The Olympic Games. Vocabulary

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Thousands of athletes from all over the world compete against each other in individual and team sports. Over 1 billion people watch the games on TV.

1 PROFESSOR: EQUIPE DE INGLÊS BANCO DE QUESTÕES - INGLÊS - 7º ANO - ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL ============================================================================================= Página 1 de 7-21/07/ :02 AM The Olympic Games The Olympic Games are an international sports competition which are held every four years in a different city. Thousands of athletes from all over the world compete against each other in individual and team sports. Over 1 billion people watch the games on TV. The first Olympic Games were held in Greece in 776 B.C. They were called the ancient games and lasted until the 4th century A.D. The modern games began in 1896, when the Frenchman Pierre de Coubertin revived the games to bring peace and friendship to the young people all over the world. Today, there are summer and winter games. Ceremonies And Symbols The Olympic Games begin with the opening ceremony. Athletes from all the participating nations march into the stadium. Greece comes in first, because it was the first nation to hold the Olympics and the host nation comes in last. The Olympic rings were created in 1913 and represent the five continents: Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia and the Americas. The Ancient Games The ancient Olympic Games were celebrated at Olympia, Greece every four years. They were held in honour of the god Zeus. In the early games, only Greek men were allowed to participate. The games consisted of sports like footraces, wrestling, boxing, the pentathlon and horse racing. The last event of the games was usually a chariot race. When the Romans conquered Greece in 140 B.C. the games started to lose their religious meaning and in 393 the Roman emperor banned the event. Olympia Today The Olympic Games have become very successful over the past years. More and more people are able to watch them on TV and television stations are spending more money for the rights to broadcast the games. The IOC earns more money than ever before. With this money they help athletes in poorer countries. Drugs have become a big problem. Some athletes take drugs before and during the games in order to help their muscles grow. When they are caught they are disqualified. Vocabulary held: sustained. ancient: belonging to a time long ago in history. host: someone who has invited the guests and who provides food etc. allowed: permitted. chariot: a vehicle with two wheels pulled by a horse. conquered: got control. broadcast: to tell something to a lot of people (radio or television). ioc: "The International Olympic Committee"

2 01- Answer the questions about the text. Complete answers, please. a) When and where were the first ancient Olympic Games held? b) Who was the father of the first modern games? c) What happens at the opening ceremony? d) What does the IOC do? 02- Complete the dialogue with the words in the box. hear see smell taste touch A: Did you that noise? I think someone's in the room with us. B: No, there's nobody here, but I can perfume. Can you? A: No, I can't, but I've found some chocolate. Why don't you it? It's delicious B: No! Don't it. It might be dangerous. A: Let's leave here. It's scary and dark. I can't anything because there's no light in the room. 03- Underline the correct words. Alex was getting very nervous, shut in a (1) dark / clean room with no light. He was playing hide-and-seek when his friend locked him in the basement room. It was a (2) scary / safe place to be. He was wearing his coat, but he felt (3) round / cold. He knew that his friend kept his pet snake in this room. It was a (4) dirty / huge python about two metres (5) large / long. His friend knew that Alex thought snakes were (6) horrible / dark creatures. He was getting really very (7) hungry / angry with his friend for locking him in there and he started shouting loudly. He also felt very (8) tired / dangerous and wanted to sleep. But he didn't want to fall asleep with that snake Página 2 de 7-21/07/ :02 AM

3 somewhere in the room. Also there was nothing to eat and Alex was very (9) hungry / scary. Then, just next to his right hand he heard a (10) round / strange noise 04- Complete the text with the verbs in the Past Simple or Past Continuous. The Mystery of the Mary Celeste On 7 th November 1872, Captain Benjamin Briggs and his ship, the Mary Celeste, left New York. The ship (1) (sail) to Italy. It (2) (have) a crew of seven and two passengers, Captain Briggs' wife and daughter and it (3) (carry) lots of barrels of American alcohol. On 4 th December the captain of another ship, David Morehouse, (4) (see) the Mary Celeste. He (5) (think) it looked strange and he (6) (send) his men in a small boat to have a look. The ship (7) (float) out of control and there were no people on the Mary Celeste. The men (8) (discover) that the clock and compass (9) (not work) and the only lifeboat wasn't there. What (10) (happen)? Nobody knows. 05- This is Spot. He had a terrible Sunday. Complete his thoughts with the verbs from the box in the past simple. arrive call go open order play stay stop try watch Another boring Sunday! It was raining in the morning so Max, my owner, (1) in bed until 11 a.m. Then after breakfast he (2) games and (3) online to chat with friends. In the afternoon It (4) raining and so I (5) to make him take me to the park. No luck! He just (6) the front door and let me go out for a few minutes. You know why! He (7) TV for hours stupid comedy programs with no animals and then he (8) Cathy to invite her to the house. I hate her! I feel like I don't exist when she is here! She (9) about an hour later and they (10) a vegetarian pizza. Max knows I don't like vegetarian pizza. I hate rainy Sundays! Oh well, tomorrow is another day. 06- Complete the dialogue with the words in the box. his your mine my our your A: I like bag. It's really nice. B: Thanks. sister gave it to me for my birthday. A: Is this silver mobile, too? B: No, it's my brother's. I use it sometimes, but it's actually. A: I love silver-coloured mobiles. is silver, too. I bought it last year. Página 3 de 7-21/07/ :02 AM

4 B: Come on. Let's go. We are late for lesson. 07- Write questions: a)? No, she didn't. Patricia went to school yesterday. b)? They were playing soccer. c)? Yes, she was. She was swimming. d)? Paul watched TV. 08- Write the dates in two ways. a) 22 nd March b) The twelfth of November two thousand and nine. 09- Complete the sentences. Use a, an, the or nothing (-). a) There is man and woman in the room. man is English but woman is French. She is wearing fur coat. They will go home by taxi. b) I saw accident this morning. car crashed into wall. driver of car was not hurt gut car was quite badly damage. c) We live in old house in middle of village. d) I usually go to be at 9 o'clock 10- Write sentences about the pictures. Use the past continuous, the past simple and when. Página 4 de 7-21/07/ :02 AM

she / ride a bike / start / rain a) a mermaid / swim / see / a dolphin b) Key 01- a) Olympic Games were held in 776 B.C. in Greece. b) Pierre de Coubertin was the father of the first modern games.

I think someone's in the room with us. B: No, there's nobody here, but I can smell perfume. Can you? A: No, I can't, but I've found some chocolate. Why don't you taste it? It's delicious B: No!

5 she / ride a bike / start / rain a) a mermaid / swim / see / a dolphin b) Key 01- a) Olympic Games were held in 776 B.C. in Greece. b) Pierre de Coubertin was the father of the first modern games. c) Athletes from all the participating nations march into the stadium. d) The IOC earns money, to help athletes in poor countries. 02- A: Did you hear that noise? I think someone's in the room with us. B: No, there's nobody here, but I can smell perfume. Can you? A: No, I can't, but I've found some chocolate. Why don't you taste it? It's delicious B: No! Don't touch it. It might be dangerous. A: Let's leave here. It's scary and dark. I can't see anything because there's no light in the room. 03- Alex was getting very nervous, shut in a (1) dark / clean room with no light. He was playing hide-and-seek when his friend locked him in the basement room. It was a (2) scary / safe place to be. He was wearing his coat, but he felt (3) round / cold. He knew that his friend kept his pet snake in this room. It was a (4) dirty / huge python about two metres (5) large / long. His friend knew that Alex thought snakes were (6) horrible / dark creatures. He was getting really very (7) hungry / angry with his friend for locking him in there and he started shouting loudly. He also felt very (8) tired / dangerous and wanted to sleep. But he didn't want to fall asleep with that snake somewhere in the room. Also there was nothing to eat and Alex was very (9) hungry / scary. Then, just next to his right hand he heard a (10) round / strange noise 04- On 7 th November 1872, Captain Benjamin Briggs and his ship, the Mary Celeste, left New York. The ship (1) was sailing (sail) to Italy. It (2) had (have) a crew of seven and two passengers, Captain Briggs' wife and daughter and it (3) was carrying (carry) lots of barrels of American alcohol. On 4 th December the captain of another ship, David Morehouse, (4) saw (see) the Mary Celeste. He (5) Página 5 de 7-21/07/ :02 AM

6 thought (think) it looked strange and he (6) sent (send) his men in a small boat to have a look. The ship (7) was floating (float) out of control and there were no people on the Mary Celeste. The men (8) discovered (discover) that the clock and compass (9) weren't working (not work) and the only lifeboat wasn't there. What (10) happened (happen)? Nobody knows. 05- Another boring Sunday! It was raining in the morning so Max, my owner, (1) stayed in bed until 11 a.m. Then after breakfast he (2) played games and (3) went online to chat with friends. In the afternoon It (4) stopped raining and so I (5) tried to make him take me to the park. No luck! He just (6) opened the front door and let me go out for a few minutes. You know why! He (7) watched TV for hours stupid comedy programs with no animals and then he (8) called Cathy to invite her to the house. I hate her! I feel like I don't exist when she is here! She (9) arrived about an hour later and they (10) ordered a vegetarian pizza. Max knows I don't like vegetarian pizza. I hate rainy Sundays! Oh well, tomorrow is another day. 06- A: I like your bag. It's really nice. B: Thanks. My sister gave it to me for my birthday. A: Is this silver mobile yours, too? B: No, it's my brother's. I use it sometimes, but it's actually his. A: I love silver-coloured mobiles. Mine is silver, too. I bought it last year. B: Come on. Let's go. We are late for our lesson. 07- a) Did Patrícia go to the club yesterday? b) What were they playing? c) Was she swimming? d) What did Paul do? or What did Paul watch last night? 08- a) The twenty-second of March - nineteen eighty-five. b) 12 th November a) There is a man and a woman in the room. The man is English but the woman is French. She is wearing a fur coat. They will go _-_ home by _-_ taxi. b) I saw an accident this morning. A car crashed into a wall. The driver of the car was not hurt gut the car was quite badly damage. c) We live in an old house in the middle of the village. d) I usually go to _-_ be at 9 o'clock 10- A) She was riding a bike when it started raining. b) A mermaid was swimming whon she saw a dolphin Página 6 de 7-21/07/ :02 AM

7 Página 7 de 7-21/07/ :02 AM FM/1706/BANCOS DE QUESTOES/INGLES/2017/INGLES - 8o ANO -2a ETAPA DOC

Read the following sentences and tick TRUE or FALSE

Read the following sentences and tick TRUE or FALSE Just before the Olympic all wars were stopped T F There were 50000 spectators at the T F The Olympic started 4000 years ago T F Competitors used to wear