People like to talk about their favorite sports and personal hobbies which is why it is such a wonderful ESL topic. There are currently 295 sports worksheets that you can choose from that focus on these things. This worksheet includes a listening activity using Madonna’s song “This Used to Be My Playground” as well as several other exercises. It is designed for pre-intermediate and intermediate learners for practice using the past simple and used to. There is even a music video that you and your students can enjoy included on the website. Keep in mind that it will take several repetitions for students to complete all the activities. For other activities look at the rest of the section or narrow down your search by clicking on the subsection link.
The popularity of certain sports and hobbies will vary from country to country and also between age ranges. If you are planning to do a sports or hobbies themed lesson, make a point of choosing topics that will appeal specifically to your learners. This will encourage them to connect with the lesson material and participate fully in activities. If you are unsure what topics they will enjoy, have them complete a short survey or volunteer ideas. It is always best to make sure you are on the right track before creating a lesson plan than to realize midway through the lesson that you chose material incorrectly.
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This short and easy worksheet is for pre-schoolers. Students have to cut out the words in the list of different hobbies and paste them under the correct image. The words are repeated so ...
Biography of Tamara de Lempicka for students interested in the History of Arts. Students take turns to ask each other questions to learn facts about her life. It also presents a definition of Ar ...
This familiar story of a boy with one arm who won a tournament is inspirational and interesting to read. This reader includes activities such as continue the sentence, choose the right o ...
This an easy activity which can be done in the classroom or given as homework. The students are asked to match the pictures with verbs/activities by using 'can'. Visual make it easy to understand. ...
This is a worksheet based on the video "Goofy Basketball" which encourages young learners to start working with worksheets. Even at the end they can do a little of maths using the vocabulary prov ...
In this activity, students begin by completing some collocations associated with free time activities. From there, in pairs or in groups, they use the target vocabulary to plan a fun evening out. ...
Most students like soccer so I thought that it was a good idea to review grammar topics using World Cup. This ppt is an activity using World Cup soccer players as characters to review comparative ...
This is a short text adapted from a blog presenting an interview in reported speech. I have created questions to help students understand the text and also help them prepare for a role play. There ...
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In this lesson, students learn and practise vocabulary related to Olympic winter sports. Students learn words for winter sports, give their opinion, watch a video and play a team game. They can al ...
In this activity, students pair up. Each student receives a list of different items and asks his/her partner "Do you like (insert item from list)?" If the partner says "yes," the student colors in ...
I've designed this worksheet for a class activity which will enable teenage students to work out whether their classmates are adventurous...or not. Students go round the class asking a question st ...
This worksheet is devoted to the topic “Sports in Britain”. The first page includes 4 questions that can be discussed after the first viewing, the second one represents a multiple-choi ...
My beginner class of adults was feeling like working on a song, and we decided on this one because it's so well known by everybody. It seems very easy, but it has a little edge to it, so despite b ...
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I have designed this worksheet based on the movie, Pele: Birth of a Legend. It includes three sections, before watching, while watching, and after watching. It is designed for pre-intermediate lev ...
This typical format is based on practicing the present simple tense focused on daily routines, likes and hobbies. There are 10 different cards, each one with two facts to find out. I think that a ...
A flashcard or flash card is a set of cards bearing information such as words or numbers on either or both sides, used in classroom drills. One writes a question on a card and an answer on t ...
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