Printable Sports Flashcards
The printable flashcards feature these sports –
- American Football
- Archery
- Badminton
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Bowling
- Boxing
- Canoeing
- Caving
- Cheerleading
- Cricket
- Croquet
- Cycling
- Darts
- Discus
- Diving
- Equestrian
- Fencing
- Fishing
- Football
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Handball
- Hang Gliding
- Hockey
- Hunting
- Ice Hockey
- Javelin
- Jet Skiing
- Judo
- Karate
- Kayaking
- Lacrosse
- Motocross
- Paragliding
- Polo
- Racing
- Rafting
- Rock Climbing
- Roller Skating
- Rowing
- Rugby
- Running
- Sailing
- Shooting
- Skateboarding
- Skiing
- Snooker
- Snorkeling
- Snowboarding
- Squash
- Surfing
- Swimming
- Table Tennis
- Tennis
- Volleyball
- Water Polo
- Weightlifting
- Windsurfing
- Wrestling
Ways to use the sports flashcards
Read along for some interesting ideas for games and classroom activities using the printable sports flashcards.
Shout it out: Hold up a card and get learners to name the sport. If you have the names still attached to the cards, simply cover the words with your fingers. This can be a competitive game with the first student or team to respond correctly receiving a point. As students become more confident, hold up the cards more quickly to increase the challenge.
Corner dash: Place 1 or more cards in each corner of the room. When you call out a sport, students are to run to the corresponding corner. The last student to arrive is eliminated each round until only one player remains. You can also get students to call out the sports instead of the teacher.
Find Someone Who: Students walk around asking classmates questions such as “Do you like to play football?” or “Have you ever tried surfing?” until they find someone who answers “yes.” This can even be turned into a class survey by recording the results that can be compared later.
Would You Rather?: Give students two sports flashcards. They are to choose one and explain why they would rather play or watch that sport using complete sentences. This is a good way to practice making comparisons and giving reasons.
Sort the Sports: Working in pairs, students sort the flashcards into groups such as team or individual, indoor or outdoor, summer or winter, or ball sports and non-ball sports. Beginners can also put the flashcards in alphabetical order.
Create Your Own Categories: Give each group a set of flashcards and challenge them to invent their own sorting categories. Once they have finished, each group explains their categories to the class and why the sports belong together.
Describe the Sport: Students choose a flashcard and describe the sport without saying its name. Classmates listen for clues and try to guess the correct sport. This can also be turned into a team game with points being awarded for each correct guess.
Equipment Match: Ask students to name or draw the equipment used for each sport. Older learners can discuss protective clothing, playing areas, scoring methods, or even rules and possible dangers involved in each sport.
What’s Missing?: Display several sports flashcards on the whiteboard with magnets or tape, then ask students to close their eyes while you remove one. Students are to identify the missing sport. For an extra challenge, remove two or more cards as learners become more confident.
Memory Pairs: Print two copies of the flashcards and place them face down. Students take turns turning over two cards to find matching pairs. Alternatively, cut the sport names from the bottom of each flashcard and have students match each picture with its corresponding word card. This reinforces both vocabulary recognition and reading.
Sentence Challenge: Students write one sentence about each sport using a target grammar point such as the present simple or “can.”
My Favourite Sport: Learners choose a sports flashcard and write a short paragraph explaining why they like that sport or why they would like to try it.
Related activities
There are plenty more resources here that you can use to supplement the sports flashcards.
For vocabulary practice, try the sports worksheets and the water sports vocabulary worksheets, which help learners build and reinforce related words.
If you’re teaching older or more advanced students, the sports conversation questions, water sports conversation questions, and extreme sports conversation questions are ideal for developing speaking and discussion skills.
