I. Answer the following questions: [611378]

I. Answer the following questions:

1. When and where were the Olympic Games celebrated for the first time?
2. Give at least 10 examples of Summer Olympic Games.
3. Give at least 5 examples of Winter Olympic Games.
4. Which are the Olympic symbols?
5. Who had the initiative to found the International Olympic Committee?
6. What flag(s) are hoisted on the flagpole(s) at the closing ceremony of the
Olympic Games?
7. How many games were contested at the first Summer Olympic Games?
8. At the opening ceremony what country marches first into the stadium?
9. What are the official languages of the event?
10. Who is the president of the International Olympic Committee?
11. What is an Olympiad?
12. Who built the first Olympic stadium?

II. Read the text and establish whether the following statements are
correct or false.

True False
1. The summer and winter games are each held every five years.
2. The first of the Modern Olympic Games were the 1896
Summer Olympics, held in Athens, Greece.
3. The colours used for the five rings from the Olympic Flag are:
white, red, blue, grey, yellow, and black.
4. The Olympic Motto is “Citius, Altius, Fortius”, a Latin phrase
meaning “Softer, Higher, Stronger”.
5. Until 1992, the summer and winter games were both held in
the same year.
6. The Olympic Flame is lit in Olympia, Greece and brought to
the host city by runners carrying the torch in relay.
7. The Olympic Flame has been lit since the 1928 Summer
Olympics.
8. The Olympic Flag is carried vertically into the stadium and
hoisted as the Olympic Anthem is played.
9. Three national flags are hoisted on flagpoles one at a time at
the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games
10. The Olympic mascot, an animal or human figure
representing the cultural heritage of the visiting countries, was
introduced in 1968.

11. Pierre Frédy, Baron de Coubertin, is the president of the
International Olympic Committee.
12. Heracles was the first Olympic champion.

III. Hangman. Try to guess the name of the sports involved in the game
by suggesting letters.

1. A__ __ __ __ __ __ __. (water sports)
2. E__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __. (it involves horses)
3. B__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __. (winter sport)
4. W__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __. (one lifts something)
5. F__ __ __ __ __ __ __. (soccer)
6. V__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __. (used to be called mintonette)
7. W__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __. (a combat sport)
8. A__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __. ( it involves ru nning, sprinting, etc)
9. R__ __ __ __ __ __ __ G__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __. (it involves rope, hoop, ball,
clubs, and ribbon)
10. T__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __. (is a multi -sport endurance event consisting of
swimming, cycling, and running in immediate succ ession over various distances)
11. S__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __. (is a sport that involves descending a slope
that is covered with snow on a device attached to a rider's feet)
12. S__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ S__ __ __ __ __ __ __. (a synchro nized
routine of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music)

IV. Word building. The word in capitals at the end of each of the following
sentences can be used to form a word that fits suitably in the blank
space.

Example: During the war, there was a great SHORTAGE of sugar, coffee and
other goods.
SHORT

1. The Olympic Games are an ……………. multi -sport event subdivided into
summer and winter sporting events.
NATION
2. The emperor ordered the ……….. of all Greek temples. DESTROY
3. ……………. i n the Olympic Games has increased to include athletes from nearly
all nations worldwide. PARTICIPATE

4. After all nations have entered, the president of the host country’s Olympic
Organising Committee makes a ……….. SPEAK
5. The flag …………. of all countries circle a stage, where one athlete and one judge
speak the Olympic Oath, declaring they will compete and judge according to the
rules. BEAR
6. The …………… of the Olympic Flame was for 68 years followed by the relea se
of doves, symbolizing peace. LIGHT
7. This gesture was …………….. after several doves were burned alive in the
Olympic Flame during the ceremony of the 1988 Summer Olympics.
CONTINUE
8. Various traditional elements also frame the …….. ceremonies of t he Olympic
Games, which take place after all athletic events have ended. CLOSE
9. At the closing ceremony the Olympic Flag is ………… from the flagpole and
carried horizontally from the stadium. LOW
10. The number of sports contested at the Summer Oly mpic Games has ………..
risen to the current number of twenty -eight.
GRADUAL
11. Nadia Comãneci won first prize at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the
…………….. contest. GYM
12. The International Olympic Committee was founded in 1894 on the ……………
of a Fr ench nobleman, Pierre Frédy, Baron de Coubertin.
INITIATE

V. Missing words. Put the following words into the correct sentences:
Olympic , anthem , torch, games , summer , official , ancient , winter , hoist, flame, flag, creed.

1. The summer and winter ………. are each held every four years.
2. The…………. Games featured running events, a pentathlon (consisting of a
jumping event, discus and javelin throws, a foot race and wrestling), boxing,
wrestling, and equestrian events.
3. Prior to each Games, the Olympic ……… .. is lit in Olympia, Greece and brought
to the host city by runners carrying the torch in relay.
4. The ……….. is brought into the stadium, passed from athlete to athlete, until it
reaches the last carrier, often a well -known athlete from the host nation, who lights
the fire in the stadium’s cauldron.
5. French and English are the ……….. languages of the Olympic movement.
6. The Olympic Flag is …………. as the Olympic Anthem is played.
7. The ……….. mascot, an animal or human figure represents the cultural herit age
of the host country.
8. The Olympic ………. with its five coloured rings is the most widely used symbol
in the opening and closing ceremonies.

9. In 2010 Canada hosted the ………… Olympic Games.
10. The next location for the …………. Olympic Games is London.
11. “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part,
just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The
essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well” represents the
Olympic ………. .
12. While the Olympic ………. is being played, the Olympic Flag is hoisted during
the opening ceremony.