Sport-themed Lessons

How much do your students know about the origins of the Olympic Games?

Following the lead-in, there is a pre-reading vocabulary-matching exercise, and a text on the history of the games.

This is followed by true/false comprehension questions and vocabulary building exercises.

The lesson rounds off with discussion questions.

This worksheet is written for lower-intermediate level students and above.

It's not long until the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Get your students in the mood with this updated worksheet! This World Cup theme lesson is a good way of reviewing some common structures in conversation. Language reviewed includes: - Can't wait (for something) - Be interested (in something) - Come round (to my house) ... and more There's a conversation, practice exercises and some simple discussion questions. It's an excellent way to make your lessons topical. The British English version (see below) has some vocabulary differences. (Particularly 'football' instead of 'soccer'.)

This worksheet provides extensive practice of 'play/do/go' for sports. It also helps students with the Present Simple tense and adverbs of frequency (often, sometimes etc.). There's an opening question, a gap-fill conversation, practice exercises and lots of pair speaking practice. This worksheet is written for elementary-level students.

This is a great lesson to help your students talk about a game they watched.

Are your students fitness fanatics? Do they lead a healthy lifestyle? Find out with this worksheet!

This higher-level worksheet has reading, vocabulary, summarizing and plenty of discussion practice.

There's also a vocabulary practice page so that you can check your students are memorizing the new language!

Do you have students crazy about football (soccer)? If so, this wordsearch is a good way of filling twenty minutes.

There are seventeen words and phrases hidden in the wordsearch. It's not too difficult, and can be used in the classroom, or set as homework.

This theme lesson is great for intermediate-level students who are into sports.

There's vocabulary building, conversation and discussion practice.

'Talking about Activities' is an excellent way of practicing basic collocations using 'Play', 'Do' and 'Go' for sports and other activities. This worksheet has both a written exercise, and an extended speaking activity. As well as teaching the vocabulary, it's also a great way of giving your students additional practice of the Present Simple. This worksheet is designed for elementary-level students.