ENGLISH WORKSHEET #___

Name: ___________________________________

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

Sometimes

Always

Chicken

Brownies

visit diving spots

win 8 gold medals

Does he cook?
Never
What does he eat?
Meat
He wants to
make Olympic history

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

ENGLISH WORKSHEET #___

Name: ___________________________________

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? ________________________________________________

ENGLISH WORKSHEET #___

Name: ___________________________________

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

Hobbies

Date/
place of
birth

Job

Name:
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