Conversation Activity Pack – Sports and Fitness

This activity pack will allow you to conduct a complete conversation session (or even multiple sessions) lasting at least 120 minutes on the topic of sports, fitness and exercise. Pick and choose the right activity for your lesson plan or replace it entirely. This activity pack comes with 8 activities including:

• an activity for listening comprehension and speaking activity on pages 2 and 3 on the topic of exercise addiction;

• two conversation worksheets on the theme ‘Sports, Fitness and Me!’ on pages 4 and 5, to distribute and have your students complete individually, followed by presentations;

• a sheet for organizing class debates on page 6 (explanations are provided on the sheet) and debate topics to print, cut out, or display on the screen for online classes;

• a speaking game: ‘Guess the Sport!’ on page 7 (the game rules are provided on the sheet); Note: If you think your learners are not familiar with these sports, you can give them the list and study it with them before the game;

• a creative speaking activity: ‘Invent a Sport’ on pages 8 and 9. (You should first cut out the small pieces from page 9, then organize your learners into teams and give each team a copy of page 8 to complete the activity. Instructions can be found on those pages;

• a speaking activity: ‘Are We on the Same Page?’ on page 10, where learners will explain which sports or physical activities they find the most difficult, dangerous, unusual, etc.;

• a vocabulary list about sports on page 11, with two vocabulary exercises on page 12;

• answer keys for the listening comprehension and vocabulary exercises on page 13.