Throughout this lesson your student(s) will be introduced to different types of sports and leisure activities. The lesson includes several pictures and speaking prompts to encourage students to use new vocabulary words in the correct context.In this lesson, your student(s) will also learn to differentiate sports, leisure activities and games. With help, they will be able to describe how these are played or completed.Moreover, your student(s) will gain the knowledge to match vocabulary words and complete sentences with the relevant images. As well, they will learn to fill in the blanks of sentences with the correct words.Finally your student(s) will learn to practice using words and verbs in different contexts. In particular, you should encourage them to to use the verbs play, do and go with the vocabulary learned. By the end of the lesson, your student(s) should be able to form sentences independently and to ask you or their classmates related questions.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register a free Off2Class account.
V10.1 - Sports and leisure
Lesson 1/2
football
piano
cinema
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Which words do you know?
What do you do in your free time?
Do the images show sports, leisure activities or games?
A
B
D
C
E
Do you play sport?
C
A
B
Football or soccer?
This sport is known as
football in many countries,
but as soccer in America,
Canada, Australia and other
nations.
Some countries have their
own sport called football,
such as American Football
and Australian Rules
Football.
Do you do any leisure activities?
C
A
B
Match pictures to sentences
A
B
C
David
plays golf
at the
weekend.
Dimitri is
playing
tennis.
Fred plays
baseball.
Do you know these sports?
C
A
B
Match pictures to sentences
C
A
B
Helen likes to
play table
tennis.
Jeff plays ice
hockey on
Tuesdays.
Cricket is a
very popular
sport in India.
Katie and Derek play board
games in winter.
We use play with some sports and activities
C
A
Jared sometimes plays
cards with his friends.
B
Daryl doesn’t play
American football anymore.
What do they play?
C
A
Andrew plays…
Tom...
B
D
Gary...
Alex and Heather…
Where do people play?
1.
Tony plays golf each Thursday at a golf course.
2.
The players run on the basketball __________.
3.
A football match takes place on a _________.
4.
You play ice hockey on a __________.
golf course
rink
pitch
court
You need equipment to play sports
A
You need a golf ball and a
club to play golf.
B
You need a stick and a
puck to play ice hockey.
Match the words
a board and dice
a bat and a ball
a bat and ball
a racquet and ball
You need...
baseball
tennis
a board game
cricket
to play…
Equipment