Sports and exercise
Sport en beweging
- Learn the sports
- Talk about the sports you practice
- Adverbs of frequency (soms, vaak, nooit, ...)
Learn basic Dutch vocabulary and expressions related to sports and exercise, including indoor and outdoor activities. This lesson introduces common verbs like 'sporten' and 'zwemmen', frequency adverbs such as 'altijd' and 'soms', and practice dialogues to discuss how often you play sports. Suitable for A1 beginners expanding their everyday Dutch conversational skills.
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Vocabulary (13) Share Copied!
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These exercises can be done together during conversation lessons or as homework.
Exercise 1: Reorder sentences
Instruction: Make correct sentences and translate.
Exercise 2: Match a word
Instruction: Match the translations
Exercise 3: Cluster the words
Instruction: Divide the words into two groups: sports you do indoors and sports you do outdoors.
Sporten binnen
Sporten buiten
Exercise 4: Translate and use in a sentence
Instruction: Pick a word, translated and use the word in a sentence or dialogue.
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Zwemmen
To swim
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De wedstrijd
The match
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Boksen
To box
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Het voetbal
The football
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Lopen
To walk
Oefening 5: Conversation exercise
Instructie:
- Name the type of sport and say if you do it as a team (or a pair) or alone. (Name the type of sport and say if you do it as a team (or a pair) or alone.)
- Do you do sports? How often? (Do you do sports? How often?)
- Do you like to watch sports? (Do you like to watch sports?)
Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes
Example phrases:
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Volleybal is een teamsport. Volleyball is a teamsport. |
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Zwemmen is een individuele sport. Swimming is an individual sport. |
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Als sport doe ik aan boksen. As sports I do boxing. |
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Ik speel graag tennis. Ik speel elke woensdag en zaterdag tennis. I like to play tenis. I play tenis every Wednesday and Saturday. |
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Ik kijk niet graag naar sport. Ik word er moe van. I do not like to watch sports. I get tired. |
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Ik kijk graag naar basketbalwedstrijden. I like to watch basketball games. |
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Exercise 6: Dialogue Cards
Instruction: Select a situation and practice the conversation with your teacher or fellow students.
Exercise 7: Multiple Choice
Instruction: Choose the correct solution
1. Ik ____ vaak in het zwembad na het werk.
(I ____ often swim in the swimming pool after work.)2. Vandaag ____ ik basketbal met mijn vrienden in het park.
(Today ____ I play basketball with my friends in the park.)3. We ____ gisteren een voetbalwedstrijd gespeeld op het plein.
(We ____ played a football match on the square yesterday.)4. Soms ____ zij ’s ochtends voordat ze naar het werk gaat.
(Sometimes ____ she exercises in the morning before she goes to work.)Exercise 8: A day full of sports and exercise
Instruction:
Verb Tables
Sporten - Exercise
Onvoltooid tegenwoordige tijd (OTT)
- ik sport
- jij sport
- hij/zij/het sport
- wij sporten
- jullie sporten
- zij sporten
Sporten - Exercise
Voltooid verleden tijd (VVT)
- ik heb gesport
- jij hebt gesport
- hij/zij/het heeft gesport
- wij hebben gesport
- jullie hebben gesport
- zij hebben gesport
Spelen - Play
Onvoltooid tegenwoordige tijd (OTT)
- ik speel
- jij speelt
- hij/zij/het speelt
- wij spelen
- jullie spelen
- zij spelen
Spelen - Play
Voltooid verleden tijd (VVT)
- ik heb gespeeld
- jij hebt gespeeld
- hij/zij/het heeft gespeeld
- wij hebben gespeeld
- jullie hebben gespeeld
- zij hebben gespeeld
Zwemmen - Swim
Onvoltooid tegenwoordige tijd (OTT)
- ik zwem
- jij zwemt
- hij/zij/het zwemt
- wij zwemmen
- jullie zwemmen
- zij zwemmen
Lopen - Run
Onvoltooid tegenwoordige tijd (OTT)
- ik loop
- jij loopt
- hij/zij/het loopt
- wij lopen
- jullie lopen
- zij lopen
Exercise 9: Bijwoorden van frequentie (soms, vaak, nooit, ...)
Instruction: Fill in the correct word.
Grammar: Adverbs of frequency (soms, vaak, nooit, ...)
Show translation Show answersvaak, soms, nooit, Telkens, af en toe, altijd
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A1.40.3 Grammatica
Bijwoorden van frequentie (soms, vaak, nooit, ...)
Adverbs of frequency (soms, vaak, nooit, ...)
Verb conjugation tables for this lesson Share Copied!
Zwemmen to swim Share Copied!
Onvoltooid tegenwoordige tijd (OTT)
| Dutch | English |
|---|---|
| (ik) zwem | I swim |
| (jij) zwemt / zwem jij | you swim / you swim |
| (hij/zij/het) zwemt | he/she/it swims |
| (wij) zwemmen | we swim |
| (jullie) zwemmen | you swim |
| (zij) zwemmen | they swim |
Sporten to sport Share Copied!
Voltooid verleden tijd (VVT)
| Dutch | English |
|---|---|
| (ik) heb gesport | I have done sport |
| (jij) heb gesport / hebt gesport | you have sported / you have sported |
| (hij/zij/het) heeft gesport | he/ she/ it has sported |
| (wij) hebben gesport | we have sported |
| (jullie) hebben gesport | you have sported |
| (zij) hebben gesport | They have sported |
Spelen to play Share Copied!
Onvoltooid tegenwoordige tijd (OTT)
| Dutch | English |
|---|---|
| (ik) speel | I play |
| (jij) speelt/spel | you play |
| (hij/zij/het) speelt | he/she/it plays |
| (wij) spelen | we play |
| (jullie) spelen | you play |
| (zij) spelen | they play |
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Sports and Exercise in Dutch
This lesson focuses on discussing sports and exercise activities in Dutch at the A1 beginner level. You will learn common sports vocabulary, including indoor and outdoor sports like basketball (het basketbal), tennis (het tennis), cycling (fietsen), football (het voetbal), running (lopen), and swimming (zwemmen).
Frequency Adverbs
Understanding how often someone performs an activity is key to daily conversations. This lesson introduces important frequency adverbs such as soms (sometimes), vaak (often), nooit (never), and altijd (always). For example, "Ik sport altijd op maandagavond na het werk." means "I always exercise on Monday evenings after work." These words help describe habits clearly.
Practical Dialogues and Sentence Structure
Practice dialogues cover common scenarios like chatting in the gym, talking after sports activities on the street, or discussions during a lunch break. You'll learn to ask and answer questions about which sports people do and how frequently, promoting conversational skills.
Verb Conjugations and Usage
The lesson provides guided exercises for conjugating common verbs related to sports, such as sporten (to exercise), spelen (to play), zwemmen (to swim), and lopen (to run). Both present tense and past tense forms are included to help understand how to describe current and past actions.
Useful Phrases and Sentence Pairing
Short sentences are paired for practice, e.g., "Ik voetbal vaak met mijn vrienden op zaterdagmiddag in het park." This helps learners put together natural sentences and improve fluency.
Differences Between Dutch and English Instructions
In Dutch, verbs often change according to the subject and tense with noticeable endings, such as -en for plural forms and specific conjugations for singular subjects. Frequency adverbs can appear at different places in the sentence compared to English, often before the verb. For example, "I often swim" is "Ik zwem vaak" in Dutch. Also, sports names frequently use articles (het or de) which must be learned as part of vocabulary. Understanding these small differences helps build correct sentence structures and improves comprehension.
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