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LO SPORT E
Warm up (1minute)
GLI HOBBY
Ask “Do you (formal)
want to play tennis?” Sport and hobbies
(pp.22–3, pp.118–19)
Say “I like the theater” The verb fare (to do (to do ( ) is useful for talking about
and “I prefer traveling.” hobbies. With sports you can also use giocare
(pp.118–19) ( ( (to playto play)—for example, to play)—for example, to play gioco a tennis (I play tennis).
Say “That doesn’t interest Fare is also used to describe the weather, as in
me.” (pp.118–19) fa freddo (it’s cold).

Words to remember (3 minutes)
il bunker
Memorize these words and then eel bunker
test yourself. bunker
il calcio soccer
eel kalchoh
il rugby rugby
eel regbee
il tennis tennis
eel tennees
il nuoto swimming
eel nwotoh il golfista
la vela sailing eel golfeestah
lah velah golfer
la pesca fishing
lah peskah
la pittura painting
lah peettoorah Gioco a golf
tutti i giorni.
la palestra gymnastics jokoh ah golf
lah palestrah toottee ee jornee
I play golf
every day.

Useful phrases (4 minutes)
Familiarize yourself with these phrases.
Gioco a rugby. I play rugby.
jokoh ah regbee

Gioca a tennis. He plays tennis.
jokah ah tennees

Fa un corso di pittura. She is on a
fah oon korsoh painting course.
dee peettoorah