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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For intermediate levels. Perfect for topics related to sports. What activities are sports? Running and football? Sure. Synchronized swimming? Probably. Ballroom dancing? Maybe. Playing cards? Prob ...
This worksheet contains 8 flags with a list of reasons why people love doing something in their free time (hobbies). It will be useful for practicing subordinate sentences with "because", e.g. I l ...
Here you can find cards with different kinds of hobbies that can be used during the English lessons to practice speaking about this topic. Also these cards may be spread out to practice gerund. St ...
This worksheet is about couchsurfing and it was made for one-on-one lessons (could be used in larger classes too). Ss find out about couchsurfing, read through the official website, watch vid ...
This is a little exercise on the topic of amusement parks. Students need to fill in the gaps and then choose the park that they like the most. Additionaly you can cut out the pictures and let lear ...
Match the names of games with pictures. I printed, coloured and laminated them and I am using them for many things. Young learners can match them, learners can also develop speaking by picking out ...
I often give my students handouts containing prompts for speaking topics. Before giving them out, I make questions based on it and have a discussion with my students open class. Then I ask them to ...
Before showing students an excerpt of the British TV series Poldark where they will see the scenes of a card game at a gambling table, hand out the worksheet. You can find episode 6 of this ...
This short PowerPoint presentation is suitable for teaching and revising different sports and games. It shows the division of sports into different categories, enables students to talk about sport ...
PowerPoint (pictures, cards). You can use it in vocabulary games. Before the presentation ask students what kinds of activities and sports they know. After showing the pictures you can play a ...
This is a ppt about basic children games and some free time activities for elementary level children. You can use the ppt as a kind of introduction for the topics such as like & dislike. The l ...
This is a crossword puzzle about rugby (answer key included). Your students will have fun testing their knowledge on rugby. There are eighteen clues for eighteen words. Students read the clues and ...
This is my second worksheet about the Rugby World Cup. Students learn about the rugby world cup logos. They have to colour in the logos with the matching colours. Each number corresponds to a colo ...
This worksheet is for practising the names of the 20 countries competing at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Divide your class into teams, students have to write the names at the right place, the fastest ...
The worksheet begins with a reading where a woman talks about herself and what she likes or does not like doing. Then students complete a chart with her personal information. After that, they say ...
An information sheet giving vocabulary about bikes (nouns, verbs, adjectives) plus a short fill in the blank exercise. Can be useful when showing videos about bikes to give students the vocab ...
This wordsearch is a very helpful and easy way to get to know some words related to the Olympic Games that take place in different countries every four years. In this sense, this activity will hel ...
Going on a picnic, a reading comprehension. An easy text for beginners with a picture to colour. Students read the text and colour it following the instructions. There are more reading comprehensi ...
This is a powerpoint presentation of a series of pictures of high risk sports. I use it a discussion starter with high level students but it can be used for vocabulary presentation at all levels.& ...
This worksheet can be used to practise vocabulary related to sports equipment. Students will be asked to match the words to the pictures. The list is quite long, which will increase their vocabula ...
This is a set of memo cards. They can be used in present continuous or present simple practice. Topic is mainly: in the park. My students make sentences with them, or play memo game. I use p ...
This PowerPoint presentation presents the activities which are useful for getting in shape. It includes some tips while you're getting exercises, (what to do and what not to do). This presentation ...
This is a quiz about sports taken from the official Guinness World Records website. The quiz is updated for 2014. The topic is sports. The worksheet is divided into student A and student ...
This PowerPoint includes some actions at the playground such as swinging, sliding, running, etc. The grammar is present continuous and it is appropriate for elementary levels. It also contains two ...
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