SPORTS AND HOBBIES

Man uel Blan co Encalada Highsch ool

English Department Caldera

Miss Karen Salinas

SPORTS

• an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment

• SPORTS help us to keep fit and healthy.

• skating

• skiing

• riding

• roller skating

• cycling

• playing badminton

• playing football

• fishing

HOBBIESA hobby is an activity done regularly for pleasure. It is something you like to do when you are free.

Music

• Some people like to listen to music or play music themselves.

• playing the guitar

• playing the piano

• playing the violin

• listening to the radio

• drawing and painting

• playing computer games

• watching television

• doing crosswords

• reading

• gardening

Playing board games

• snakes and ladders

• chess

Collecting things

• People collect lots of different things. Some people collect strange things, like bones of dead animals. The common things for collecting are stamps, coins stickers and postcards.

VERBS GO, PLAY AND DO

• TEAM SPORTS:• I play basketball• I play football• I play baseball• I play voleyball• I play tennis

• We use PLAY with team sports

• INDIVIDUAL SPORTS:• GO+ING• I go swimming• I go skating• I go jogging• I go fishing• I go surfing

VERBS GO, PLAY AND DO

• We use GO with verbs ending in ING

• INDIVIDUAL SPORTS: Not ending in ING, we use PRACTICE or DO

• I practice judo• I practice karate• I practice athletics• I practice

gymnastics

VERBS GO, PLAY AND DO• When we talk about

exercising we use do

• I do exercise.• I do aerobics.• I do push ups• I do sit ups

The Olympic Games• The Olympic Games started in

Greece (place) in about 776 BC (year).

• They were in honor of ZEUS. At the beginning, there was only short sprint. The competitors were young men and they won olive crowns . The spectators were men and unmarried girls that came from all over Greece.

The Olympic Flag• The Olympic rings, consists of

five intertwined rings and represents the unity of the five inhabited continents (America, Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe). These colors were chosen because every nation had at least one of them on its national flag. The flag was adopted in 1914 but flown for the first time only at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.

The Paralympic Games

• Paralympic: an international athletic competition for disabled athletes.

The tremendous efforts a disabled person had to make in his life to rehabilitate and became an unstoppable sportsperson.

The Paralympic GamesA: Do you know any famous paralympic athlete?B: Sure. Robinson Mendez, for example.A: What kind of disability does he have?B: He can’t walk. He uses a wheelchair.A: What nationality is he?B: He is Chilean.A: In what discipline does he stand out?B: He plays tennis, and he is the best paralympic tennis player in

Latin America.

The Paralympic Games

• What are the Paralympic games?• The Paralympic Games are an international multi-

sport event where athletes with a physical disability compete; this includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy.

• The Paralympic Games take place once every four years, and are held immediately after the Olympic Games.