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Sport Unit: ESL Activities for Teens

Fans, players and people who hate PE all have something to say. Mix vocabulary with real opinions and a match report.

Age
Ages 12–17
Level
A2–B2
Skill
Vocabulary · Speaking
Time
45 min
Format
Teacher guide
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What's in the pack

7 free resources from the site, ready for the board or the printer.

Classroom tool

A 45-minute lesson

One way to run the pack as a full lesson. Swap any step for your coursebook's own activity.

  1. 5min

    1. Warm-up

    Sports word scramble in teams, scored on the scoreboard.

    Letter Forge (word scramble): Sports →
  2. 10min

    2. Present

    Sports slides; students sort each sport into play / go / do on the board.

    Sports slides →
  3. 10min

    3. Practise

    Irregular past slides as a quick review; add the sport verbs yourself (won, lost, beat, scored), then pairs write a five-line report of a match they saw.

    Grammar slides: went, saw, ate (irregular past) →
  4. 15min

    4. Speak

    The B1 sport questions in groups of three; each group agrees on one 'hot take' to share.

    Discussion questions: Sport →
  5. 5min

    5. Wrap-up

    Groups share their hot take; the class reacts with 'I agree / I'm not sure / No way!'

Total: 45 minutes

Three extra practice tasks

Written for this theme, no printing needed. Use them as fillers, homework ideas or a second lesson.

  1. 1. Live commentary

    Two students mime a sport in slow motion; a third commentates live in the present continuous.

    Model languageAnd she's running… she's passing the ball… she's scoring!

  2. 2. Invent a sport

    Groups combine two sports into a new one and explain the rules with have to / can / can't.

    Model languageIn 'basket-tennis' you have to hit the ball into a basket with a racket.

  3. 3. Sports quiz show

    Each team writes five questions about sport for another team. Keep score on the scoreboard tool.

    Model languageHow many players are there in a volleyball team?