Winter Activities
This A2 lesson teaches students how to talk about winter activities in English. They learn vocabulary for things like building a snowman, skiing, and mountaineering, listen to three short audio clips, and practice through matching, gap fills, and speaking tasks. It’s a simple, engaging lesson that works well during the colder months.
Lesson overview
- Learn the names of 10 common winter activities through picture matching
- Listen to three short audio clips and answer comprehension questions about each one
- Practice using winter vocabulary in gap-fill sentences and open-ended questions
- Write a short paragraph inviting a friend to try a winter activity together
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Printable Classroom Version (A4)
| Level | Vocabulary | Listening Time | Lesson Time |
| A2 / Pre-Intermediate | 10 phrases | 1:30 min | 60 min |
Vocabulary
- Drinking hot tea
- Building a snowman
- Camping
- Snowboarding
- Visiting a ski resort
- Skiing
- Mountaineering
- Gathering firewood
- Walking on a frozen lake
- Having a snowball fight
Contents
- Lead-in
- Speaking
- Winter activities
- Practice
- Listening
- Practice
- Questions
- Writing
- Game
Start with the lead-in on slide 2. Students list what they like to do in winter. At A2 level, some will only know “skiing” or “snowman,” and that’s fine. The point is to see what they already know before introducing new words. Slide 3 has pictures for students to describe in simple terms. Don’t expect full sentences here. A few words or short phrases are enough to get them warmed up.
The picture-matching activity on slide 4 introduces nine winter activities. Students match numbered pictures with phrases like “building a snowman,” “gathering firewood,” and “walking on a frozen lake.” Check pronunciation as you go through the answers, especially “mountaineering” and “snowboarding,” which A2 students often stumble on. Slide 6 has a follow-up where students read short personality descriptions and decide which winter activity suits each person. This is a nice reading task that also reinforces the new vocabulary.
Play the three audio clips on slides 7 through 9. Each one is about 25 seconds long and covers a different activity. The questions are straightforward: where did they go, what did they do, what did they drink afterward. Play each clip twice and let students compare answers in pairs before checking together. The gap-fill on slide 10 reviews all the winter activities from the lesson. Students fill in blanks with the correct activity, which helps them practice spelling and word form at the same time.
Slide 11 has sentence starters for students to complete and then ask their classmates. Prompts like “have you ever…” and “do you prefer… or…?” give A2 learners a structure to build on without feeling overwhelmed. The writing task on slide 12 asks students to imagine a friend from a warm country is visiting and write five sentences about what they’d do together. Keep expectations realistic here. Five simple sentences is plenty at this level. End with the word association game on slide 13, where students take turns saying winter-related words. It’s a quick, fun closer that keeps the vocabulary fresh.
