其他限定词连用。如：
The basketballis mine. 这个篮球是我的。
This is my volleyball, not yours. 这是我的排球，不是你的。
The PE teacher bought five footballsyesterday. 体育老师昨天买了5个足球。
2. 若把“篮球”“足球”“排球”等看成一种体育活动，则为不可数名词，且一般不与限定词连用。如：
They all like to play volleyball. 他们都喜欢打排球。
Basketball is my favourite game. 篮球是我最喜欢的体育项目。
Football is played all over the world. 全世界都有人踢足球。
单词：volleyball的近义词、反义词、形近词辨析
ball/balloon/hall/basketball/(basket)/baseball/volleyball/football/soccer/rugby/badminton/dance/ballet/sing/song
记忆：
1. ball n. 球，舞会 Don’t take the ball to the ball in the hall. 别把球带到大厅里举行的舞会上去。
2. balloon oo联想气球形状，n联想系气球的线；balloon n. 气球 Some advertisements hang from the huge colorful balloons at the ceremony. 开幕式上巨型彩色气球下挂着一些广告。
3. hall h 联想大厅的支柱，hall, n. 大厅 A lot of important conferences have been held in the People’s Hall. 人民大会堂里举行过很多重要的会议。
4. basket 篮子；basketball, n. 篮球 I used to play basketball a lot in the afternoon. 我过去经常在下午打篮球。
5. base 基地；baseball n.棒球, 棒球运动 Baseball is not popular here. 这儿并不流行棒球。
6. volleyball n.排球 When can Chinese volleyball be outstanding again? 中国排球何时再现辉煌？
7. football n.足球 Every Chinese sighs at the mention of Chinese man football. 一提到中国男子足球，每个中国人都会叹口气。
8. soccer n. 英式足球 Soccer is popular in Britain. 足球在英国很受欢迎。
9. rugby n. 橄榄球 （亦作： Rugby football）
10. badminton n. 羽毛球 We are proud of Chinese badminton teams. 我们为中国羽毛球队感到骄傲。
11. dance n. & vi. 跳舞，舞会 Dance helps keep fit. 跳舞有助于保持健康。
12. ballet 音“芭蕾”， n. 芭蕾舞 To perform ballet, you need to get special training. 要表演芭蕾，你需要接受特殊训练。
13. sing 音似“声” v. 唱歌
14. song n. 歌曲
另类阅读：
How happy they are! Some are singing songs in the hall, some are dancing ballet in the ball, some are playing basketball, volleyball, badminton or football, and some are playing with colorful balloons.
与单词：volleyball 相关的例句或者名人名言
I will go to the volleyball match this evening.
我今晚要去参加排球赛。
We play volleyball after class.
放学后我们打排球。
We like to play volleyball on the beach.
我们喜欢在沙滩上打排球。
