D5Lesson 2 of 12◇ Core language

Sport — Vocabulary, Famous Athletes and Cultural Context

الرِّياضة — المُفرَدات والرِّياضِيُّون المَشهورون والسِّياق الثَّقافي

Hobbies, Sport & Leisure · Personal and social life

10-minute rescue route
  1. Learn six key items.
  2. Read the grammar shortcut.
  3. Complete one quick check.
Keep it manageable. One completed section is useful revision. You can return later for the rest.
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What you need to do

Focus on these outcomes rather than trying to memorise everything at once.

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Key language

Tap each card to reveal the meaning.

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Grammar shortcut

Read it once, then explain the rule or strategy in your own words.

Past tense set phrases for sport results: فاز بـ، خَسِر، تعادَل — these are students' first systematic encounter with past tense forms in D5 (D5 is where past tense is formally introduced). Using them here as lexical chunks previews the full system in Lesson 3. Admiration: يُعجِبُني (Form IV: pleases me/I admire), أُعجَب بـ (Form IV active). Sport rules: يجب على اللاعبين أَن + subjunctive.
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Revision sprint

Three short stages based on the attached lesson plan.

1 · Review

Main 1 12 min

15 sports and result vocabulary Present 15 sports. Key result phrases: فاز [team/person] على [opponent] بنتيجة [score] (X won against Y by a score of Z). فاز الفريق بثلاثة أهداف مقابل هدف واحد. خسِر الفريق الوطني في المباراة النهائية. تعادَل الفريقان في النقاط. Students write 3 match…

2 · Practise

Main 2 18 min

Athlete admiration paragraph Model on board: "يُعجِبُني محمد صلاح كثيراً. هو لاعب كرة قدم مصري يلعب للفريق الإنجليزي ليفربول. فاز بجوائز عديدة ويُعتَبَر من أفضل لاعبي العالم. أُعجَب به لأنَّه متواضع ومجتهد رغم نجاحه الكبير." Students write a 70-word admiration paragraph for an athlete…

3 · Apply

Main 3 10 min

Match report — mixing tenses Give students a match result card. Students write a 5-sentence match report: "في مباراة [yesterday], فاز فريق [X] على فريق [Y] بنتيجة [Z]. لعِب الفريقان في بطولة [W]. في المباراة القادمة، سيلعب [X] ضد [Z]." Note: فاز (past set phrase) + سيلعب (future) in the…

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Quick vocabulary check

Choose one answer. Mistakes are part of revision.

1. كُرة القَدَم

2. كُرة السَّلة

3. السِّباحة

4. التِّنِس

✓

Finish and reflect

Use the boxes as a final self-check.

Evidence of progress

Athlete admiration paragraph (collected — past set phrase + admiration vocabulary). Match result report (spot-check). Sport rules sentences.

Optional follow-up

Write a 70-word sports profile of your favourite athlete: sport, major achievements (using فاز بـ / حصل على), personality and skills, and why you admire them (أُعجَب بـ لأنَّه/لأنَّها). Include one sentence about a future goal using the future tense.