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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A good worksheet to practice speaking and weekend/ free time / leisure time vocabulary . I have used this with Elementary, Pre-Int and Int, and it can be adjusted according to the level. I l ...
This is a great piece of lesson - introducing yourself on example of 2 football clubs - Chelsea and Benfica (finalists of Champion League) - could be further extended with the report on football m ...
This is a reading comprehension worksheet for pre-intermediate students on sports related vocabulary.Students are asked to read the text, answer the questions, find out whether the statements giv ...
A set of 10 questions, each of which begins with "What do you need..." There are several ways how to use them. Elementary students can make word lists as answers; these can be more specifically ma ...
This is to be used when working with adventure sports as controlled practice or for later revision. For FCE level focus on adventure sports and equipment used. Obviously there should be ...
This ppt is all about things we see in the playground. Children were first shown the pictures slide by slide and then they were asked to identify the things they know.Then they were asked to descr ...
This presentation helps to develop children's knowledge about sports (games and activities). It includes 8 components. You can teach your pupils in the form of play to use new words. It's an inter ...
This is a worksheet about different games. The students must look at the pictures and match them to the new vocabulary. This is vocabulary about cards, darts...Then the students must complete the ...
This worksheet helps the children to identify different hobbies and categorise them. When children do this worksheet they can think about each hobby and can decide on a hobby for them. It motivat ...
This is a 2-part video worksheet. Students watch the trailer and complete the sentences with the missing word (they've been given the first letter except for where a number is needed). You'll want ...
This is a simple writing activity for elementary students who are asked to write a small composition about the way they spend their leisure time, they may answer the questions given to guide the ...
This is an icebreaker or closing activity, it's for sports activities. The students must walk around the classroom asking others the questions and if the sport is their favorite one, or if they ca ...
Video activity about Barcelona soccer and Lionel Messi and it can be used with students who like soccer. Also you can find vocabulary and answer key. I hope you enjoy it! It contains two links wh ...
This is a worksheet about hobbies and free time activities. The activity is about completing the words given with the missing vowels. It can be used at the beginning of a lesson as a warm-up activ ...
It is a worksheet related to the topic of hobbies, namely collecting thingss. It can be used in lessons dealing with young kids practising their free time activities in holidays.
This worksheet is about some of the more well known sports of the Summer Olympic Games. Students read a text and then do a matching exercise about the sports they read about. The matching is made ...
A set of cards with vocabulary concerning hobbies and interests (including verbs like, love, enjoy, prefer). You can use them in different ways: 1) As a simple exercise: students make sentences co ...
With this colourful classroom poster students will learn 24 new words related with sports. It can also be used as a picture dictionary or a study sheet for elementary students. The file is availa ...
This worksheet has been created in order to help young colleagues to implement new words that are very important for this topic. the parts of the speech have been shown, the pros and the cons are ...
This is a critical thinking activity (crossword) for Elementary students about the Olympic Games in which students can recognize some sports of the olympic games.
This is a simple to read and understand fact sheet about the basic structure of a Past-Continuous sentence/s. Indispensable in any TEFL/ESL classroom. Teachers may hand it out at the end of the ...
Yo-Yee School Subjects - Flashcards / Pictionary worksheet for young students. You can hand out this worksheet as a Pictionary / Vocabulary List. Also students can circle the correct answer of th ...
It's a power point presentation about football. In the beginning,there are some questions to be discussed in pairs or in groups. Right after, there's a quiz about football world, this activity can ...
This is a reading tasks with follow up discussion tasks. I have added some explanations to the words I thought my students would find problematic to deal with. We also discussed the grammar struct ...
This worksheet has a variety of sports that are played at the Olympics. It is a great tool for class competitions. I have found it provides fun for learners of almost any level from high level ...
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