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 quiz about the current soccer world cup in Brazil. It is a simple matching exercise that suits all levels, but suits levels up to intermediate best. The key is given, plus two bits ...
These are 16 cards for Group B of the 2014 Football World Cup in Brazil. You can modify it to include the teams you want. Instructions are included, but the gist is that it is a speaking game to p ...
The activity consists of two pages. The first one is a picture glossary containing the vocabulary needed to complete the lyrics of the song We Are One (Ole Ola) by Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez and Clau ...
It´s summer time. You can revise some words related to summer and train your students´ concentration skills and memories with this PPT. Students have to find the matching pairs: they h ...
FIFA World Cup tournament is around the corner and people are getting ready to watch the games. Are you ready for this big event? How much do you know about football (soccer) expressions used by c ...
It's a PowerPoint presentation about typical British sports such as football, tennis, cricket, polo, golf and horse racing. To attract students' attention, the presentations contains colourful pic ...
This worksheet includes a text of approx. 300 words from a real source about a Brazilian goalkeeper with one leg. It has a pre-reading activity with vocabulary from the text and a post-reading act ...
I have just made this worksheet to work with my elementary 6 graders. They love soccer and I can't wait to work with it. First they have to label some pictures then listen to the song and do diffe ...
Conversation activity that practices the present perfect tense, while also teaching vocabulary associated to extreme sports. Presentation contains an example of how to form the tense as well as pi ...
This resource is a great activity to use if you are looking for resources with a World Cup theme. This worksheet includes 10 countries and 10 pictures of the flag of each country. Students match t ...
This word search is a great activity to use if you are looking for resources with a World Cup theme. There are 20 World Cup qualifying teams to find. How many words can you find hidden in the grid ...
A presentation designed to act as conversation stimulus on the topic of technology in sports. Looks at hawk-eye technology used in tennis and football. This was originally used for a class of 16-1 ...
A generic boardgame laid out like an American football field which can be used in a lot of different ways. Students could be required to say a sentence, ask/answer a question or say a vocabulary ...
In this activity students first watch the video and then they work on comprehension activities. You can use this video clip to practice countries and nationalities, information about football play ...
If you are looking for simple activities to practice comparatives & superlatives, you can use this file. You can adapt it to the level of your course. Students will have to compare Nadal, Roge ...
This crossword puzzle helps the learners learn and practice basic common soccer vocabulary and expressions. I have tried to make the content of this activity different from that in the other works ...
This is a simple word search worksheet about basic soccer terms and vocabulary. You can use it with any age group and across different proficiency levels to help the learners practice the spelling ...
This is the key to Learn Soccer Vocabulary Word Search Game (interactive PDF) learn English vocabulary related to soccer. Take this challenge and see if you can guess the right words. Read the clu ...
How much do you know about Soccer World Cup? Take this quiz in English and test yourself. Teachers can use this activity as a trigger for speaking and teamwork. This activity can help the teacher ...
Learn English vocabulary related to soccer. Take this challenge and see if you can guess the right words. Read the clues on the left and try to guess the right word. Click on the first letter of t ...
This worksheet represents a small part of a lesson in which ss were intended to use gradable and non-gradable adjectives within a unit related to sports or activities that are very exciting or dan ...
Students are given a card with the name of a country and a hobby. These cards are on the second page of the worksheet and can be laminated or just printed and cut on cardboard. They ask and answer ...
Read about Cristiano Ronaldo, his career and his family and things that had made him a great soccer player and known all over the world. This has a activity for beginner and elementary studen ...
This is a presentation with free time activities and sports. Can be used as presentation of using modal verb can/can't for expressing ability. Include sports, outdoor activities, sport games, play ...
This is a poster with free time activities and sports. Based on the presentation of using modal verb can/can't for expressing ability. Include sports, outdoor activities, sport games, playing musi ...
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