Leisure+activities

This EFL lesson plan is designed around the theme of leisure activities. Students practice vocabulary, focus attention to the form like+ ing, ask and answer questions and report to class using present simple and adverbs of frequency. **Language level ** : Elementary (B) Pre Intermediate (B1) (B2) **Time ** : 40 minutes **Activity ** : Talking about issues related to leisure activities, reading and matching photos with leisure activities , writing about their own leisure activities **Topic ** : Take it easy **Language ** : leisure activities, vocabulary **Materials ** : photos, questions to ask **Downloadable materials**: <span style="background-color: #9acd32; color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16.363636016845703px;">photos, questions to ask In pairs or small groups, students look at the photos and match as many as they can with the names of the activities. Attention is focused on the form like+ ing, students ask and answer questions about activities they like, they make dialogues and finally report back on themselves and their partners (thereby practicing all persons of the Present Simple), and also review the adverbs of frequency.
 * <span style="background-color: #9acd32; color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">Learner type **<span style="background-color: #9acd32; color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">:Teens
 * <span style="background-color: #9acd32; color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">Overview **

Matching photos and activities.
 * Step 1**

Answers playing football, dancing, skiing, watching TV, going to the gym, taking photographs, cooking, playing computer games, sailing, listening to music, swimming, reading, eating in restaurants, going to the cinema, going running and sunbathing

**Step 2** Choose a student and try to guess what he/ she likes doing. Than ask students to try to guess what you like doing. Ask them to continue in groups choosing five activities from the answers in step 1.

Students ask you questions to find out what you like doing. Then tell students some true things about yourself and encourage them to respond to your likes and dislikes.
 * Step 3 **

Ask students to continue in pairs and go round the class to check and help them. Make sure they use the -ing form.
 * Step 4 **

Finally ask a few students to report on themselves and their partners.
 * Step 5 **

Distribute photocopies of "Adverbs of frequency" to each of the students. Review the expressions, put students in pairs, hand out the questionnaires and get students to complete questions. Divide the class into pairs and get students to interview each other, recording their partner's answers.
 * Step 6 **

Put two pairs together to compare answers, and report back to the class.
 * Step 7 **