Self-Study Guide

Guide #4 Unit 2

CTP José Figueres Ferrer

Teacher´s Name: Adriana Sanabria Achío

Workshop: English for Conversation
Unit 2: Describe Sports and Pastimes
Level: 9th

Student´s name: Group:

In this guide we are to introduce the topic Sports and leisure activities

 List of sports and Leisure Activities in English

There are many sports and leisure activities but these are the most common so as you go through the list, think
about the ones that you do, play and practice

This is a list of the most common sports in English

athletics motorcycle racing golf soccer

baseball polo gymnastics softball

basketball rugby handball swimming

bowling scuba diving hockey table tennis

car racing skiing horse racing tennis

cycling skin diving jogging volleyball

 This is a list of the most common leisure activities in English

Go to the movies Check Facebook Go dancing Go to the park

Watch TV Blogging Have dinner at a

Go to concerts
restaurant

Watch movies Check the news Play a sport Go shopping

Watch Netflix series Play video games Go out for a coffee Cook
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Spend time with Play an instrument
Hang out Study
family

Do gardening Listen to music Watch YouTube videos Exercise

Go to the gym Read Surf the web Work out

Task#1 Watch the following video to learn some more about sports
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB575zpaE9o&t=8s
 Structures to Talk about Sports and Activities in English

When we talk about sports and leisure activities, we usually talk about what we like and sometimes we say a
thing or two about the ones we don’t like

Some sentences made up with these verbs :

like enjoy

love prefer 3

Check these affirmative sentences about some sports and leisure activities.

 I like playing video games

 I like to play sports
 I love playing basketball
 I love to do exercises
 I enjoy reading books
 I prefer reading magazines

Negative statements that you can make about some sports and leisure activities.

 I dislike going to the gym

 I hate working out
 I don’t like to play sports
 I hate playing soccer
Task#2 Answer the following questions using the structure given above

1. Do you ever play soccer?

2. What’s your favorite sport?

3. Do you like going swimming?

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4. Do you usually go running in the morning?

5. How about going to the gym after classes?

6. Do you like playing chess with high school friends?

7. Do you like watching Netflix Shows?

8. What do you want to do after school?

9. What board games do you want to play?

10. Do you usually go to the beach on the weekends?

*La siguiente rúbrica analítica será utilizada para evaluar su desempeño, por lo tanto, NO debe ser llenada por
el estudiante.

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