What's your favourite sport?

Keeping fit

Do you do any exercise ?

Listen to a BBC programme in which someone uncovers what BBC Learning English staff do to keep fit and talks to a man who goes to the gym every day, gym manager Rodney Mitchell.

Talking Sport: Usain Bolt

Talking Sport: Usain Bolt

Olympics events

Click here to learn some vocabulary

What sports do you like watching then?

 The flatmates: what sports do you like watching then?

How to use play, do, go and go for

We use the verbs play, do, go and go for with sports and activities.
Play
Play is used with ball sports or competitive games where we play against another person:
'How often do you play tennis?' - tennis is a ball sport.'I play poker with my friends on Friday night.' - poker is a competitive game. We play to win.'I don't like playing computer games.' - again, computer games are competitive so we use play.
do
Do is used for a recreational activity or a non-team sport that does not use a ball:'I heard that you do karate.' - karate is a non-team activity.'I do crossword puzzles in my free time.' - crossword puzzles are not competitive.
go
Go is used with activities that end -ing. We go somewhere to do something:'I'm going fishing on Sunday.''Are you going skiing this winter?''She said she was going swimming.'
go for is used with nouns
go for a swim, go for a bike ride, go for a walk, go for a drive.


Practice
http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/blsport_doplaygo1.htm
www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/417.html

Which Equipment Do You Use To Play Various Sports?

We use many various types of equipment and clothing to play different sports.
You can learn some of this vocabulary here.

Where Do You Play.........?

 Sometimes it's difficult to remember the name of the place where you play certain sports, click  quiz 1 and you'll find some useful vocabulary about the topic.

 Here are the answers to the previous quiz

Past simple/Past perfect

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Maradona and the 'Hand of God'

Click here to listen to the story "Maradonna and the Hand of God"

and say if the following questions are true or false. Then read the text and check your answers.

1. Argentina and England have been enemies on the football pitch for a long time.

2. In a famous 1986 match everyone thought a goal had been scored.

3. Maradona, who is small and well-built, scored a goal by punching the ball.

4. Maradona said at the time that God had told him to score the goal.

5. That goal helped Argentina to become World Champions and England fans have been annoyed by that since 1986.

6. The coach of the losing side, Bobby Robson, said that Maradona's second goal in the 1986 match was very badly played.

David Elleray - Referee

David Elleray is a House Master at the well known Harrow School in London. He has been a teacher all his working life. But he is probably better known for his part-time job as one of England's top football referees.
Listen to the interview

London 2012

Kevin talks about all the preparation needed to get London ready for the Olympics. This video is from www.podcastsinenglish.com, the efl/esl site for learners and teachers of English.

Practice with suffixes

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Noun suffixes

Noun suffixes
Click here to learn some suffixes to make nouns
-ness (nouns from adjectives)
 -ity (nouns from adjectives)

-tion / -sion (nouns from verbs)
-ment (nouns from verbs and adjectives)
-ment is another suffix that is used to make nouns from verbs and occasionally from adjectives
-ance / -ence (nouns from adjectives and verbs)
-ship (abstract nouns denoting different kinds of relationships)
- hood (abstract nouns denoting different kinds of 'families')

Suffixes 2

-er, -or, -ian, -ent, -ant: a person who does something

-ist: a person who specialises in an activity or area of study, or who is a member of a group with particular beliefs

-ee: a person who has something done to him or her

-hood: a state that is closely associated with a period of time

-ology: a subject (often academic) of study

-ion: a state or activity

-age: a state or process

-ce   important - importance,   patient - patience ,violent - violence
-y difficult - difficulty ,modest - modesty ,honest - honesty

Admirable Athletes

Listen as a group of people talk about which professional athletes they admire most.

Obesity epidemic

Click here to read and listen to the article