Free Printable Sports Worksheets for Beginner ESL Students
These sports worksheets are designed to help beginner ESL students learn the names of sports in English. Add them to your sports lesson plan to create a fun and interactive class. Below you’ll find vocabulary worksheets for practicing reading and writing sports words, plus speaking activities to get students making dialogues with questions like “Do you like tennis?” and “Are you good at soccer?”
Sports Spelling Practice Worksheet
Look at each sports picture and fill in the missing letters to complete the word. A fun way to reinforce sports vocabulary and spelling.
Information Gap – Sports Likes and Dislikes
In this pair-work activity, learners ask and answer questions to find out which sports different people like. Perfect for practicing “Does he like…?” and “Yes, he does / No, he doesn’t.”
Class Survey – What Are You Good At?
Get the class moving with a survey game where they ask classmates which sports they’re good at. Builds speaking confidence with “I am good at…” sentences.
Sports Bingo Game
Arrange nine sports pictures in a 3×3 grid and play bingo as the teacher calls out sport names. Great for reviewing vocabulary in a lively way.
Sports Matching Worksheet
Unscramble the letters to spell the sport’s name, then match it to the correct picture.
Sports Writing Practice
Students write each sport name three times. Great for students who need a little more practice writing and spelling these words.
Sports Word Searches
These sports word searches come in three levels. Level 1 has only horizontal and vertical words, Level 2 adds diagonals, and Level 3 also includes backwards words, making them easy to differentiate for learners of different levels.
A Fun Sports Guessing Game to Use With These Worksheets
Here’s a fun sports guessing game you can use at the start of class to introduce sports vocabulary before working on the worksheets above.
More Teaching Resources About Sports
For more lesson materials for teaching about sports in English, check out these related resources:
- A to Z List of Sports – An extensive list of sports vocabulary in English.
- Sports Quiz – A fun “What Am I?” quiz where students read clues to guess the sport.
- Sports Flashcards – Printable PDF flashcards for drilling and reviewing sports names.