🏃♀️ GOOD SPORTS!🏊♂️
🎯 1. Vocabulary: Sports and Activities
Let’s learn some fun words about sports and activities we can do indoors or outdoors!
| English | Spanish |
|---|---|
| swim | nadar |
| run | correr |
| climb | escalar |
| dance | bailar |
| fish | pescar |
| skate | patinar |
| sail | navegar |
| skip | saltar a la comba |
| play football | jugar al fútbol |
| go cycling | montar en bici |
| go skateboarding | hacer skate |
🎵 Example:
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I love to dance! 💃 → ¡Me encanta bailar!
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We go swimming on Saturdays. 🏊♀️ → Vamos a nadar los sábados.
🛹 2. Urban Sports
Urban sports are activities that you can do in the city 🏙️, often in the street, park or skatepark.
Examples:
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Skateboarding 🛹
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Parkour 🤸♂️
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BMX 🚴♀️
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Roller skating ⛸️
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Street dance 💃
🗣️ Say it!
➡️ I like skateboarding in the park.
➡️ My brother does parkour in the city.
🎨 Activity:
👉 Draw your favourite urban sport and write:
This is me. I am ________-ing!
(e.g. This is me. I am climbing!)
🏋️ 3. At the Sports Centre
A sports centre is a place where you can do sports. 🏊♂️🏀🏸
🧭 Vocabulary:
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swimming pool → piscina
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gym → gimnasio
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tennis court → pista de tenis
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football pitch → campo de fútbol
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climbing wall → muro de escalada
🗣️ Examples:
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There is a swimming pool where you can swim.
→ Hay una piscina donde puedes nadar. -
This is the gym where I learn to dance.
→ Este es el gimnasio donde aprendo a bailar.
🎲 Activity:
“Find the Place!”
Read and guess:
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It’s a place where you can play tennis 🎾 → (Tennis court)
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It’s a place where you can swim 🏊♂️ → (Swimming pool)
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It’s a place where you can climb 🧗 → (Climbing wall)
💡 4. Grammar: Learn to do something
We use learn to + verb to talk about things we start doing or practising.
🗣️ Examples:
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I am learning to swim. → Estoy aprendiendo a nadar.
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We learn to dance at school. → Aprendemos a bailar en el colegio.
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He is learning to ride a bike. → Está aprendiendo a montar en bici.
🎯 Mini game:
Complete with “learn to…”
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I want to ________ (sail).
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She is ________ (play football).
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We ________ (dance) in the gym.
✅ Answers:
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learn to sail
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learning to play football
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learn to dance
⚡ 5. Adverbs of Manner
We use adverbs of manner to say how we do something.
They usually end in -ly.
| Adverb | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quickly | rápidamente |
| slowly | despacio |
| badly | mal |
| carefully | con cuidado |
| well | bien |
🗣️ Examples:
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He runs quickly. → Corre rápido.
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She dances beautifully. → Baila muy bien.
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They climb carefully. → Escalan con cuidado.
🎮 Game: Move and Say!
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Run quickly! 🏃♂️
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Walk slowly... 🐢
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Dance badly! 😂
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Jump carefully! 🤸♀️
→ Practise the adverbs while moving!
✏️ Challenge Time!
Make 3 sentences using:
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A sport or urban sport
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“learn to”
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An adverb of manner
💬 Example:
I am learning to skate carefully.
We learn to dance well at school.
🌟 Let’s Review
✅ Sports and activities → run, swim, climb, dance...
✅ Urban sports → skateboarding, parkour...
✅ Places → sports centre, swimming pool...
✅ Grammar → learn to do something
✅ Relative clauses → a place where...
✅ Adverbs of manner → quickly, slowly, well...