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Sports You Love (Les Sports)

Learn the French names for eight sports and the correct articles to use with them. Practise recognising the words through games and say which sports you like in simple J'aime sentences.

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    1 - Which Sport Wins the Vote? ~5 mins

    Illustration for Which sport wins the vote?Which sport does this class play most? Hands up for football, then tennis, then swimming, then anything else. Keep a quiet count. By the end you will cast that vote again, in French.

    By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

    • Name eight sports in French
    • Spot a sport word when you hear it
    • Say which sport you like with J'aime

    2 - Eight French Sports ~10 mins

    Here are today's eight sports. Tap each one, listen, then say it back together.

    Key point

    Watch which take le and which take la: most sports use le, but swimming and running use la.

    3 - Sports Bingo ~10 mins

    You will get a printed bingo card. Listen carefully and mark each sport as you hear it. First full line calls out, then we keep going for blackout so everyone hears every word more than once.

    4 - Into Your Copy ~5 mins

    COPYBOOK MOMENT

    Say it first, then write it.

    Your teacher will show you one sentence: J'aime le football (zhem luh foot-BOL) — I like football.

    We say it together, then a few of you finish J'aime… with a sport from the eight you listened to earlier.

    Open your copy. Write three or four sports you like, each with le or la. Then write one sentence like the model, swapping only the sport word.

    5 - Spin, Mime and Name ~9 mins

    The wheel lands on a sport. Mime it so the class can guess, then say the French name with its article, loud and clear. Finish with J'aime… and that same sport.

    Pupil practice
    Module 5 · Daily Life Explorers
    Lesson 33 · Sports You Love (Les Sports)
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