Women and Football

Extreme sports

The creeps

The fastest men in the world

The fastest men in the world

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

Homework

Reading on page 9 and exercise f

Past simple/Past perfect

Click here to do some exercises  with past tenses

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

My favourite restaurant

Alex talks about his favorite place to have a nice meal back home in Australia

What qualities do I like in a restaurant?

What qualities do I like in a restaurant?

What's your favourite kind of food?

Healthy eating

Burgers could be as 'addictive as drugs'

Quiz: Healthy eating

Food in Britain

Food in Britain


Carmen looks at the different food that people in Britain enjoy eating and talks about how food in Britain comes from all over the world.

How To Make Spanish Tortilla

How to make Spaghetti Carbonara

Dieting

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1615_6min_extra/page4.shtml

I can talk about diets

I never go on a diet; it's a waste of time. Diets list all the food that is good for you, but few people can keep them up. I haven't put on weight in twenty years. Here's why:

• I eat almost anything, but I don't eat a lot. And I don't eat junk food.
• I drink plenty of water. It's better for you than fizzy drinks, and cheaper too.
• I avoid snacks between meals because most of them are fattening.
• I've cut down on the amount of food I eat in the evening.
• I do/get plenty of exercise.

From Oxford word skills intermediate. OUP

Where to Eat

Six people answer this question:

Do you prefer to eat out or cook at home?

Homework

From the pack of photocopies handed out in class from  English File :
Communicative 1A
From student's book file 1A: page 4 Reading exercise Food: Fuel or pleasure
From workbook: page 4 reading exercise Taking our diet more seriously

Do you eat junk food?

Do you eat junk food? If so, what kind do you eat?