ENGLISH 11 - UNIT 6 - COMPETITION - PART A - READING

Do you hope to win a competition?. I’d like to win the competition “Road to Mount Olympia” 3.. Is winning the most important thing in a competition?. Task 2: Answer the questions.1.Who

BEFORE READING: Look at the photos Match each of them with

the words in the box below.

1 Sao Mai Television Singing

2 Contest Olympic Games

3 Quiz: “Road to

Mount Olympia”

4 London Marathon

Quiz: “Road to Mount Olympia”

Sao Mai Television Singing

Contest Olympic Games

Marathon

Work with a partner: Answer the following questions

1 Do you like taking part in competitions like these?

Why? Why not?

- Yes, because I can try my efforts and I can learn a lot from it.

2 Do you hope to win a competition? If so, which

competition would you like to win?

- Yes I’d like to win the competition “Road to Mount

Olympia”

3 Is winning the most important thing in a competition? Why? Why not?

- Yes, because I can get the scholarship to learn abroad.

Task 1: Match the words or phrases

on the left with their definitions on the

right

1.Represen-tatives

2.Annual

3.Stimulate

4.In all

5.Spirit

6.smoothly

a Without problems or difficulties b.Enthusiasm and energy

c Altogether or as a total

d.A person chosen or appointed on behalf of another person or a group

e Encourage or make something more active

f Happening or done once every year

Expected answers:

1.d 2.f 3.e 4.c 5.b 6.a

Task 2: Answer the questions.

1.Who took part in the annual final English

Competition last Saturday?

- The representative of three classes of the

(speaker’s) school took part in the annual final English Competition last Saturday

2 What was the aim of the competition?

- Its aim was to stimulate the spirit of learning English among students

3 Who sponsored the competition?

4 What does each group of students have to do

during the contest?

- They had to complete five activities in all On

competition of each activity , they had to answer the questions in the worksheets with in two minutes.

5 What did the judges have to do to choose the

winner of the competition?

- They had to observe and score the students’

performance A maximum score for each activity

was15 At the end of the competition ………

6 What would be awarded to the winner?

- The winner would be awarded a set of CDs for

studying English and an Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

TASK 3: Read the passage 3 again and complete the sentences

1.In activity 5, Hung was unable

2 Having achieved the highest scores, Group B

3 Group C lost the game because they just got

4 Nga encouraged her group by saying

to recite/

complete the poem

60 points

“For me the most important thing was our participation

Homework :

Ask Ss to translate the poem that Hung

recited at the competition at the annual final English competition and prepare for the

next lesson : Unit 6 - Speaking