The Eagle Has Landed
Grammar: Phrasal verbs
A Level 4 English lesson exploring sport.
What's in this lesson
A Level 4 (upper intermediate) ESL lesson on sport, practising phrasal verbs. The worksheet has a reading, target vocabulary, a grammar reference with practice and discussion questions.
From the reading: The Eagle Has Landed
On 17 February 2024, Ilia Topuria climbed through the cage door at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles and knocked out Alexander Volkanovski in the second round. At 26 years old, he had just taken the UFC featherweight title from one of the greatest champions in mixed martial arts history. The Georgian-Spanish fighter did not just win the fight — he took it apart with surgical precision, and the combat sports world had to sit up and take notice.
Vocabulary
- break down
- call out
- come up
- ease off
Grammar: Phrasal Verbs
- Third-person -s rule
- Topuria trains twice a day and studies his opponents. — he/she/it always needs -s in present simple
- Questions: do vs does
- Does he speak five languages? Do his coaches travel with him? — does for he/she/it; do for I/you/we/they
Discussion questions
- Does sport have the power to change how a country sees itself?
- What makes a champion — raw talent or obsessive work?
- Have you ever followed a sport you knew nothing about at first?
The Eagle Has Landed
Grammar: Phrasal verbs
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