ESL Conversation Lesson on Tennis

TENNIS DISCUSSION

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

1) What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘tennis’? 2) Do you like watching tennis? 3) Do you think men’s or women’s tennis is best? 4) What do you think of the clothes tennis stars wear on court? 5) Why do you think ‘zero’ in tennis is ‘love’? 6) Which do you like better – singles or doubles? 7) What is the world’s greatest tennis tournament? 8) Do you think tennis stars get paid too much? 9) Does your country have a strong tradition of playing tennis? 10) Who is the greatest ever men’s and ladies’ tennis player?

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

1) Are you good at tennis? 2) Is tennis usually only for rich people? 3) Why do you think tennis balls are yellow? 4) Do you think the rules of tennis are easy of difficult? 5) Would you prefer to watch a tennis game on TV or at the court? 6) Should players be banned from grunting in tennis? 7) What don’t British players do so well, seeing they invented the game? 8) Do you think the top women’s player could ever beat a men’s player ranked towards the bottom of the world rankings? 9) Is tennis the world’s most polite game? 10) Do you think tennis will be different 100 years from now?

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