Sports

1 Brainstorming activity:
make a list of sports in 2 minutes;
say what sport(s) you like and why.
2 Matching:
Students match a series of pictures and
names of famous sports people.

Rafael Nadal
Nadia Comaneci
Michael Jordan
Cristiano Ronaldo
Fernando Alonso

3 Problem solving
The teacher presents some biography
facts from the life of one of these five
people, e.g.
* was born on an island;
* started practicing sports at the age of
three;
when he was under 12 he won his first
tournament;
Spanish tennis player.

 The students are given a set of useful

words: born, live, start, champion,
competition, record.
The children work in groups of three or
four write a short biography of a famous
sportsperson using the given words.
Each group has to guess who the other
groups have written about. They can ask
questions: e.g.
Did she/ he win a lot of medals?
Where is he/she from?
What sport does he/she do?

 Born May 2nd 1975;

Professional football
player;
Started at the age of 17;
Clubs he has played for:
Manchester United,
Preston North End, Real
Madrid, Los Angeles
Galaxy, Milan;
Twice FIFA world Player
of the Year.