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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First, students watch the video "This is 2012" by the Glory Boys and listen to the song. They have to use the lyrics to solve the activities. In order to understand this song it is necessary to l ...
This ws consists of 20 pictures, 20 sentences and a list with 20 hobbies. The students have to write the name of the hobby under the correct picture and then match the hobbies & the sentences. ...
I'm working with the book "Little Bugs 1", I created this worksheet for students to recognize toys studied previously. There are two activities, in the first one, students need to circle the toy d ...
This is a good way to start talking about sports. There are some vocabulary you might want to teach: mixed, fan of, think, etc. Then, in pairs, ss have to talk about it and then you check comprehe ...
Use this presentation to introduce some sports and, at the end, mimic them with some funny pictures. First, show the picture to ss and ask if they know the name of the sport. Then, explain if we u ...
Reading text about the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games with a multiple choice about the text.Then the students have to match some of the sports mentioned in the text,complete sentences using the ...
This worksheet uses sports vocabulary and the verbs associated with it such as: go swimming, play basketball and do judo. There are images of these sports. Next the student must list the equipme ...
This is a worksheet for teaching future forms with going to, holidays and leisure activities related vocabulary. The first page is basically just a picture dictionary, which can also be used as a ...
This worksheet was used as a test for students in 6th grade. It contains a vocabulary item, where they need to classify hobbies and sports. Reading comprehension, and questions like: Do you practi ...
Students must read about the London Olympics in 2012 as well as previous Olympic Games held in the city. Then the students must answer several questions to do with the text. I created this sheet m ...
It is a very easy comprehension activity for complete beginners. A short video clip can be shown and students are encouraged to speak about their hobbies and their favourite footballer. Then the ...
This is a simple matching activity for teaching or revising sports equipment related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to match the words given with the pictures.
This is a simple power point presentation with pictures about hobbies. It is quite useful for kids. Hobbies such as reading, cooking, riding a horse, swimmimg, skating, running, taking pictures.. ...
30 questions on topics that go with the present simple: free time & hobbies, food & drink, holidays, jobs, animals and sports. Elementary students are able to understand and give answers i ...
It is a test for intermediate pupils. The text is about sports in Britain. Part 2 is about eating, past simple and past progressive, there is also an activity about Easter and the third task invol ...
Here is a pretty simple matching activity for revising sports related vocabulary. The activity is recommended for elementary students who are asked to label the pictures by using the words given. ...
These funny pictures can help you not only to practice Present Continuous tense, but also to revise the sports vocabulary. You can use them to elicit the words that your children has already known ...
Reading comprehension test about a champion and focusing on simple present, this test may suit beginners. It includes a description of a famous sportsman and several activities dealing with compre ...
This is a matching exercise and very easy. It includes some extreme sports's pictures and learners are supposed to match the names of the sports with the pictures. It's suitable for the learners w ...
Instructions for two games that English children like to play. Good for practicing giving instructions. Students read two descriptions of two games. They can translate or/and just play the games. ...
Appropriate for intermediate, upper-intermediate, advanced and proficiency level students of English. Students have to fill the gaps with a suitable tense or verb form of the verbs in brackets. Th ...
It is a worksheet talking about olympic sports. I used it in my class to play this game: I cut the two parts (sport and explanation) and I give one each to my students; then they have to move arou ...
This is a communicative activity for intermediate, upper-intermediate students on the topic of extreme sports. They first get the pictures of the sportsman and try to describe them. Elicit the exp ...
In this worksheet the students will learn vocabulary related to sports; they will have to read different texts about people talking about their favourite sports. After that they will have to decid ...
In this worksheet our students will learn vocabulary connected to sports. In the first activity they will see the difference among do, play and go. They will also learn vocabulary connected to di ...
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