A1 Breakthrough Unit 3, Sports

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• ISK
• mavo
• Leerjaar 1

Welcome!

Lesson goal

I can talk about and compare different sports.

Road map

Unit 3: Sports

• Warm-up
• Activity 1: sports-related vocabulary
• Activity 2: comparing sports
• Review

Warm-up

Discuss in pairs:

• Which sports or games are popular in your home country?
• Can you watch these sports on TV?
• Have you ever been to a professional game? If so, which teams were playing and who won?

Sports-related vocabulary:
which ones do you know?
For example, field, goal, kick

Sports-related vocabulary

ball

field

court

on ice

ice skates

glove

block

bat club

stick

catch

helmet

wickets

bowler

assist

runs

header

feet

hands

goal

kick

net

Activity 2: comparing sports

In 4 teams:

Each team finds as many similarities or differences as possible. 

The two sports are:

Similarities	differences
played with a ball	field vs court

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Activity 3: comparing sports

Compare your notes with another team:

Win a point for each correct comparison

Review

• Which sport do you play/like?
• How is that sport different or similar to the sport your neighbour plays/likes?