Learning module 6: The city and the village
Spanish A1.40: Sports and exercise
Deportes y ejercicio
- Aprende los deportes (Learn the sports)
- Habla sobre los deportes que practicas (Talk about the sports you practice)
- Real Madrid y Barça: el fútbol español (Real Madrid and Barça: Spanish football)
- Adverbios de tiempo (frecuencia y duración) (Time adverbs (frequency and duration))
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Conversation exercise Share Copied!
- Nombra el tipo de deporte y di si lo practicas en equipo (o en pareja) o solo. (Name the type of sport and say if you do it as a team (or a pair) or alone.)
- ¿Haces deporte? ¿Con qué frecuencia? (Do you do sports? How often?)
- ¿Te gusta ver deportes? (Do you like to watch sports?)
Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes
Example phrases:
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El voleibol es un deporte de equipo. Volleyball is a teamsport. |
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La natación es un deporte individual. Swimming is an individual sport. |
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Como deporte practico boxeo. As sports I do boxing. |
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Me gusta jugar al tenis. Juego al tenis todos los miércoles y sábados. I like to play tenis. I play tenis every Wednesday and Saturday. |
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No me gusta ver deportes. Me canso. I do not like to watch sports. I get tired. |
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Me gusta ver partidos de baloncesto. I like to watch basketball games. |
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Exercises Share Copied!
These exercises can be done together during conversation lessons or as homework.
Exercise 1: Reorder sentences
Instruction: Make correct sentences and translate.
Exercise 2: Translate and use in a sentence
Instruction: Pick a word, translated and use the word in a sentence or dialogue.
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El ciclismo
Cycling
2
La gimnasia
Gymnastics
3
El fútbol
Soccer
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Nadar
To swim
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El tenis
Tennis
Exercise 3: Verb conjugation
Instruction: Choose the correct verb and tense.
nadas, corren, nadamos, corremos, corres, corréis, corro, nadáis
Exercise 4: Adverbios de tiempo (frecuencia y duración)
Instruction: Fill in the correct word.
Siempre, durante, Todos, Cada, A veces, De vez en cuando, Nunca, a menudo
Additional learning materials Share Copied!
Appendix 1: Extended vocabulary table Share Copied!
Core vocabulary
(15):
Verbs: 4,
Nouns: 11,
Context vocabulary:
9
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| Corre | He runs |
| Correr | To run |
| Corro | Run |
| El atletismo | Athletics |
| El baloncesto | Basketball |
| El boxeo | Boxing |
| El ciclismo | Cycling |
| El deporte | The sport |
| El fútbol | Soccer |
| El gimnasio | The gym |
| El karate | Karate |
| El tenis | Tennis |
| Equipos | Teams |
| Hace ejercicio | He exercises |
| Hacer ejercicio | To exercise |
| Haces ejercicio | Do you exercise |
| Juegan | They play |
| Jugadores | Players |
| Jugar | To play |
| La gimnasia | Gymnastics |
| La natación | Swimming |
| Nadar | To swim |
| Partido | Match |
| Rivalidad | Rivalry |
Appendix 2: Verb conjugation tables for this lesson Share Copied!
Correr to run Share Copied!
Presente
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| yo corro | I run |
| tú corres | you run |
| él/ella corre | he runs |
| nosotros/nosotras corremos | We run |
| vosotros/vosotras corréis | you run |
| ellos/ellas corren | they run |
Nadar to swim Share Copied!
Presente
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| yo nado | I swim |
| tú nadas | You swim |
| él/ella nada | he swims |
| nosotros/nosotras nadamos | We swim |
| vosotros/vosotras nadáis | you swim |
| ellos/ellas nadan | They swim |
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