Skill Builders: Speaking – Wide World of Sports Lower-Intermediate

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WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS Discuss or debate the questions below. Remember to support your answers!

� Are you a maniac about sports? Why/not?

� Do you play sports now? If yes, which sports do you play? How often do you play them? Please talk with a partner for as long as you can.

� Did you play sports when you were younger? If yes, which sports did you play? How often did you play them? Please talk with a partner for as long as you can.

� Have you ever gone to a big sporting event? If yes, please talk about it for a few minutes with your partner.

� Would you want to go to a big, international sporting event like the Olympics? Why/not?

� What is your favorite sport to play? Why do you like it?

� What is your favorite sport to watch? Why do you like it?

� How often do you watch sports on TV? Which sports do you usually watch?

� Who is your favorite athlete of all time? Why do you like him/her?

� Who is the best athlete in the world today? Why do you think so?

� Who is the best athlete in (sport) today? Why do you think so?

� What is the strangest sport you have ever seen? Why was it so strange?

� What sport do you really hate? Why do you hate it?

� Have you ever wanted to play a sport professionally? If yes, which sport?

� Do you think that athletes get paid too much money?

� Does your country have any unique sports? If yes, please explain.

� Rank the following sports in order, from most interesting to watch to least interesting: 1) badminton, 2) basketball, 3) baseball, 4) cricket, and 5) American football?

� Rank the following sports in order, from most interesting to play to least interesting: 1) soccer, 2) volleyball, 3) tennis, 4) running a marathon, and 5) ping pong?

� Which sport is the most popular in the world?

� Finish this sentence: Sports are..