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ABOUT
English X Level 2
SPORTS! Lesson 2
 TODAY WE’RE GOING TO…
REVISE
body part vocabulary
from the last class. READ
short texts about
world sports.
SPEAK
about our sporting
preferences and
habits. LEARN
.
the names of popular
sports in English.
 Warm Up
● Review Vocabulary Parts of the body: Guessing Game
 TALK WITH YOUR PARTNERS
01 What
sports do
you play
What’s your 04
in your
favourite
free
sport? Why?
02 What
time?
other
physical
Do you have 05
activities
any favourite
do you
teams? What
How often
03 do? are they?
do you
watch
sports?
HOW MANY SPORTS DO YOU KNOW IN
ENGLISH?
Make a list of all
the sports you
know in your
group.
Which group
named the
most?
AVA Activity:
All About
Tennis
 the
Tennis is played on a court with a net in _______
middle. You play _______
it by jumping and hitting a
small, green _______
ball with a racquet. You can play
it with two players _______
or four players and it
________
is popular all over the world, especially in
Europe, the USA and Australia. There are
________
four major tournaments: the Australian
Open, the French Open, the US Open and
Wimbledon.
AVA Activity:
Name the
sports
 Football
___________ involves two teams of 11
players, two goals and a spherical ball.
Players kick the ball with their feet (but
can’t catch the ball with their hands), and
try to score a goal past the opposition
goalkeeper, who can use his hands. This is
the most popular sport in the world and
every four years, there is an international
tournament called the World Cup. Brazil has
won the most World Cups, followed by
Germany and Italy.
____________
Basketba is played in most countries, but
by far ll
the most popular league in the world is in
the USA. There are five players on each team
and they pass the ball by throwing it with their
hands. Points are scored by throwing the ball
through a small metal hoop, which has a net.
You cannot use your feet to kick the ball. The
most famous player in the world right now is
Lebron James.
____________
Golf is an individual sport, where
the goal is to hit a small, white ball into a
small hole, starting usually around 300m
away. The player hits the ball with a long,
skinny, metal club. Each time the ball stops
moving, the player then hits it again from its
new position until the ball is finally inside the
hole. There are 18 holes in total. This sport
is played all over the world and is popular in
most countries. The most prestigious
tournament is the US Masters.
____________
Track & is a general name for many
related sports and events, such as the
Field
100m sprint, the long jump, the high jump
and the javelin (where contestants throw a
long spear as far as they can). This is a
truly international sport, as basically every
country in the world competes in it. It runs
for many days during the Olympics and
there are medals for every event. One of
Colombia’s most famous athletes is
Caterine Ibargüen, who won the gold medal
for the long jump in the 2016 Olympic
Games.
____________
Cycling is another international
sport, as anyone can participate in and
practice it if they have a bicycle. There are
lots of different types of competitions in this
sport, including racing inside a velodrome
and riding through mountains and cities,
but the most famous race in the world is the
Tour de France. This sport is one of the
most popular in Colombia, and the country
has had lots of successful riders, most
notably Nairo Quintana.
___________
Skiing is an individual sport that
people participate in competitively and also
for recreation. It involves sliding down a
snow-covered slope with two long metal
planks attached to your feet, called skis.
This is not a common sport in Colombia, as
there are very few places where it can be
practiced. However, it is extremely popular
in the USA, Europe, New Zealand and
Japan. It can be quite an expensive sport to
practice.
___________
Baseball is a team sport that is
extremely popular in the USA, Canada,
many parts of Latin America and some parts
of Asia. There are nine players on each
team, but the game is based around one
person (the pitcher) throwing the ball past
a person with a bat (the batter/hitter), who
tries to hit the ball. There are eight players
on the field with the pitcher and they are
called fielders. There are four bases and a
run is scored by running around them until
you touch the original (home) base. The
Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees are
two of the most famous teams.
___________
Boxing is a type of competitive
fighting, in which two people attempt to
punch each other in the head or chest.
Each fight consists of up to 15 rounds of
three minutes. A competitor wins by
scoring the most points according to
judges, or by knocking their opponent
unconscious. A fighter must wear gloves in
order to participate and punching below
the waist is prohibited. The most famous
fighter in this sport was Muhammad Ali.
 GUESS THE VERB

Hit Catch

Kick
Ride
Throw

Jump
 TIME TO PRACTICE!
THINK
of a sport we just
learned about. SEE
if your partners can
guess which sport it
is.

DESCRIBE
the sport IN YOUR GUESS
OWN WORDS to your the sports your
partners without using partners describe!
its name.
OPEN DISCUSSION: Talk about PARTS OF
THE BODY we use for different sports.

What are the

1. What your favourite sport?

Talk about your favourite sport to a partner

Today we:
• reviewed vocabulary about the body
• read a description of different sports
• wrote a description of our favourite sport
• talked to others about our favourite sport