A1 · Lesson 073

Sports

Talk about sports, arrange a game and follow a match.

By the end of this lesson

Ask what someone plays, arrange a badminton game and talk about teams and scores.

Learn the question with a useful reply, then use the same complete forms in two conversations.

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Say as a manlên bàet min dtan dûay gan thòe khrápเล่นแบดมินตันด้วยกันเถอะครับ

Say as a womanlên bàet min dtan dûay gan thòe khâเล่นแบดมินตันด้วยกันเถอะค่ะ

Playing a sport and cheering for a team use different verbs. Match scores and meeting times here are practice examples.

Sentence shape: play badminton → together → let’s → polite ending

Say as a man: sentence pieces

play badmintonlên bàet min dtanเล่นแบดมินตัน

togetherdûay ganด้วยกัน

let’sthòeเถอะ

polite endingkhrápครับ

Say as a woman: sentence pieces

play badmintonlên bàet min dtanเล่นแบดมินตัน

togetherdûay ganด้วยกัน

let’sthòeเถอะ

polite endingkhâค่ะ

Use complete lines and natural replies.

Recognise the words and their meaning.

Choose a response and build a sentence.

Follow a complete exchange.

Match taught words and phrases to meanings.

Understand the same language by ear.

Bring the useful language back from memory.