Quiz “Road to Mount Olympia”
Sao Mai Television Singing Contest
Marathon
Olympic Games
Quiz “Road to Mount Olympia”
Sao Mai Television Singing Contest
Marathon
Olympic Games
Task 1.Match the words or phrases on the left with their definitions on the right.
1.representative a. without problems or difficulties

2.annual b. enthusiasm and energy

3.stimulate c. altogether or as a total

4.in all d. a person chosen or appointed on
behalf of another person or a group

5.spirit e. encourage or make something
more active
6.smoothly f. happening or done once every
year

NEW WORDS

Competition = contest (n): a game or race in which people try to win
take part in = participate in
Ex: My classmates took part in English Speaking club yesterday.
Recite (v): repeat aloud from memory
Ex: She can recite all famous poems of To Huu.
Announce (v): make known publicly
→ announcement (n)
Judge (n): a person deciding who has won a competition
Sponsor (v): provide money or help for a person or thing
Ex: The competition was sponsored by the Students’ parents Society.
Task2. Answer the questions:
1. Who took part in the annual final English Competition last Saturday?
2. What was the aim of the competition?
3. Who sponsored the competition?
4. What did each group of students have to do during the contest?
5. What would be awarded to the winner?
Answers for task 2
The representatives of three classes of the writer’s school took part in the annual final English competition.
Its aim was to stimulate the spirit of learning English among students.
The Students’ Parents Society sponsored the competition
Answers for task 2
4. Each group had to complete five activities in all.
5. The judges had to observe and score performance of each group.
6. A set of CDs for studying English and an Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary would be awarded to the winner.
Task 3. Read paragraph 3 again and complete the sentences:
In Activity 5, Hung was unable …………………
Having achieved the highest score, Group B………….
Group C lost the game because they just got……..
Nga encouraged her group by saying…………..
Having achieved the highest score, Group B………….
Group C lost the game because they just got……..
Nga encouraged her group by saying…………..
Complete the poem
Answers for task 3:
In Activity 5, Hung was unable
to complete the poem
Having achieved the highest score, GroupB
was the winner
Group C lost the game because they just got
60 points
Nga encouraged her group by saying
“For me the most important thing was our participation in the competition and the enjoyment we had from it”
Some types of competition
Sport competitions
Sport competition
Sport competition
General Knowledge Quiz
General Knowledge Quiz
Singing contest
Singing contest
Work in groups and answer the questions:
Do you like to take part in competitions?
What kind of competition do you think should be celebrated in our school for students? Why?
Homework
Read and translate the poem Hung recited at the annual final English Competition into Vietnamese (textbook p.68).
Teacher will give a present for the best translation.