Unit 8 — Hobbies and Sports

Track E · Klasse 5 · Niveau E

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

  • I can name 10 hobbies and 8 sports.
  • I can use can / can’t and to be good at + -ing.
  • I can run a 90-second Find Someone Who mingling task.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

  • 3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
  • 3.1.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
  • 3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
  • 3.1.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Lead-in story Link to heading

Theo can do a perfect cartwheel on the school field. He cannot, however, fold a T-shirt. Mia can fold a T-shirt with surgical precision. She cannot do a cartwheel without falling onto her dignity. Frida the fox watches both attempts and writes nothing down. Foxes do not need cartwheels.

1. Activate Link to heading

Mime corner. Teacher mimes 8 hobbies; class shouts the English.

2. Input Link to heading

Vocabulary — hobbies and sports Link to heading

Hobbies: reading, drawing, painting, dancing, playing the guitar, singing, baking, gardening, video games, photography. Sports: football, basketball, tennis, swimming, running, cycling, skateboarding, climbing, judo, yoga.

Grammar — can / can’t + be good at + -ing Link to heading

can / can’t + base verb:

  • I can swim. / I can’t ride a unicycle.

be good at + noun or -ing verb:

  • Mia is good at maths.
  • Theo is good at swimming.
  • Are you good at drawing?

3. Practise Link to heading

Niveau E — controlled Link to heading

  1. Build: I __________ swim, but I __________ swim 100 metres. (can / can’t)
  2. good at: Theo / football → ___ ; Mia / drawing → ___ .

Niveau E — productive Link to heading

  1. Mini-survey: write three Find someone who questions for a partner.
  2. Negative + question: He can’t / Can he? — three sentences each.
Answer key

Controlled. 1. can / can’t. 2. Theo is good at football. Mia is good at drawing.

Productive. 3-4. Open.

4. Produce Link to heading

Find Someone Who. Walk around with a list of 8 things (can play chess / can ride a unicycle / is good at baking / can swim 50 metres / …). Get signatures. 90 seconds.

Sample Link to heading

— Can you play chess? — Yes, I can. — Sign here, please!

5. Reflect Link to heading

  • I can name 10 hobbies and 8 sports.
  • I can use can/can’t and be good at + -ing.
  • I can mingle for 90 seconds in English.

One thing in your notebook: Write one sentence that uses something you learned in this Unit.

Exam example Link to heading

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)
Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Lina can play the piano very well. She can also swim 100 metres. She can’t ride a horse, but she wants to learn. She is very good at drawing.”

  1. Two things she can: ___ . 2. Distance she can swim: ___ . 3. Cannot: ___ . 4. Good at: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (8 BE) Link to heading

Read.

“Theo plays football twice a week. He is good at passing but bad at heading. He can ride a bike, ride a skateboard, and bake bread. He can’t yet bake a cake.”

  1. How often football: ___ . 2. Good at: ___ . 3. Three other things he can do: ___ . 4. One thing he can’t yet do: ___ .

Task 3 — Use of English (8 BE) Link to heading

Fill in can/can’t or be good at + -ing.

  1. I __________ ride a bike.
  2. ___ you ___ a unicycle? (ride)
  3. Mia __________ (good / draw) horses.
  4. We __________ (good / cook) pasta.

Task 4 — Writing (6 BE) Link to heading

Write 5–6 sentences about your hobbies. Use can/can’t twice and be good at + -ing once.

Answer key
T1. play piano / swim 100 m, 100 m, ride a horse, drawing. T2. twice a week, passing, ride a bike / skateboard / bake bread, bake a cake. T3. 1. can, 2. Can ride, 3. is good at drawing, 4. are good at cooking. T4. Open.
Notenschlüssel (von 30)
| 28–30 | 1 | 24–27 | 2 | 20–23 | 3 | | 15–19 | 4 | 9–14 | 5 | 0–8 | 6 |

Downloads Link to heading

**Slide deck timing.** 45 minutes total. Lead-in 3 min · Activate 4 min · Input 12 min · Practise 8 min · Produce 13 min · Reflect 5 min.

Differentiation — support (below Niveau E).

  • Ask: Can you ___? / Are you good at ___? (chess, baking, swimming, drawing)
  • Say yes: Yes, I can! / Yes, I am. → Sign here, please.
  • Say no: No, sorry, I can’t. / No, I’m not.
  • Handy words: play chess, ride a bike, bake a cake, swim 50 metres, good at singing, good at running

Extension (above Niveau E / Oberstufe).

After collecting your signatures, turn your class into data: report in full sentences which ability was the most common and which was the rarest (Most classmates can …, but almost nobody is good at …). Then argue in three or four sentences whether team sports or solo hobbies bring people together more, giving at least one clear reason for your view.

Common pitfalls Link to heading

  • can to swim → ✗ — can + base verb.
  • She cans dance → ✗ — can never takes -s.
  • good in → ✗ / good at → ✓.

Further reading / listening Link to heading

  • BBC Sport — short kids’ articles.
  • British Council — Hobbies topic.

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The vocabulary, dialogues and reading texts of this unit as audio, spoken by a native voice. The spoken text is shown beneath each clip.

Text 1
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"I can swim and I can ride a bike, but I can't play the guitar. My brother can play the guitar very well, but he can't swim."

Text 2
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"Mia loves reading and drawing. She can paint very well. She can't play any instrument. On Saturdays she goes cycling with her brother."