Sport and the Olympic Games

The 1 st Round.

«Kinds of Sport».

Football

Volleyball

Chess

Snowboarding

Tennis

Hockey

Skiing

Cycling

Figure Skating

Swimming

Fencing

Golf

Handball

Table Tennis

(Ping-pong)

Badminton

The 2 nd Round.

«The History of the Olympic Games».

1. When were the first Olympic Games held?

1. in 776 BC

2. in 110 AD

3. in 420 AD

4. in 888 BC

2. Where were the first Olympic Games held?

1. in Ancient Rome

2. in Ancient Greece

3. in Russia

4. in England

3. When and where were the Olympic Games renewed?

1. in 1719, in Rome

2. in 1890, in London

3. in 1896, in Athens

4. in 1918, in Paris

4. Where were the last Summer Olympic Games held?

1. in Japan

3. in Italy

4. in Brazil

5. in Great Britain

5. Where were the last Winter Olympic Games held?

1. in Canada

2. in Germany

3. in Russia

4. in Korea

6. How do the Olympic Games take place?

1. every 3 years

2. every 4 years

3. every 5 years

4. every 6 years

7. What is the central policy-making body of the Olympic movement?

1. The International Sport Organization

2. The International Olympic Committee

3. The International Committee of Sport

4. The International Olympic Organization

8. When did the USSR join the Olympic movement?

1. in 1964

2. in 1960

3. in 1956

4. in 1952

9. Where and when did the Olympic Games take place in our country?

1. in Omsk, in 1972

2. in Samara, in 1976

3. in Moscow, in 1980

4. in Leningrad, in 1984

10.What was the symbol of the 22 nd Olympic Games in Moscow?

1. a fox

2. a bear

3. a cat

4. a hare

11. What is the motto of the Olympic Games?

1. «Faster, Higher, Stronger»

2. « The Strongest Wins »

3. «To be the First, to be the Best»

4. « The M ain Thing is to Win »

12. How many times were the Olympic Games held in Great Britain?

1. 2 times

2. 3 times

3. 4 times

4. 5 times

13. Where will the coming Winter Olympic Games be held?

1. in China

2. in America

3. in Sochi

4. in England

The 3 rd Round. «Guess the Sport».

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CHESS

This game is played by two teams of five players on a court with a large orange ball. The teams try to score goals by throwing a ball through a basket fixed to a metal ring at each end of a court. The players bounce the ball while running and pass it to each other. The team with the most points wins.

BASKETBALL

It is a game between two teams, which is played on a field with a bat and a small white ball. Each team consists of nine players. The teams take turns playing in the field and batting the ball. The game has nine innings.

BASEBALL

This game is a variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. It is a popular sport among American women.

SOFTBALL

It is a game which is played between two teams of eleven players each. Players kick a ball around a field trying to score a goal. Each team has a goalkeeper who tries to stop the ball from going into the goal. The team with the most points wins. This game is very popular in our country and all over the world .

FOOTBALL

• It is any sporting event made up of two disciplines. However, it usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. In this sport athlete runs a distance of 7.5 to 20 km and stops at the shooting range two or four times. The distance to fire is always 50 m .

Biathlon

• It is a team sport played on ice in which skaters use sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent’s net to score points. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take the puck and score a goal against the opposing team. Each team has a goalkeeper who tries to stop the puck from going into the goal.

HOCKEY

Hockey

• It is a sport and activity in which individuals, duos or groups perform on skates on ice. This sport is based on movement of the sportsman to music on one or both legs, with the changes of the sliding direction, rotation, jumps and combinations of steps

Figure skating

• It is a sport that people usually play individually against a single opponent or between two teams of two players each. Each player uses a racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball over or around a net and into the opponent’s court. The object of the game is to play the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a good return. It is an Olympic sport and it is played at all levels of society and at all ages.

TENNIS

It is a hybrid form of swimming, dance and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers (solos, duets or teams) performing elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music. This sport demands advanced water skills, and requires great strength, endurance, flexibility, grace, artistry and precise timing, as well as exceptional breath control when upside down underwater

SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING

• It is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs (doubles), who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their opponents’ half of the court. Each side may only strike the shuttlecock once before it passes over the net.

BADMINTON

The 4 th Round. «How Do We Call People Who … ?»

Football

(footballer or football player)

The 5 th Round.

«Sport in Great Britain and in the USA»

1. Which game is the most popular game in Great Britain and in the world?

1) Hockey

2) Football

3) Tennis

4) Ping-pong

2. What football club is one of the most popular football clubs in England?

1) Real

3) Inter

4) Manchester United

5) Juventus

3. What kind of sport is Derby connected with?

1) Hockey

2) Handball

3) Baseball

4) Horse racing

4. What kind of sport is Wimbledon connected with?

1) Tennis

2) Basketball

3) Volleyball

4) Canoeing

5. What sport in Great Britain is named «walking» sport?

1) Figure skating

3) Gymnastics

4) Golf

5) Badminton

6. What kind of sport was invented in the USA?

1) Hockey

2) Baseball

3) Football

4) Fencing

7. What kind of sport was invented in Great Britain?

1) Cricket

2) Volleyball

3) Wind-surfing

4) Biathlon

The 6 th Round. «Decipherer»

erccso (soccer)

bongxi

с mhapihnsiop

feeerer

bnadtinmo

ngsurfi

astkign

rocsaebi

gyclicn

ticomtipeon

pgeoealker

ngacymstis

sktbae

bongxi (boxing)

feeerer (referee)

ngsurfi (surfing)

rocsaebi (aerobics)

ticomtipeon (competition)

ngacymstis (gymnastics)

• cmhapihnsiop (championship)
• bnadtinmo (badminton)
• astkign (skating)
• gyclicn (cycling)
• pgeoealker (goalkeeper)
• sktbae (basket)

The 7 th Round. «Decipherer statement»

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Sport means health.

The 8 th Round.

«Match the Expressions».

Keys.

1 C, 2 G, 3 L, 4 K, 5 B, 6 J, 7 H, 8 A, 9 N, 10 M, 11 E, 12 D, 13 F, 14 I.