Friday 18 October 2013

Wednesday 11 September 2013

Monday 29 July 2013

TEEN SPORTS STARS

ACTIVITIES

A) Watch the first two minutes of the video “Teenage Alex Ovechkin on World Trans Sport” and decide: true (T) or false (F)? Correct the false statements

1. Alexander is an American ice hockey player. __
2. His dream is to be the best player in the world. __
3. His mother is called Adriana. __
4. His father was a professional footballer. __
5. His family are his biggest fans. __




B) Now let’s read about Crina “Coco” Popescu

a.  Go to http://www.tedxbucharest.ro/talks/ and click on Crina “Coco” Popescu to read about her.

b. Look up the words you don’t know in the following online dictionaries:

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/
http://www.wordreference.com/

c. Answer about Crina

What sport does she practise? _____________________________
Where is she from? _______________________________
How old is she? _______________________________
Why is she famous?  _______________________________

C) HOMEWORK:  Find information about another young sports star (name, age, nationality, sports abilities, likes and dislikes, why is he/she famous) on the Internet. Write a short text about him/her for next class.

Monday 17 June 2013

Sports

Learn and practice sports vocabulary with the following sites- Read the instructions carefully and then click on the pictures.

  • Activity One: Practise words for sports with this game. Read the clues. Can you guess the words before the monkey gets squashed?



  • Activity Two:Skiing, surfing, climbing and table tennis are fun sports, but they all need special equipment. What do you need for each sport?

  • Activity Three:Are you a fan of football? Play this game to see how many football words you know. Can you beat the keeper? Good luck!