NAME___________________________

GROUP____________
LISTEN TO AN INTERVIEW ABOUT MICHAEL PHELPS TYPICAL DAY. CIRCLE THE CORRECT
OPTION
How many hours does Michael spend swimming?
4

What does he love doing in his free time?

Listening to the radio

Watching TV

Playing video games

Does he cook?
Never

Sometimes
eat?

What does he usually

Meat

Always

Chicken

Bread

He wanted to
Be in the Olympic history

start diving

win 8 gold medals

Listen again and tick the correct options

Michaels pet is a cat
He loves dining out
He likes adding cheese to his food
His activities are sleeping, eating and swimming
WRITING
Complete the diagram about a person you admire (famous or not)

Hobbies:
Job:

Nam
e:

Date/
place
of
birth

Important events:

Nationality:

text.
Now choose one topic
a. Write about the person in Activity 3.
Use the information included in the diagram.
b. Who is your favourite sports personality?
Tell your teacher about him/her.
You can use the diagram to organize your

NAME___________________________________________

GROUP______________

NAME___________________________________________

GROUP______________

Read the article carefully

Michael Fred Phelps II was born on June 30 of 1985, in Baltimore, Maryland,

USA. He is the youngest of three children. When their parents divorced,
Michael and his two sisters went to live with their mother in Towson, Maryland.
He started swimming when his sisters joined a local swim team in 1992. By
1999, Phelps had made the U.S. National B Team. At the age of 15, Phelps
became the youngest American male swimmer at an Olympic Games in 68 years. Still, he didnt win a
medal in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. He set the world record in the 200-meter butterfly at the
age of 15. From that moment on, he broke his own record and also set the world record in other styles.
He is now a famous retired swimmer and the most decorated Olympian of all times, with a total of 22
medals. Phelps also holds the all-time record for Olympic gold medals, this means he won more
swimming medals than anyone else in the world. In the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Phelps
won four gold medals and two silver medals; this made him the most successful athlete of the Games
for the third Olympics in a row.
In 2012 he announced his retirement and started a foundation, a program offering swimming lessons
to children with special needs.
Adapted from en.wikipedia.org and www.biography.com

COMPLETE MICHAEL PHELPS PROFILE WITH INFORMATION FROM THE TEXT

Name:
Birthday date:
Family:
First Olympics:
Last Olympics:
ARE THE SENTENCES TRUE (T) OR FALSE (F). Underline and number the evidence in the text
a- Michael is American
b- He holds the Olympic swimming medals record.
c- He didnt participate in the London Summer Games.
d- He still swims.
READ THE TEXT AGAIN AND ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS

What made Michael the most successful athlete at the last Olympic Games?
How old is Michael at present?
How many medals did he get in his career?
What does he do for the community?

NAME___________________________________________

GROUP______________

TIME TO WRITE!
Complete the diagram about a person you admire (famous or not)

Hobbies

Date/
place
of
birth

Job

Nam
e:
age

Important
events in
his/her life

Nationality

Now choose one of the topics below

a. Write about the person you chose in activity 3, introduce that person to
your teacher. You can use the information included in the diagram
b. Who is your favourite sports personality? Tell your teacher about him/her.
You can use the diagram to organize your text