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 is a short vocabulary activity about sports/hobbies in Canada which can be used to introduce a chapter about the different English-speaking countries. The students must unscramble the words t ...
This is matching activity for teaching or revising sports and games related vocabulary. Students are asked to look at the pictures and then match them with the words given. The activity is also a ...
I found it on isabelperez.com and I have adapted it for my students. They just practice do, play and go with the proper sport. It is a short exercise to do when I feel that they are getting bored ...
Here's a classroom poster, which can also be used as a picture dictionary or a study sheet, for elementary students. There are 32 different sports presented by amazing illustrations of animals.
This is a worksheet on sports related vocabulary, which includes a picture dictionary and a wordsearch puzzle. Recommended for elementary students, it is available in 2 different sizes ( formats) ...
The 2nd ppt to revise vocabulary on hobbies. This time you've got 26 animated slides + 4 slides with extra activities to be done after watching both ppt. They're supposed to encourage students to ...
This is the 1st ppt with vocabulary about free time activites and hobbies. There are 26 animated slides with attractive clipart thanks to Philip Martin. There are extra activities to revise the vo ...
I found this .ppt & edited it by adding more sports to it so you'll find more than 25 different type of sport. It will help your students recognize a wide range of sports with some questions a ...
32 pictures with different sports and a list of sports. The students have to match the sport and the name and write it under the correct picture. The ws can be used to talk about the students' fav ...
This is a one page activity that will test the skills of of the student on how well they know their vocabulary words on the different hobbies and sports. Students will complete the sentences using ...
After watching the movie " The game of their lives" students have to answer several questions about the movie. It is a very interesting movie about the history of European Football in America. It ...
The worksheet consists of 32 pictures of hobbies or free tiem activities and their names. Students have to match the pcitures and the names and write down the correct name under the correct pictur ...
The worksheet consists of 32 pictures with 32 names of free time activities to revise/ learn vocabulary about hobbies. Students have to match the names of the activities with the pictures and writ ...
This is a worksheet designed for intermediate students on extreme sports related vocabulary. There are 2 exercises in which students are asked to identify the sports in the pictures using the nam ...
This is a test suitable for elementary students, on sports related vocabulary. Students are asked to read the test, answer the comprehension questions, unscramble the words and write the names of ...
This worksheet is formed around today's football super star, Lionel Messi and is suitable for the intermediate-upper intermediate level of students. The material is divided into four parts. The fi ...
This wordsearch puzzle is aimed for teaching sports related vocabulary. Students are asked to find the words hidden in the grid and then match them with the pictures. Answer key and black and whi ...
The game "Who wants to be a millionaire" can be used to revise various topics, e.g. holidays, sport, education, etc. One or two students in turns are supposed to answer 15 questions on a particula ...
Leisure activities and Hobbies board game to go with the worksheet on the topic which can be found here. Students advance on the board with dice. They are asked to make a sentence using the pictu ...
This is a worksheet to consolidate the vocabulary learnt on the topic of leisure activities and hobbies. The front page is basically just a vocabulary sheet and the second page has 2 different ex ...
Summer Activities Flashcards are good for speaking about students' summer holidays at the beginning of a new school year. They also can be used for making dialogues. There are eight nice flashcard ...
This is a boardgame to improve sports related vocabulary and the present simple tense, affirmative, negative and interrogative forms. Students use the die and move forward, when they land on a sq ...
Newspaper articles can be used in ELT in a variety of ways. The best strategy is to pay attention on the language used or the topic itself while reading. Then all you have to do is to choose an ar ...
This is a word search about Olympics-related vocabulary. There's a combination of verbs and nouns that can be useful to teach to Ss when talking about sports in general and Olympics in particular. ...
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