ESL WORKSHEET - Chess (sporting talent)

LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS

KING OF CHESS

LinguaHouse

Apr. 14, 2011

Level: Intermediate (B1-B2)
Type of language: General English
Tags: People and Places; Article Based; Mixed Tenses; Past Tenses; Used to + Infinitive; Present Tenses; Present Perfect; 13-15 Years Old; 16-18 Years Old; 18+ Years Old
Publication date: 04/14/2011

The topic of this lesson is sporting talent. Students read an article on an extremely gifted child chess prodigy from Ireland. In the grammar exercise, there is a review of the simple present, present perfect simple, simple past and used to + infinitive. At the end of the lesson, students talk about sporting talents in their own countries.

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