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HTML
<div id="event">
<ul><li>Activities
<ul> <li>Physical1
<ul> <li>Cricket
<ul><li>OneDay </li></ul>
</li> </ul>
</li> </ul>
</li></ul>
</div>
<div id="activity"></div>
JavaScript
$("#event ul li").on("click", function(event){
event.stopPropagation();
var html = $(this).html()
var word = html.substr(0, html.indexOf(" "));
$("#activity").append(word);
return false;
});